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— Paula Tretkoff · Mathematician · Professor Emerita, Texas A&M, College St, TX, USA.
THREE kIDNAPPED
THREE SIBLINGS
THREE FURIES
THREE kIDNAPPED
THREE SIBLINGS
THREE FURIES
I write under the pen name Diana Dirkby, though my name is Paula Tretkoff. I was born in Sydney, Australia, and now divide my time between Texas and Alaska with my spouse. I gracefully weave together the tapestry of complex relationships in the three families featured in my novel Three Kidnapped, Three Siblings, Three Furies.
After a career in academia, I transitioned to writing, and my debut novel The Overlife: A Tale of Schizophrenia draws on the authentic experiences of both my mother and myself living with paranoid schizophrenia. Three Kidnapped, Three Siblings, Three Furies is my second novel, inviting readers to embrace the transformative power of storytelling in exploring the unseen depths of the human heart—with a twist.
Three Kidnapped
Firstly, the town of Vrayboro is shaken by the sudden disappearance of three teenagers: Mary Bell, Fred McCarthy, and Sebastian Ward. Subsequently the suspense grows as cryptic notes, one invoking the Greek Myths, from the kidnappers appear on the teens’ parents’ doorsteps, quickly turning to horror. At this point, Isabel Morse, an author with schizophrenia, enters. Significantly, Isabel is an expert in Greek myths. In fact, she is the only one in Vrayboro able to decode these mysterious notes.
Three Siblings
Secondly, the ransom note invoking the Greek Myths demands that the siblings of the kidnapped teens confess hidden secrets about their families’ complex relationships. More precisely, the kidnappers want a Catholic Priest, Father Lewis and Isabel Morse to organize the confessions. Undeniably, the request for such confessions is a complete mystery. Surprisingly, Isabel Morse, a renowned scholar of Greek mythology and an author with schizophrenia, emerges as the story’s heroine.
Three Furies
Thirdly, after weeks of suspense and horror, the kidnappers identify themselves. Explicitly they claim to be the Three Furies from Greek mythology. Markedly, in that mythology, they punish family wrongs in the Greek Myths. Undeniably, unwrapping the sibling confessions reveals hidden family secrets. Thereupon the question arises: Who is to blame—the siblings, the kidnapped teens, or their parents? Isabel Morse, a writer with schizophrenia holds the key to the horror.