THE GARDENER
By Todd Martin (more about the author)
By Trish Erickson-Martin (more about the author)
Release date: Summer 2011
As a boy, Darren Gibson’s father was violently taken from him. As a man, Darren will collect on the debt he’s owed.
When 17-year-old Amanda and her mother Mary move to small-town Farmingdale, they know their lives will change. The old house needs a few repairs, and the yard desperately needs a gardener. Mary thinks she’s being charitable when she hires a local man to do the yard work; he’s mentally handicapped and the arrangement will be mutually beneficial. But the new gardener has more than work on his mind, and jealousy is the catalyst that sparks a night of rage-fueled murder. Now Amanda and her friends, isolated from the town by a night of revelry turned sour, must fight for their lives if they hope to see the dawn. But the savage killer stalking them has plans to plant each of them, one-by-one, deep in the dirt.
The Gardener…weeds aren’t the only things he kills.
When 17-year-old Amanda and her mother Mary move to small-town Farmingdale, they know their lives will change. The old house needs a few repairs, and the yard desperately needs a gardener. Mary thinks she’s being charitable when she hires a local man to do the yard work; he’s mentally handicapped and the arrangement will be mutually beneficial. But the new gardener has more than work on his mind, and jealousy is the catalyst that sparks a night of rage-fueled murder. Now Amanda and her friends, isolated from the town by a night of revelry turned sour, must fight for their lives if they hope to see the dawn. But the savage killer stalking them has plans to plant each of them, one-by-one, deep in the dirt.
The Gardener…weeds aren’t the only things he kills.
