The Second Chapter of a Bad Dream

Gary Watson

Jan 2013 · AuthorHouse

About this ebook

Reporter Jake Martin and lawman Edgar Quinn have come to Sanderson, a tiny south Georgia town, to escape their pasts and resurrect their careers. Jake settles in as editor of the local newspaper and writes about cow rescues and civic club meetings. Quinn becomes police chief and starts chaperoning high school spring dances and cleaning up Senior Week pranks. The town's sedate routine is shattered when three local malcontents are killed one-by-one in sadistic rituals. Working together on the murders, Jake and Quinn discover they aren't the only Sanderson residents running from their pasts. Jake and Quinn learn much about themselves, but can they learn enough about the people closest to them in time to prevent the killer from striking again? As Jake and Quinn come to realize, everyone at some point in their lives needs a second chance. In The Second Chapter of a Bad Dream, someone is willing to resort to extraordinary measures to get that second chance.

About the author

Gary Watson is part of a family of writers, following his grandfather and uncle who were noted newspaper reporters in north Georgia. Since retiring in 2010 after award-winning careers as a newspaper editor and a public transportation director, Watson has been fully devoted to writing. Forty years of dealing with people from all walks of life and circumstances helps him craft the characters and plots of his novels. When not writing, Watson tags along with his wife Suzanne( a former award-winning newspaper editor herself) to every antique shop in Georgia, Florida and Alabama and devotedly follows the athletic teams of the University of West Georgia, his alma mater, and Georgia Tech. During baseball season, Watson serves as a Guest Relations Representative for the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. He and Suzanne live in Carrollton, Georgia near grown daughters Kelli Blankenship and Hayley Kilgore and grandchildren Tandy Blankenship and Clinton Kilgore. The Second Chapter of a Bad Dream is Watson's second novel. His first, Fifteen Minutes of Fame, earned reader praise for its fast pace and plot twists.