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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My thanks to Pete Benson, for reading the manuscript and providing invaluable feedback, Aramisdream and Obsidian Dawn for the Photoshop brushes, Starder for the horse logo, Kevin Richey for Gary’s journal font and Peax Webdesign for Lizzie’s postcard font in the paperback version and Syda Productions/dolgachov for the brilliant photograph that formed the nucleus of my cover.
I would also like to thank forensic pathologist, Dr. Judy Melinek, for taking the time to answer my numerous questions and for making corrections. The facts are hers. The mistakes and embellishments are mine.
And finally, a respectful nod towards Stephen King. The descriptions of Lizzy’s resurrection were heavily influenced by a scene in King’s The Dark Half, in which a writer’s pseudonym comes alive and starts to … Hell, while spoil the fun. You should buy a copy and find out.
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For Madeleine
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Allen Caraway
BLACK RITE
Black Rite Copyright © 2018 by Allen Caraway
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publisher.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
EPILOGUE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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