Long Beach Lullaby (PDF)

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU RECEIVED A POSTCARD SENT BY THREE PEOPLE YOU MET IN 1972, AND THEIR MESSAGE WAS AS BAFFLING AS THE 1931 POSTMARK?That’s the challenge which sets Sam and Grinch into action 36 years after their backpacking trip through Europe during the summer of 1972. Sam had always speculated that the unusual number of coincidences they encountered were part of a series of synchronic events connecting to a dead woman his grandfather found on a Long Island beach in 1931.The police didn't know if 24-year-old Emma Butterfield had committed suicide or been murdered. But the story grabbed people's attention when her body was found lying in a pile of seaweed on June 16th in Long Beach, New York. At the time of her death, Emma was an out-of-control drunk; a rich party girl from Manhattan with a troubled past. Her diary entries were hot stuff--filled with scintillating details about an incestuous relationship with a former Boston mayor.However, not every story is what it seems, and soon Sam and Grinch are racing down an unpredictable and dangerous path to save Emma’s life, and discover why they had been chosen to do so. Along the way, they face a series of challenges where reality fades, and the line between the past, present and future disappears.Richard Lewis Abrahams is a former journalist who moved on to a career in marketing and public relations. He received a MS degree in Journalism from Boston University, and a BS degree in Communications from Ohio University. Long Beach Lullaby is his first novel.