Oscar Wilde once said 'Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.' Hard lessons are difficult for a reason. Learning from our mistakes is supposed to make us stronger. Watching those that you love, die, is never easy, but it is our right to deal with it our own way. There is no wrong way to grieve, but there is a right way to care. I've straddled that fence. This is my story.

Before the road rage serial killer surfaced, something more sinister already skimmed, undetected, below the surface, feeding on the plentiful prey. A chance discovery breaks a case wide open and exposes a feeding frenzy that once again stuns the tourist destination. Detective Trudy Wagner struggles with new demons and will face more challenges, tougher decisions. The ticket price for anonymity is not a day at the beach and the Pavilion doesn't have the only roller coaster in town. Welcome to the Grand Strand, hope you survive your stay.

Sixteen year old Dale Thomas Jackson wasn t sure when the bullying had started but what he did know, it had never stopped. New town and a new school year assured him of only one thing, a new horde of tormentors. Even if he survived the bullying by day, Dark Thirty waited for him at night. If darkness wins the tug of war, all will be lost. Dale faces this fear everyday of his life and until now he has faced it alone.