Guilt in Disguise
Charlie Q.’s Search for peace
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“Good eve-nin’! How y’all?” It was a thick southern accent, definitely and unmistakably southern, spoken by someone who had apparently spent no time in Buffalo, New York. Billy Richards froze, and then slumped as suddenly as if he had had the breath knocked from him. The very thought of a southerner coming into the barber shop sent fear through him, causing his heart to lose its rhythm. They’ve found me. He felt his knees weaken and the blood drain from his face so he held to the back of the barber chair to keep from falling. The scissors he held poised at Rev. Killebrew’s head, ready to clip around his ears, suddenly clattered to the floor. Fear seemed to turn his blood to ice water as his heartbeat accelerated and sent adrenalin rushing through his veins. He kept his back to the door and to this stranger who could possibly be in Buffalo, New York to apprehend him for the murder of Jackie Sawyer in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
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About the Book
Ellen Williamson weaves an intricate narrative with settings in the north and in the south, characters both black and white, forces of good and evil.
A boy from the deep south is burdened with a secret so dark and a tragedy so deep that he is compelled at too young an age to deal with forces beyond his abilities. Then a stranger, a good man with secrets of his own, gives him a strong hand up…and the story is off and running.
This is a tale of contrasts, of a coming apart and a coming together, of love and hate, of hardship and healing.
Carolyn Erickson
In fear of his life, sixteen-year-old Billy Richards flees from Philadelphia, Mississippi and attempts to hide his identity and guilt in Buffalo New York. The enormity of his guilt and fear of being apprehended keeps him cowling in the safety of his elderly friend’s barber shop. He changes his appearance and then his name to Charles Q. O’Malley, II. He is burdened with the heavy load of guilt until he is forced to face up to the enormity of his secret and makes full confession.
About the Author
Ellen Williamson, the daughter of Hughie and Brunice Williamson, was born in Philadelphia, Mississippi where she spent a large part of her life. Her profession was in the field of Medical Records from which she retired in 2001. Brandon, Mississippi is presently her home. She spends her time writing and working in her church, Park Place Baptist Church where she teaches a Bible Class. After raising her family and retiring she began writing and has now completed four novels. Her first two novels, LEAVE ME WHERE I LIE and THE WRATH OF BLACKBERRY WINTER are based on a true story of Mattie Parilee Posey and the heartaches she went through because of the loss of her fiance, Frank Haney. The novels accurately depict the manner of life at the turn of the twentieth century in rural Neshoba County, Mississippi. The third and fourth novels, ANGUISH OF THE INNOCENT and GUILT IN DISGUISE are sequels to the first two. In addition to writing she is an inspirational speaker and is available for speaking engagements at churches and civic groups. Ms. Williamson has three children, James Daniels, Stan Daniels and Lori Cameron. She has two grandchildren, Carmen James and Roger Cameron and one great-grandchild, Jesse Wayne James. You may learn more about Ms. Williamson and how to contact her through her web site: www.ellenwilliamson.com or by e-mail authorellen@wmconnect.com