Dead Man's Quarry by Robert Kline

Dead Man’s Quarry – A novel written by renowned author and artist Robert Kline.

Alan Wasterly is young, quiet and thoughtful. He cares about his dog and his friends but he’s tried of being “cute little Alan”. Phillip Henshaw has the fastest coupe in town, a chip on his shoulder and no apparent future. Then he meets Alan’s sister and is frustrated when she is honest and insightful about his behavior. Beth Wasterly is drawn to Phillip as she questions her own tidy life. Her friend Louise will do anything for a ride to Hollywood, and Junior is bent on taking advantage of that dream. In the summer of 1959 they are pulled together into a mix of horror and danger that threatens their lives and shatters any trace of innocence: professional killers return to their ancestral hole to dump a body and settle an old score, and darker secrets are revealed when a tormented hermit revisits the evil of his past. Storm clouds build and that which has lived in the quarry waters since time immoral surfaces.

Heroism faces terror, and the power inherent in the bonds of friendship is tested. In the course of eight days seven people die, children grow and an unlikely love flourishes. Humor mixes with revenge and sensitivity plays against unthinkable cruelty in the once tranquil atmosphere of southern Maine.

There are many more of Robert Kline’s mermaid, mermaid babies, pirate and merman art prints available at www.RobertKlineArt.com. There are different characters and print sizes as well as his lighthouse, fairy collections and his novels.