Past Sins

Past Sins

Thomas Grant Bruso

Thomas Grant Bruso

Officer Jack Ballinger receives a phone call from the chief of police in the early morning hours regarding a dead body at an apartment building in a quiet neighborhood in the small upstate New York town of Black Falls. A female student lies in a pentagram outlined in her own blood, clutching a rosary. Ballinger and his former partner Officer Cory Ryan interview tenants in the building about the girl's death, but are met with more questions than answers.When another body is found in the same apartment building a few hours later, Jack knows something is wrong. As he ciphers through a patchwork of unexplainable clues, the investigation detours when Ryan disappears from the case and cannot be found.With his future as an officer in question, will Ballinger be able to deal with the truth of these crimes once he dscovers everything he thought he knew was a lie?
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Summer Storms

Summer Storms

Thomas Grant Bruso

Thomas Grant Bruso

Sixteen-year-old Earl Layman is going stir-crazy. Secluded with the flu inside the four walls of his home and only the escape of his video games to help him through, Earl is struggling to keep his sanity. That is until he notices the boy next door, seventeen-year-old Rex Chambers, raking leaves in the adjacent yard. Earl's summer is about to change. Before another torrential rainstorm hits the small upstate New York town of Betham County, they meet during an awkward cell phone exchange. As they start to connect through occasional texts, Earl and Rex enter the throes of adolescent lust. In the early stages of forging a lasting connection, their family situations threaten to destroy all they are working for.
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V is for Valentine

V is for Valentine

Thomas Grant Bruso

Thomas Grant Bruso

Bradley James Winterbottom has a bigger-than-life dilemma this Valentine's Day. He is bringing his new boyfriend, Ronnie, home to meet his parents for the first time.After a few years away, Bradley's mother, Marla, and father, Harold, have summoned their only son back to the small-knit town of Holly Springs in upstate New York for a Valentine's Day family gathering.Bradley is thrilled to see his parents after all these years. When he arrives, however, he notices the years have taken a toll on them. They have aged significantly, and Bradley is shocked when he sees their time-worn faces and meandering gaits. Harold has had heart surgery in the past, but recently, he has been experiencing complications. He is not the workhorse he used to be, fidgeting in the tool shed and repairing projects around the house.Spending a few days under the roof of his childhood home, where he used to live with his extended family, Bradley notices significant changes. But some things, like...
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The Lost Child

The Lost Child

Thomas Grant Bruso

Thomas Grant Bruso

Newspaper reporter Luke Sorenson has recently moved to a new town in upstate New York. Despite the change in scenery, Luke cannot run away from a brutal, harrowing past driven by the death of his only child, Emily. Soon, Luke is propelled into a dangerous case of child abduction, an eerie reminder of losing his daughter. An eight-year-old boy named Daniel Hadley is kidnapped from his own bedroom and it is Luke, battling his own demons, who is assigned the story of the year. As pieces of Luke's mysterious, violent past are revealed, so are the sinister secrets to his daughter's demise, sending Luke into a tailspin of heavy drinking and self-torment. The search for Daniel is on, but it may be too late for everyone involved.
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