The Trauma Child

<p><strong>What would you do if your child began saying the most shocking offensive vulgar things?</strong></p><p> </p><p>After witnessing her boyfriend murdered by a stranger Neely Pfau and her ten-year-old daughter Arial flee to her childhood home in safe rural Orchard CT.</p><p>But normally sweet-tempered Arial is having trouble adjusting. She becomes insulting and foul-mouthed beyond her years. A child psychiatrist and a pediatrician blame the girl's trauma. As Arial's behavior worsens and even turns violent Neely takes increasingly desperate measures to control her. </p><p> </p><p>Then the worried mother learns a long-held family secret: her great-great-grandmother Viola was a notorious serial killer and the last woman hanged in the state. Neely starts to suspect there is more behind her daughter's drastic personality changes than just trauma.</p><p> </p><p>Far more.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Now Neely must free her child from the grip of evil.</em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Before her little girl is lost forever...</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The author of top-selling psychological thrillers <strong><em>The Neighbors in Apartment 3D The Last Star Standing The Perfect Face</em></strong> and <strong><em>The Little Girl in the Window</em></strong> is back with her signature brand of crackling suspense with twists you will never predict. For fans of Lucy Foley Shari Lapena Freida McFadden and Gillian Flynn.</p><p>This new thriller with supernatural overtones will have you gasping in shock. Please be aware that when ten-year-old Arial is in the throes of evil it's no-holds-barred language.</p><p> </p><p>Praise for C.G. Twiles:</p><p>A masterful storyteller... Whenever I begin reading a C.G. Twiles novel I should cancel all my plans because it's nearly impossible not to devour her captivating stories in one sitting. . -Liz Alterman author of <em>He'll Be Waiting</em> and <em>The Perfect Neighborhood</em></p><p>One to read with your lights on and your doors locked. -Susan Crawford bestselling author of <em>The Pocket Wife</em></p><p>[C.G. Twiles] is a master when it comes to thrillers. Nothing is ever what it seems perception is never reality and when things appear to be a certain way they can suddenly and unexpectedly swerve and do a 180-degree turn. -Priya Malhotra author of <em>A Woman of an Uncertain Age</em></p><p> </p>