A Thrilling Novel Of Evil In A Small Town

The Spiral Bridge: A Man Of God Brings Shame To His Family And A Thrilling Novel Of Evil In A Small Town

Houston, TX, (PRWEB) March 25, 2004 -- Rape? Murder? Are these subjects for a clergyman to write a story about? Alvin H. Franzmeier, a retired minister will answer by letting a warm, winning smile spread across his face, and saying, Yes." Franzmeier is the author of THE SPIRAL BRIDGE. He says, When I told my wife about my novel, she wondered what I was doing to our reputation."

She was not commenting on his writing. As the author of a Bible-based book, The First Words of Jesus: Meditations on the Beatitudes, she knew her Lutheran minister husband could tell a good story. She worried how people would feel about a minister writing about something as gritty and corrupt as rape, murder, and small-town cover-ups. Franzmeier says, People see a minister as someone away from the world who sits in an office. I havent begun to tell the lurid stories Ive heard."

THE SPIRAL BRIDGE takes place in a small Minnesota town during the Depression. A teacher attempting to hide her pregnancy ends up dead and college student Tillie Tilden works with the local deputy sheriff to find out why. Tillie faces danger and possible death, but continues her pursuit to learn what really happened.    

Not all in THE SPIRAL BRIDGE is lurid stories. One charming relationship is that of Tillie with a mentally retarded boy. Although," says Franzmeier, an academic with many degrees, including one in history, they didnt use that term in those days."

Franzmeier, smiling frequently and comfortable in his role as a some times shepherd of a black-sheep says, Stories have power. Much of the Bible is the telling of stories." So, telling a good story is part of religion and part of history. Stories have the power to edify even while they entertain."

In this novel, he certainly does entertain, and often in the way he did from the pulpit when his flair for the dramatic was noted by a parishioner, the cartoonist, Dave Clark, (Dave Clarks Classic Comics), who referred to Franzmeier as the Bob Hope of the clergy."    

THE SPIRAL BRIDGE, ISBN Number: 1-4137-0953-2, Author: Alvin H. Franzmeier, Publisher: Publish America (www.publishamerica.com), Price: $19.95, Release Date: April 3, 2004, Number of Pages: 214, Genre: Mystery/Thriller.

For more information on The Spiral Bridge and to schedule an interview with Reverend Franzmeier, contact: Sandy Lawrence, sandylawrence@perceptivemarketing.com.

Dateline: March, 2004...Houston, TX
Contact Name: Sandy Lawrence
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