Climbing the Coliseum

by Bill Percy

He's teetering on the edge of suicide. She's a reminder of his tragic mistake. Forced together by a dark puzzle, can they become each other's savior?

Ed Northrup is overwhelmed by quiet despair. Still dealing with the fallout from a heartbreaking case, the despondent psychologist contemplates ending it all. But his constant stream of tortured thoughts take second place when his ex-wife drops off her angry teenage daughter in his care... and then vanishes.

Floundering in the face of the fourteen-year-old's sullen resentment, Ed discovers an ally in a recently arrived deputy sheriff to help him track down the girl's missing mother. But with the troubled teen raising the specter of his greatest failure as a therapist, he fears any attempt at atonement will only result in tragedy.

Can Ed master his own misgivings and help a damaged young woman find a way forward?

Climbing the Coliseum is the tense first book in the Monastery Valley series of character-driven mysteries. If you like haunted protagonists, rich prose, and stories filled with hope, then you'll love Bill Percy's bittersweet tale.

Buy Climbing the Coliseum to conquer mountains of heartache today!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684332214
• ISBN13: 9781684332212
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Black Rose Writing
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"