Butcher of Dreams

“Williams and Wyman have put together a first-rate suspense. They draw the reader in, and hold them with their vivid descriptions of ritualistic goings-on in this New York theater, even as Lee Fairchild is struggling to keep her dream afloat. This mystery is so character driven that it is easy to suspect any of the theater company...they all have something to hide. But it is Lee's ultimate struggle with lone-liness and an overloaded professional struggle that brings the story to its shocking climax. Don't start this wonderful story if you have something else to do, because this fantastic plot will win the fight!” Shelley Glodowski, Midwest Book Review “The writing was tight and precise. The characters were amazingly detailed and believable, with their back-stories intricately weaving in and out of the main story line. Butcher of Dreams was one of the really thrilling mysteries I’ve read, remaining mysterious to the very end of the book … and scary enough that I did not want to read it when I was alone in the house.” Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views “The 1980s New York setting is well-described, with countless details that evoke the era's apathy-toward-the-homeless philosophy. Equally interesting are the passages detailing the world of theater, a world that is colorful, gaudy, outrageous, and enticing, yet also somehow menacing for its illusions. One can never be truly sure whether something is artifice or reality, an acting moment or an emotional moment, and this uncertainty keeps the reader as well as the book's characters off-guard and interested. In this regard, Lee is the perfect heroine. She is imperfect enough to be interesting yet accomplished and intelligent enough to be believable as a crime solver and theater administrator. She works, along with the entire theater milieu, to create a mystery that is involving and surprising.” Tory Lowe, The Ashland University Collegian