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Wireman

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When Nick was ten and Daley was eight, the Ringer siblings knew they were different from other families. Their mother was an abusive drunk, who earned a living selling her body. Her actions made her children the Bloomington, Texas town's pariahs. Daley always hung in the shadows, ready to protect Nick from himself. He would lie for his older brother in order to provide him with an alibi. Nick's forte was to strangle his tormentors' pets because misery was miserable company.

In Nam, Nick and Daley served as Recon Officers. However, when the siblings were separated from their squad, they were trapped deep in Cong territory. In order to survive, Nick had to use the garrote to make a quiet kill of his enemy. When they were rescued, Nick had a breakdown and was hospitalized. He remained confined in the mental ward until Daley returned home. The brothers move to Houston at the same time that someone is decapitating the heads of innocent people, using an MO similar to Nick's Nam experience.

WIREMAN is a taut thriller that keeps the reader on edge from the first page till the novel is finished. This type of book is the true horror novel because the monster is a human, who preys on anyone without the slightest shred of remorse. Billie Sue Mosiman captures the essence of the sociopath so well, readers will buy extra locks to secure their homes in order to gain a slightly disturbed sleep. Fans of realistic horror tales, need to read WIREMAN, one of the sub-genre's best of 1997.

Harriet Klausner

I've been a fan of Mosiman for years (readers of my novel Gamemaster already know that!) She is not one of those authors whose work shows up at the supermarket check out, but rather the hidden gem you can't wait to tell your friends about, because you know they will thank you for it. I remember buying this in trade paperback somewhere in 98 I think (loaned it to one of those "friends" and never got it back) I recently reread the story on it's ebook edition and am happy to say it hasn't lost a bit of it's razor edge. Taunt fiction you could get a paper cut from and enough tension to raise your blood pressure a few notches. Mosiman shows us true horror by forcing us to look at the human monster within us all! Bravo Billie Sue and thanks for making this available again!

I recently finished Wireman, and found the story to be one of those that you have to keep reading because you want to know what happens next, and next, and next...

I'd have liked the bit just before the end (not saying which as I don't want to add spoilers)to be a little clearer, but on the whole a good story and I found the characters of the older cop, and the father easy to believe and well rounded.

I'd have liked a little more background on the brothers and more of a connection to the ribbon. Again, don't want to say too much so as not to spoil it for other readers.

All in all, a great storyline, and the suspense is done well.