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Contributed by: Yvonne Mason on 12/12/2008

Incredible, Powerful! States Ann B Keller Author of The Devil's Cresent and Briggen.
This is her review in its entirety:

I've just finished Silent Scream, Yvonne. I read your book in one day and
> I can honestly say it is one of the most incredible, frightening and compelling
> books I've ever read. And you put my words on the back cover, too! My
> goodness. I'm so very honored. Thank you for doing that.
>
> You know, when I picked up Silent Scream this morning, I sort of paged through
> it from the back to the front, as my mother often does. A certain face on page
> 412 struck me. I had the book resting in my lap and the blanket I had wrapped
> around me (it gets kind of cold here in Elyria, Ohio in the mornings!) hid the
> caption below the photo. I stared at that picture and got chilled. Who was
> that, I wondered? The boyish looks of this man were at war with his eyes.
> I've heard that the eyes are the windows of your soul. For Schaefer, I
> guess this was true. His eyes bothered me. I raised the book up, saw the
> caption, and knew why I was afraid. The photo was of Gerard J. Schaefer.
>
> Page by page, chapter by chapter, I was drawn into Silent Scream, into the
> stories of these girls and the madman who held them captive, then destroyed them
> in every way that it is possible for one human being to do another in. Schaefer
> was different from the average criminal, wasn't he? He was smart and wily
> as a fox. He played every angle, even maneuvering law enforcement officers, the
> press, supposed girlfriends and family in an attempt to achieve his twisted
> goals.
>
> Schaefer's trial, jail time and subsequent unending appeals were, indeed, a
> "circus", as you described them. I liked the way that you broke
> everything up into short chapters. This is powerful stuff. I think if the
> chapter were longer, the reader couldn't handle it. I know I had difficulty
> - yes, even in daylight!!!
>
> I also liked the way you put in some brief notes and photos of the individuals
> involved in the end of the book. That's a stroke of genius. It really
> brings home to the reader just how "real" this story is. Silent
> Scream is a book you really want to forget, but you can't. Your own sense
> of self-preservation pleads with you to file the story away in the depths of
> some deep, dark dungeon of your mind, where you don't have to deal with the
> pain and anguish Schaefer caused so many people. I can't. I won't.
> And I know that you won't, either, my good friend.
>
> I'm still reeling from what you've written here, Yvonne, and very, very
> honored to call you my friend. You deserve every iota of praise you receive for
> writing this masterpiece. I shall be honored to declare that wherever I can
> find your book.
>
> For the innocent girls and unnamed victims yet to be discovered, we thank you.
>
> Ann B. Keller
>
> --
> Ann B. Keller
> Author/Screenwriter

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