Published: March 07, 2009
Words: 64454 (approximate)
Language: English

Ebook short description

Young girls are dying at the Old Soul. Dr. Ivory and Sergeant Painter race to solve the mystery but are unprepared for the explosive secrets lurking inside the girls' school.

Extended description

A series of unexplained deaths shatters the serenity of a Vancouver Island girls' school, and Tempest Ivory, child psychologist and soprano, races to solve the mystery before it claims more lives.

Tempest lands a coveted lead role in Rigoletto, but as she prepares for her operatic debut, the explosive secrets lurking behind the academy walls set her on a collision course with her past.

Reviews:... (Read more) A series of unexplained deaths shatters the serenity of a Vancouver Island girls' school, and Tempest Ivory, child psychologist and soprano, races to solve the mystery before it claims more lives.

Tempest lands a coveted lead role in Rigoletto, but as she prepares for her operatic debut, the explosive secrets lurking behind the academy walls set her on a collision course with her past.

Reviews:

"...draws you in compellingly from the opening page…a gripping story of death and family secrets…The characters are quirky and sympathetic." The Paper Chase

"...a harrowing tale of blasphemy, insanity, suicide and murder." Snoop Sisters Mystery Bookshoppe

"…if you enjoy psychological, twist a minute books, A Hemorrhaging of Souls is definitely for you." I Love A Mystery

"Madly complicated, exciting and horrible - just like an opera." CBC Saturday Afternoon at the Opera

"Nicely complex and thoroughly readable." Ellery Queen Magazine

"A story of grim secrets and past betrayals, dark and complicated, with many twists and turns. The main characters…are sympathetic and real…" Under the Covers Magazine

"…this one kept me riveted to the end…connections, coincidences and twists and turns abound." Focus on Women Magazine

"A fascinating and absorbing novel." Michigan Opera

Excerpt:

A light dazzled off her side mirror. Tempest glanced back. Headlights blazed close behind her. She punched her foot and the Pig shot forward. Her eyes flicked down to the speedometer. One hundred thirty kilometres an hour. About average for her.
The side mirrors glowed again. The trailing vehicle was within thirty feet, suddenly twenty. She swept the bike right.
Tires screeched and the headlamps followed. She grinned. This was what dulled the rage: an adrenaline charge electrified by cutting too close to the edge.
Tempest could make out the boxy silhouette of a truck's cab, a shadowy figure hunched over the wheel. The truck's bumper shot up to the Pig's rear, missing it by centimetres. The fun dissipated, replaced by terror...

Bio:

Nicola Furlong survives the travails of writing by playing hockey, gardening and eating chocolate fudge (a plot point, a bite; another plot point, another bite...it's really tough) while enjoying her small seaside Vancouver Island town.

She has written two stand alone mysteries: TEED OFF! and A HEMORRHAGING OF SOULS. Both are now available as ebooks.

Nicola also penned six novels in THE CHURCH CHOIR MYSTERIES series, an ebook how-to write a mystery guide (YOUDUNIT WHODUNIT!), an ebook how-to primer (SELF-PUBLISH YOUR E-BOOK IN MINUTES!), a gardening guide for the Pacific North West (THE GO TO GARDENING CARDS), and recently launched the world’s first QUILLR: a multimedia online thriller (UNNATURALSTATES).

A member of the Crime Writers of Canada, Nicola produces a free podcast (The Novel Experience) dedicated to the art and craft of fiction writing and inspires would-be mystery writers and electronic publishers by teaching at local colleges. Please visit www.nicolafurlong.com or www.epubbing.com for more information.
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crime, suspense, murder mystery, opera, rigoletto, crime fiction, a hemorrhaging of souls, nicola furlong, detective fiction

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QUILLR presents a trailer for the mystery e-book A HEMORRHAGING OF SOULS by Nicola Furlong ($2.99 US). A soft-hearted cop teams with a daring female psychologist to investigate and confront a shocking family secret surrounding the bizarre deaths of two girls at a private school to capture a misguided murderer. Available at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1083, www.iTunes.com (appstore) and www.shortcovers.com. For more info visit www.nicolafurlong.com or email quillr@shaw.ca.

Reviews

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Review by: Audrey Driscoll on July 17, 2010 :
This is a fast, sometimes frenetic, ride through the lives of the two damaged protagonists, psychologist Tempest Ivory and cop Patrick Painter. Furlong's prose bristles with action words and punchy qualifiers, slugging images into the reader's skull. The scenes are short and intense, often moving from one character to the other, presenting events and memories that reveal the almost too coincidental interweaving of their lives.

Among the plenitude of dead bodies and tortured memories is the theme of opera, specifically Verdi's Rigoletto. The joys and sorrows of the singer, and the healing power of music are presented in a heartfelt and interesting way, providing relief from the main themes of murder and madness.

This is a memorable and compelling read, despite a few improbable situations and a somewhat bleak conclusion (though not without a glimmer of hope). I was definitely gripped and had to keep reading to the end.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Carla Furlong on April 08, 2009 :
A wonderful read.

Suspenseful, lovely twists, strong characters.

Also unique themes skillfully intertwined.

I much enjoyed this book and hope Ms. Furlong pens many more.

CBF
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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