The Thin Line of Reason

Sgt. Bill Lancaster of the Nanaimo RCMP is a recovering alcoholic who is still mourning the death of his friend and partner, Sgt. Ben Moore. He jumps at the chance to catch his killer, Josef Stein, but events go horribly wrong. Unable to believe that Stein is dead, he turns to his sister for support, but she is battling her own demons. The beautiful Sarah Lancaster is not only dealing with their eccentric mother, but her employer's amorous advances. When a ghost from the past begins stalking Sarah, she fears for her sanity and ignores her mother's pleas of warning. In "The Thin Line of Reason," everyone wears a mask Excerpt: "Bill scanned the formidable darkness for signs of shifting ghosts, flimsy beings that prowl the thin line of reason, the place where desire meets obsession, and reality and illusion collide. They hide there, on the periphery of sight, dark phantoms clothed in moth-eaten rags, racks of bones filled with lust and cruelty, their hunger sated only by madness and addiction."