Silent
River
by
C.M. Weaver
Genre:
Psychological Thriller
A
gripping psychological thriller inspired by true events.
Robert
Collins is Portland’s best investigative detective. When the
Stevens family goes missing, he goes to work. As he uncovers clues
the family may have been targeted for a professional hit by organized
crime, it gets personal.
Too
personal. Can he face down his inner demons before he loses
himself?
He
confronts the mob and police bureaucracy to find the missing family.
Jake, partner and friend, thinks he's spiraling into obsession, when
Robert's taken off the case but refuses to give up the
investigation.
Can
he get past this shameless tragedy and his own past to move on with
his life?
Silent
River is
a fictionalized version of a real investigation in the late 1950s in
Portland, Oregon, a time when money and power ruled the city. This
story will appeal to fans of true crime and detective fiction alike.
Readers who enjoy Ann Rule, Rex Stout, and Mary Higgins Clark will
love CM Weaver.
I live and work in the
Pacific Northwest. I’m married and take care of a challenged rescue
dog, Ariel. I love writing, but don’t write in one particular
genre. I do gravitate more to mysteries as I’m always asking “What
if?”
GUEST POST
What
inspired you to write this book?
In
the early eighties my mother handed me a full page article and said.
“You need to write a story about this family.” What transpired
over the next few months cemented my need to tell this story. My
research started with the Detective on the case. He refused to talk
to me. He hung up on me four times before I convinced him I was
writing a book. We talked and I wrote that first manuscript. I sent
it to him. That piece of work brought to me a friend who became
fascinated by the news articles and was given that manuscript by the
detective’s family. It was returned to me a month ago in the same
package I’d mailed it to the detective.
Can
you tell us a little bit about the characters in Silent River?
The
family is real. The Detective is slightly based on the only policeman
I knew at the time. His story is made up but his parents, brother and
hometown are real. I made up a sidekick because every Detective needs
someone to keep them grounded. There has to be a love interest. It
helps make the man real. I had to give him a flaw. I had no idea what
it could be until I needed to give him a reason to hate organized
crime more than usual. I created the death of his wife, child and
partner in a drive by shooting attributed to the Mob. This gave the
reader a sympathy to his actions.
How
did you come up with the concept and characters for the book?
They
are taken from newspaper articles and police reports as well as
interviews. Almost everything in this book is true to the actual
police reports.
What
did you enjoy most about writing this book?
Telling
the truth as close as I could. This is an unsolved murder so I had to
make up an ending.
Who
designed your book covers?
Designers
with my publisher on my direction. I knew what I wanted. They made it
happen. It took some trial and error, but the designers at Italics
Publishing got it with the second offering.
How
did you come up with name of this book?
I
struggled with the name for this book. It’s about a family that
disappears only to have two of the children discovered in the river.
I had a couple of names but Silent River seemed to stick with
me.
What
is your favorite part of this book and why?
Chapter
2 It shows the change that starts with Robert. I wrote this first
part over and over again.
Are
your characters based off real people or did they all come entirely
from your imagination?
The
characters are based on real detectives and what they did on this
case.
Do
your characters seem to hijack the story or do you feel like you have
the reigns of the story? Convince us why you feel your book is a must
read.
This
book is about one man’s fight for justice for a murdered family.
Even though every clue and bit of evidence he uncovered pointed to a
well orchestrated murder, he stood firm in his conviction. If you
want everything tied in a neat bow at the end, this isn’t that
book. This book will reaffirm life isn’t fair, but there is a
justice we can all accept.
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