Praise for Richard Taylor’s novels:

Stones Skipping on Water: "… so shocking… it literally made me gasp… dying to know what happens next…" -- Jen Thorpe, Book Sandwich

Red Mist: "Killer of a thriller." -- Arielle Perez, New Times

The Haunting of Cambria: "...catnip for Stephen King fans... An incredible first novel. Highly recommended!" -- Jay Bonansinga, author of The Killer’s Game

Other Books by Richard Taylor: Dark Reflection and Other Tales / Steel Eyes / Naked in the Roses / Country Life, Inc. / Paperback Writer / Asphalt John / The Star Wish

Visit Richard Taylor's website at www.richardtaylorwriter.com

Cover design by Jackie Ward

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The characters, places and events portrayed in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

Stones Skipping on Water

Copyright © 2010

by Richard Taylor

First Printing: July, 2010

Published by Ransom Greene Press at Smashwords

ISBN: 978-1-4524-8450-1

for Jacqueline whom I have known before and will know again

Acknowledgments