The Choking Game

The Whistler, a seasonal stalker, is terrorizing the women of Nantucket as they head home from the bars. When the body of a missing nanny is found anchored to the bottom of a bog, police Lieutenant John Jarad fears that this year The Whistler is upping his twisted game, and that more women may be in danger.Mainland artist Sarah Hawthorne is fleeing her blistered past. When Sarah takes a barmaid’s job at The Tap Room, a Nantucket pub, she is looking for a safe haven, a place of rest. Instead, Sarah finds herself the focus of a cruel team of sexual predators. Is she the next fresh item on their menu?Offering a cast of colorful characters and a riveting plot, THE CHOKING GAME promises to be the perfect summer beach read.

Martha Reed is a Pittsburgh-based author who is busily developing her Nantucket Mystery series after a lifetime of travel and adventures spanning three continents. Her novel, THE NATURE OF THE GRAVE, won a 2006 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Honorable Mention for Mid-Atlantic Best Regional Fiction. Martha currently serves on the Board of Sisters in Crime, Inc. (SinC) as Chapter Liaison, and spends her limited spare time and even more limited discretionary income renovating her 128-year old Victorian home that she lovingly refers to as The Bottomless Money Pit. Martha loves travel, big jewelry, and great coffee, and delights in the never-ending antics of her extended family.