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    Child's Play
    Child's Play
    Child's Play
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    Child's Play

    By Terry Wright

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    Texas Ranger Justin Graves and his rebellious daughter, Christy, are dead, both murdered by her drug-dealer boyfriend, Billy Denton. Due to Justin’s dedication to the department and long hours away from home, he blames himself for her life of crime, so he makes a deal with the devil to save her soul: one hundred bad guys in exchange for her pardon from hell. Now, in his rotting corpse, he returns from the grave to deliver the devil his dues, the souls of killers who got away with murder.

    In Book 11 of the Justin Graves Horror Short Story Series, children are going missing in Deckers, Texas. Captain Holland of the Texas Rangers is on the case, but when another child is taken from the sidewalk in front of her home, Justin Graves comes back from the dead and joins a frantic race against time to save the little girl from her murderous abductor.
    Inspired by the 2002 abduction, rape, and murder of five-year-old Samantha Runnion in California, this Justin Graves story, though not graphic in detail, is highly suggestive of a very disturbing subject, pedophilia.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTWB Press
    Release dateMay 20, 2013
    ISBN9781936991556
    Child's Play
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    Terry Wright

    There’s nothing mundane in the writing world of Terry Wright. Tension, conflict and suspense propel his readers through the pages as if they were on fire. Published in Science Fiction and Supernatural, his mastery of the action thriller has won him International acclaim as an accomplished screenplay writer. A longtime member of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, he runs their annual Colorado Gold Writing Contest. Terry lives near Denver with his wife, Bobette, and their Yorkie, Taz Man. He invites you to visit his Web site at www.terrywrightbooks.com.

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      Child's Play - Terry Wright

      Child’s Play

      By

      Terry Wright

      Copyright by Terry Wright 2013

      Published by TWB Press at Smashwords

      All rights reserved. No part of this story (ebook) may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or book reviews.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidences are either a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to any actual person, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Cover art by Terry Wright

      ISBN 978-1-936991-55-6

      Note from the Author

      I was compelled to write this Justin Graves story after the 2002 abduction, rape, and murder of five-year-old Samantha Runnion in California. Though not graphic in detail, this story is highly suggestive of a very disturbing subject: pedophilia, which includes pedophiles, child molesters, and child abductors. There are differences between these predators, and there is a defense against them. This is a story that had to be told...for the sake of our children.

      A new kind of justice is coming

      Texas Ranger Justin Graves and his rebellious daughter, Christy, are dead, both murdered by her drug-dealer boyfriend, Billy Denton. Due to Justin’s dedication to the department and long hours away from home, he blames himself for her life of crime, so he makes a deal with the devil to save her soul: one hundred bad guys in exchange for her pardon from hell. Now, in his rotting corpse, he returns from the grave to deliver the devil his dues, the souls of killers who got away with murder.

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