NOTES OF TERROR
A MYSTERY NOVEL
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. The sheet of paper was folded in half with her name printed in different colors. Inside, was a message made up of various sizes of words clipped from magazines. She felt faint as she sat on the edge of the bed. Go Home. You don’t belong here! Leave before someone gets hurt. Don’t make me say it again. . Laura put the note down and trembled. What could it mean? Who would do such a thing? Suddenly, she wanted to see the chief as soon as possible. She tucked the note in her purse, took her coat out of the closet and left her room. She drove her rental car to the sheriff’s office, parked in front of the building and got out, turned and locked the door. A large mass of dark green caught her attention. She jumped in front of her car and screamed as an SUV almost side-swiped her. It couldn’t have missed her by more than two inches. The only thing that saved her was that she’d been able to move quickly as she saw it coming straight at her. Evidently the driver didn’t want to hit the car and that was lucky. She would have been killed or, at the very least, been crushed between her car and the one in front of hers. She felt weak and wondered if her legs would carry her as far as the office door, but anything was better than staying out here like a sitting duck. That was no accident. But why?
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Concert pianist Laura Westlund returns to Webster City where she had graduated from Th e College of Arts and Music. Having been on tour in the United States and Europe, she was scheduled to play a concert there at the end of her tour. She left six years ago feeling that the people there blamed her for the death of her world-famous piano instructor, Fredrick Scofield. She receives threatening notes, but wonders why. Do they have something to do with Fredrick’s death? His death was considered a suicide due to lack of evidence that would have made it a homicide. Six years ago, she had been engaged to Charles Templeton, an artist who, without a word to her, left suddenly for Paris where he would study under a master painter. She hasn’t heard from him since then until he attends her last concert of the tour in Chicago. She becomes reunited with her former fiancé, who wants to help find out what the threats are all about. More interesting is the fact that Fredrick’s death might well have been murder.
About the Author
Margot always had a talent for creativity, if not writing novels or poetry, she was composing music or creating dishes in the kitchen. Rarely did she sit idle, and when she did, she felt out of kilter. She has composed and published many pieces for the piano as well as voice. Written under the name of Margot Vesel, many of the pieces were presented at Schmidt’s annual New Materials Clinics. She taught music in school and also taught private piano, organ and voice students. She later accepted the position as organist for the Federal Correctional Institution.
Margot Vesel Rising has published eight novels, each dealing with personalities she found fascinating through the years. Along with working in the prison system and becoming acquainted with the inmates, living in apartments for the last thirty years has allowed her to know many people, each one unlike the other. That in itself is fascinating. She tries to bring personalities like those into her writing.
Her readers can contact her at grammar569@hotmail.com by putting the name of the novel in the subject line. She would like very much to hear from you.
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