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    Intruder: Plus Engine Trouble
    Intruder: Plus Engine Trouble
    Intruder: Plus Engine Trouble
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    Intruder: Plus Engine Trouble

    By Donald H Sullivan

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    In Intruder, Karen Parker's husband is away on a business trip and she is home alone in a sparsely populated subdivision. They have only recently moved into the house and have not yet installed a security alarm. Also, she feels even more alone because she recently lost her beloved dog to a heart ailment.
    She is preparing for bed when she hears someone breaking in, then discovers she left her cell phone in her car...and her home phone line has been cut. The intruder succeeds in breaking in, and Karen finds herself in mortal danger. When she locks herself in the bathroom, strange things begin to happen.

    In Engine Trouble, Kitty Delaney has a fight with her husband and runs home to her mother, who lives a hundred miles away. She has car trouble and stops at a garage on a lonely stretch of highway. She finds that an escaped killer has killed the attendant and takes her as hostage.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDonald H Sullivan
    Release dateAug 23, 2012
    ISBN9781476231747
    Intruder: Plus Engine Trouble
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    Donald H Sullivan

    I'm a native Floridian, retired from the US Army, I started writing in the army, mostly training and tech manuals. Boring stuff, but it whetted my interest in writing. I've written sci-fi, thrillers, mysteries, humor, fantasies, horror, and more. I'm now living in NC. While in the army, I served in air defense artillery, military intelligence, and psychological operations. I also worked in Federal Civil Service as a quality assurance specialist, ammunition surveillance. I love writing, reading, most kinds of music, and animals--especially dogs.

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      Intruder - Donald H Sullivan

      Intruder

      Plus Engine Trouble

      By Donald H Sullivan

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      Introduction

      In Intruder, a couple moves into a new house in a sparsely populated subdivision. The husband is away on a business trip and his wife is home alone. They have not yet installed a security alarm, and their beloved dog recently died leaving her without a watchdog. A killer-rapist breaks in. To make things worse, she discovers that she has left her cell phone in the car and the intruder has cut her phone line.

      She is trapped when she locks herself in the bathroom, but something very strange and unexpected happens.

      In Engine Trouble, a young couple has an argument and the wife runs away to her mother, who lives a hundred miles away. Her engine trouble light comes on and she barely makes it to a garage on a lonely stretch of road. But she finds that an escaped convict is there and has killed the mechanic. He takes her as hostage.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Introduction

      Intruder

      Engine Trouble

      Excerpt From Whiskers

      About the Author

      Intruder

      (From Tales of Suspense and Mystery.)

      Karen Parker was drifting off to sleep when the noise awakened her. She sat up. Her every nerve was taut as she strained to listen. A few moments passed and she heard no new sounds. Probably the icemaker, she decided. It could be noisy, especially when the house was quiet. She glanced at the alarm clock; it was past midnight. Now that she was wide awake, she might as well go downstairs to double-check the doors and windows.

      Jeff, who was frequently out of town on business trips, had insisted on high security locks on all the windows and entrance doors. Karen, however, admitted to being a trifle lax in locking up. She felt much safer out here in this sparsely populated suburban area, even though the house had no near neighbors, than she had in the crime-ridden neighborhood from which they had moved only months ago.

      She moved cautiously through the house, checking each door and window. Everything was secure.

      She went back upstairs and climbed into bed, but an uneasy feeling still lingered. Her thoughts drifted to Bandit. If she had her beloved dog by her side, she would never feel lonely or insecure when Jeff was away.

      She fondly remembered the day she brought Bandit home, a solid white ball of fur, except for the black mask-like marking around his eyes.

      While still a puppy, he had

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