In 1992, college professor Dr. Harrison Hawke goes to England on a research project. Neither he nor the world knew that hidden in England was the only existing copy of a secret diary written by a U. S. Army officer in WW II and that hired thugs would terrorize others to get that diary. Believing Harrison was after the diary, the gang tortured him, attempting to expel him from the country. After the arrest of the gang's kingpen, and the arrival of Maria, life was nice. Until a fateful funeral. Vengeful, the professor vowed to single-handedly combat the gang for the diary, discover its mystique...and somehow stay alive.
It was windy outside, but the thought of the channel breeze brushing his room was enticing. He was stepping over to the window when - crash! The window shattered with a splintering crack. A brick-like object rippped through the drapes and plummeted to the carpet, just missing his feet.
Harrison jumped back. He stared at what was clearly a brick. Then, through the wind-blown drapes, another object sailed through the broken windowpanes. Harrison cringed from the second object as it landed on the carpet. Frozen for a second, his excitability almost clouded the obvious. A pipe-like instrument lay on the floor with a foot-long fuse ignited at the tip. The fuse squirmed insidiously like a vicious serpent while the tip spit out fiery venom. "Holy sh--!" He did not finish.
About Wallace Collins
Wallace Collins is a graduate of the University of Texas, having received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government with subsequent graduate work in Public Administration. After college, he served in the U. S. Army in Frankfurt, Germany where he met his future wife, Hille Jeddeloh. They now reside in Austin, Texas. He retired from his primary career in 1993 when he resigned his post as executive director of a Texas state agency. Wallace Collins has another calling - as a writer. His novel, The Tiverton Diary, borrows from actual events and figures of World War II to weave a uniquely crafted romantic suspense novel.
In 1992, college professor Dr. Harrison Hawke goes to England on a research project. Neither he nor the world knew that hidden in England was the only existing copy of a secret diary written by a U. S. Army officer in WW II and that hired thugs would terrorize others to get that diary. Believing Harrison was after the diary, the gang tortured him, attempting to expel him from the country. After the arrest of the gang's kingpen, and the arrival of Maria, life was nice. Until a fateful funeral. Vengeful, the professor vowed to single-handedly combat the gang for the diary, discover its mystique...and somehow stay alive.
Wallace Collins is a graduate of the University of Texas, having received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government with subsequent graduate work in Public Administration.