Sins of My Youth: A Charlie McClung Mystery

You can run from your past, but what do you do when your past tries to kill you?

Detective Charlie McClung finds his wife's best friend standing over a dead body, bloody knife clutched in her hand. He can't believe she's guilty but it's hard to believe she's innocent with the victim's blood dripping on her shoes. Torn between his sense of duty and his devotion to his wife, each road he travels down seems to fork into ten directions.What people are saying about Sins of My Youth"What do you do when the evidence points to your best friend? You drop everything. Newlywed Marion McClung's search for the truth follows the twisted branches of a tortured family tree in Sins of My Youth. A must read." - Gretchen Archer, author of the USA Today Bestselling Davis Way Crime Capers "Sins of My Youth is a wonderful crime story tied up with family and friends everyone wants to protect. The kind of story that makes you dive into the pages and not come out until all the threads are pulled together at the end. A first-rate mystery and a superb ending that will have you remembering all the clues you should have caught along the way." - Ritter Ames, author of the USA Today Bestselling Organized Mysteries and the Bodies of Art Mysteries "Edwards deftly reveals layers of secrets and lies in this page-turner. Charlie McClung fans will gobble it up." - LynDee Walker, Agatha Award-Nominated author of Cover Shot "Mary Anne Edwards manages to captivate the reader in her latest book, Sins of My Youth, written in painstakingly intricate detail, helping the reader clearly envision the various settings and the characters involved. Edwards has a gift for taming the written word into works of literary genius that play on human emotions while inserting a sense of humor, combined with realism. Readers are strung along like puppets as new twists and turns are infused into the storyline, culminating in an ending that will leave you breathless " - Jennifer L. Roche, author of the Bestselling book Healing Ties Book One in the Ties Series & CEO of Rainbows of Happiness LLC