A homicide detective and a clinical psychologist team up to save a young lady from the clutches of a satanic cult that is bent on her destruction.
Fancy a novel that combines the thrill of police action with the blood and gore of a satanic ritual? Pick Frank Atchley’s police procedural “A Birthday to Die For” (CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2015).
Thriller fans may get a scare out of police officers discussing satanic ritual abuse but will feel upbeat and ecstatic once they pursue Satanists and bring them to justice.
A failed human sacrifice spurs events in “A Birthday to Die For.” Thirteen years ago, Kae Carlson was raped by a satanic cult’s high priest on her 13th birthday. Since she failed to deliver a baby to be sacrificed, she is to be killed or sacrificed on her 26th birthday, which is just three weeks away when she approaches clinical psychologist Dr. Paula Mitchell for help. Realizing she cannot save Kae on her own, she calls homicide detective Jerry Riggs for help.
A skeptic at first, Riggs believes in Kae’s story after he views her tapes, being convinced when he watches her switch multiple personalities. He then seeks his colleagues’ help in pinning down the satanic cult hell-bent on sacrificing Kae. Will they be able to save her on time?
“A Birthday to Die For” will drive readers to recall the Satanic ritual abuse hysteria that made headlines during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The thriller emphasizes the important role psychology plays in investigations into satanic ritual abuse and the challenges police officers encounter when dealing with satanic cults and criminal groups that operate secretly.
Atchley’s “A Birthday to Die For” is available at Amazon.