Salem Sinners

Gloria H. Giroux

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1975. The Vietnam War ends with the Fall of Saigon. John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. In Sacramento, California former Manson girl Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 5th but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent. Ford survives a second assassination attempt on September 22nd, this time by Sara Jane Moore in San Francisco. The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members on board. NBC airs the first episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL). The Lutz family moves into 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, Long Island, New York only to flee from the house after 28 days, which will go on to inspire the story of The Amityville Horror.
In Salem, Massachusetts, AKA the “Witch City,” a young woman is building a life for herself and her young daughter, unaware that forces outside of her world are converging to drag them into a series of crimes that breach the boundaries of horror. Haunted by a past that more than brushed up against true evil she is challenged to move forward with promise and hope. As she is drawn into the miasma of crimes that test the skill of law enforcement she comes to realize that people around her are also burdened with sins that are erupting into the light and will change everything for everyone. As if that wasn’t enough her daughter is a special child whose remarkable powers constantly force her to walk the thin, tenuous line between darkness and light.
The mother and daughter find themselves at the center of a diverse group of people who have their own secrets and sins, and who may or may not be involved in the crimes taking place in the infamous town in which they live. All concerned in the roiling, interlocking experiences that defined their pasts and might define their futures find themselves battling the consequences of sin in the struggle to overcome evil and emerge into the light.

Sujets

• Policier & Thriller
• Policier
• Thrillers
• Nueva Orleans
• Vudú
• New Orleans
• Murder
• Voodoo
• La Nouvelle-Orléans
• Fiction
• Salem

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• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 30 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781663247896
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 22 Mo

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Salem Sinners
BOOK TWO OF THE NEW ENGLAND SERIES




Gloria H. Giroux









SALEM SINNERS
BOOK TWO OF THE NEW ENGLAND SERIES

Copyright © 2022 Gloria H. Giroux.

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Certain characters in this work are historical figures, and certain events portrayed did take place. However, this is a work of fiction. All of the other characters, names, and events as well as all places, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.




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ISBN: 978-1-6632-4790-2 (sc)
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iUniverse rev. date: 11/25/2022



Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Epilogue











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This book is dedicated to my siblings who provide love, support, and encouragement for my life and my writing:
Brother Tucson
Sister-in-law Betty
Sister of the Heart & BFF Helen





“What New England is, is a state of mind, a place where dry humor and perpetual disappointment blend to produce an ironic pessimism that folks from away find most perplexing.”
— Willem Lange
New England is co m prised of six states in the farthest northeastern region of the United States: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. In terms of size, they range in the lower 25% of percentages, and include the smallest state in the Union:
STATE
SIZE
RANK
SIZE (SQ. MILES)
CAPITAL
STATE #/ DATE
Maine
39
35,385
Augusta
23: 03/15/1820
Massachusetts
44
10,565
Boston
6: 02/06/1788
Vermont
45
9,616
Montpelier
14: 03/04/1791
New Hampshire
46
9,349
Concord
9: 06/21/1788
Connecticut
48
5,567
Hartford
5: 01/09/1788
Rhode Island
50
1,214
Providence
13: 05/29/1790

TOTAL
71,696

In terms of proportional size, four New Englands could fit into the state of Texas. The region borders the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island Sound, Canada, and New York.
The earliest inhabitants of New England were not the European colonists but the Native Americans that lived there for many hundreds of years. The region was populated with many diverse tribes including the Abenakis, Mi’kmag, Penobscot, Pequots, Mohegans, Narragansetts, Pocumtucks, Androscoggin, and Wampanoag.
Population-wise, New England began burgeoning in the 17 th century. The regional economy grew rapidly in the 17 th century, thanks to heavy immigration, high birth rates, low death rates, and an abundance of inexpensive farmland. The population grew from 3,000 in 1630 to 14,000 in 1640; 33,000 in 1660; 68,000 in 1680; and 91,000 in 1700. Between 1630 and 1643, about 20,000 Puritans arrived, settling mostly near Boston; after 1643, fewer than 50 immigrants arrived per year. The average size of a family between 1660-1700 was 7.1 children; the birth rate was 49 babies per year per thousand people; and the death rate was about 22 deaths per year per thousand people. About 27% of the population was composed of men between 16 and 60 years old. Currently, New England boasts a population of over fifteen million.
The etymology of each state’s name found its source either in names associated with the first colonists or the Native American tribes already occupying the land that someday soon would no longer be theirs. This stands true of many towns, which share their etymology with names derived mainly from Great Britain.
STATE
ORIGIN
MEANING
Maine
Indeterminate
There is no definitive explanation for the origin of the name “Maine,” but the most likely is that early explorers named it after the former province of Maine in France . Another theory generally held among British place-name scholars is that Mayne in Dorset is Brythonic , corresponding to modern Welsh “maen,” plural “main” or “meini.”
Vermont
French
French explorer Samuel de Champlain claimed the area around Lake Champlain for France and named it Vert Mont, or “Green Mountain.”
New Hampshire
English
Captain John Mason named the colony after the English county of Hampshire, one of the first Saxon shires.
Massachusetts
Algonquian
Plural name for the Algonquian native people who lived around the bay, from Algonquian Massachusett, “at the large hill,” in reference to Great Blue Hill, southwest of Boston.
Connecticut
Mohegan-Pequot
Quinnitukqut: “at the long tidal river.”
Rhode Island
Dutch Explorer Adrian Block
He named it “Roodt Eylandt” meaning “red island” in reference to the red clay that lined the