Do You Know A Serial Killer?

About the Book

She was like a goddess with her earth brown eyes and beguiling and bewitching smile. Before Caul could make sense of the mirage before him the images began to change. His children and their mothers stood still, as if frozen in time. Their smiles and out stretched arms disappeared. They all stood there looking at him with what appeared to be begging eyes with tears running down their faces.

The death knelling Caul had heard earlier began again. This time it was louder and stronger and instead of a single voice, there were many. A cacophony of howling whiles. Why daddy, why daddy, why daddy? Why did you do this to us? And just above the children’s wailing the voices of two women began to echo in the background. They were crying out in unison for him to take them but not their babies.

While trying to shake off the memories, Caul asks of himself “what is the worst thing a person can do to his family?” Murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, the voices shouted out to him in a cacophony of howling whiles, like the death knelling he’d heard so often during battles in Nam.

About the Author

Thirlena Rivera was born on January 30, 1957. Born and reared in the small town of Union Springs, Alabama. She attended the Bullock County High School, graduating in 1975, and becoming a freshman at Alabama State University where she pursued a degree in Business Administration. Two years later Thirlena transferred to Wayne State University to study Psychology. She also studied at Mary Grove College where she earned a B.A. in Psychology. She furthered her education at the University of Detroit and later Center for Humanistic Studies where she earned a Master of Arts Degree in Humanistic and Clinical Psychology. Since embarking on her career as a clinical psychologist and therapist, Thirlena has worked in several jobs including a state psychiatry hospital, private counseling, jails, prisons, and the Commission for Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Her expertise is in Childhood Sexual Abuse and Substance Abuse. Thirlena is also the author a previously published book entitled “Mix Nuts and Character Cake.” She has also penned several articles on the criminal justice system. Ms. Rivera retired from Metro State Prison last year after working more than thirty years as a psychologist/counselor.