Claws

<p><strong>A master of intrigue suspense emotion and wit. Sojka evokes laughter despair fear suspense and thrills. -<em>Sublime Book Review</em></strong></p><p>Teeny Voix lies burritoed in her blanket girded by Lego landmines protected by her plushy opossum when the bedroom door creaks and her lecherous stepfather enters . . . again while her momma ignores. Weeks earlier the mute girl penned a mysterious letter unwittingly hailing a goliath who mauls then kills Teeny's stepfather.</p><p>The bizarre death forces Teeny to use wit fortitude and an eclectic collection of combatants to brave life and death battles with the wicked White Van People an organized and well-financed child trafficking operation.</p><p>Set in the summer of 1976 in the dark Piney Woods along Interstate 10 <em>Claws</em> embraces the soaring pines dark chocolate waters oppressive heat and eccentrics of southeast Texas.</p><p>Pedro Paunch Perez a portly suspended detective pursues Teeny selecting himself as the mute girl's protector and tracks her via the geographically impossible deaths that follow in her wake each mystery laying the groundwork for a case that will remain unsolved and unexplained for over fifty years.</p><p>Using classic folklore to create new legend Sojka hones his talent for plot twists while daring readers to solve the mysteries behind <em>Claws</em>.</p>