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Award winning author John Roynesdal
is a retired English teacher who has written for more than 15 years and produced 3 books for his Phillip Michael Carnegie Mystery series. Throughout the series
John focuses on issues that prevail on mankind: greed
prejudice
poverty
dysfunctional families and the conflict between traditional and modern societies. Living in Darkness
a 265-page mystery novel
is the third book in this series.

Here
we have a serial killer at large. Detective Carnegie and his coworkers Paul and Nick are out to solve the case. Clues point to many possibilities and keep the team working hard. Is it the work of a homophobe? Or a case of mad revenge? Or pointless youth rage? Juliana
their insightful and caring friend has often aided in cases in the past – and this one is no different. Inspired by the work of another man
Juliana is attempting to open a safe house for runaway gay children but she is obstructed by zealous religious leaders.

The boss
Fats
wants to see the serial killer case closed and it seems that it should be – but Detective Carnegie feels something is not quite right. He continues the investigation without consent and stumbles on some clues that change everything.

This book promotes freedom and a willingness to live and let live regarding sexuality. Good points were made about prohibition making various sexual urges into something secretive and devious. I felt that John did a wonderful job depicting the stresses of the homosexual. Readers are shown the stigma that is placed on them as soon as they are known as "gay". The reaction of employers and family was interesting and the prejudice homosexuals endure was enlightening. The story line definitely brings awareness to the hateful and disgusting crime of gay-bashing.

ISBN#: 1411626702
Author: John A. Roynesdal
Publisher: Lulu Press