Sacrifice

Bailey Thurston is an author of best-selling murder mysteries. A man calling himself Levi claims that Thurston has portrayed him unfairly in his new novel. Levi terrorizes Thurston by outlining his plan to exact a sacrifice for Thurston's irreverence -- the torture and murder of each of Thurston's family members, and then him, in the grisly manner portrayed in Thurston's novel. Southern California is also terrorized as Levi begins a string of such murders to demonstrate his seriousness and to intensify Thurston's terror. In spite of police protection, the disappearance and change of identity of the Thurstons, Levi backs the family into ever-smaller corners until their lives are at a virtual standstill and they find themselves at a breaking point. The sacrifice that Thurston ultimately makes to save his family destroys his world completely.McCall, Linda Lane is the author of 'Sacrifice' with ISBN 9780595097456 and ISBN 0595097456.