Kate Lurik lives a quiet life in a small Midwestern city, a life quickly passing her by. It's a life filled with ties cut too soon, endings before their beginnings, hauntings and tauntings from the past. But when her star athlete sister is brutally attacked, Kate is jolted from her ennui. Desperate to act, she searches for the who and the why. On a cold January night she discovers what she seeks, but her lofty goals for justice by the light of day become subsumed by the need for violent retribution. And once she feels the power of that act, she wants to give it to others, to introduce her own brand of reason and righteousness into a world wounded and wearied.

The Mess I Have Made is a novel that explores the pain of loss, and how far those left behind will go for peace.

A work of literary fiction, complete at 52,700 words, The Mess I Have Made is ready for review by interested parties. Contact amy@wayfarerwriting.com for more information.