Torn Shadow: A 1940s Texas Hoodoo Tale of Terror

From M. Louise Smith, the author of the "Middy Brown Journals," " Accidental Wife" and "Cooper" comes a novel of suspense and coercion. "Torn Shadow" is a home-spun and disturbing tale of youthful innocence, terror, and true fear. It is 1940 in South Texas and something has gone terribly wrong. Playful and adventurous cousins Scotty and Skeeter are always available to challenge one another into mischief by taking one dare farther than the one before. That is until they encounter a horror beyond description; one from which there is no escape. Evil has cast its shadow over the lives of the entire family in the form of the real or imagined influence of the Hoodoo Woman. "Torn Shadow" is a family kaleidoscope of real people with superstitions and fears that become reality, passions that become tragedies, and innocence so easily destroyed by the animal instinct for survival. It is, above all, an affirmation of family loyalty and love that spans generations, and a bit of a look at the way some things were back then; and possibly not for the faint of heart.

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