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Cruel & Bitter Things

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About Cruel & Bitter Things

Title: Cruel & Bitter Things

Author: Joseph Souza

Released: December 17, 2024

Find it: Amazon

When Gwynn Denning sees Sam Townsend at an event in town, she knows she will kill him. Townsend date-raped her friend, Tift Ainsley, back in college. Or at least that’s what Tift told her after she came back to her dorm that night.

Gwynn swears that this will be the last time she kills. She’s a mother to an adorable little boy and the director of a home for neglected and abused children. Although her marriage is unraveling, her life is otherwise good, thanks to Dr. Kaufman, her therapist.

Ever since she was a young girl, she’s wanted to eradicate the murderous thoughts that occasionally plagued her. When she learns that someone saw her leaving the event with Townsend, it sets off a series of catastrophic events that require Gwynn to stay one step ahead of the law. Making matters worse, she’s fallen for the detective in charge of investigating the murders she’s committed.

The consequences of Gwynn’s actions force her to confront the painful truth about her past and the dark secrets kept hidden by her family.

Gwynn wants to be normal like everyone else. But how far will she go to stay out of prison?

Review for Cruel & Bitter Things

The main character is Gwynn, a strong woman, a wife, mother, and vigilante. She has killed before and will kill again. The action was never lacking and certainly held me captive. It flowed nicely and had me guessing throughout. One minute, I sympathized with Gwynn, and the next, I was picking up my slackened jaw. She’s the woman you love to hate, or hate to love, I haven’t decided yet. It definitely had thought-provoking moments making it hard to put down.

About The Author

Joseph Souza is the award-winning and bestselling author of eleven novels and a book of short stories. He’s won the Maine Literary Award, the Andres Dubus Award and was a runner-up for the Al Blanchard Award. He’s worked as a teacher, cabbie, social worker, truck driver, editor, bouncer, barber, wrestling coach, paralegal, and intelligence analyst in the DEA (Organized Crime Unit), to name just a few jobs. He lives in Maine with his wife and has two children.

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