Under the Seal

Carol Mauriello

Under the Seal by Carol Mauriello is Accents Publishing's first literary murder mystery. We are excited to offer to our readers this gripping novella, packed with fascinating, complex characters. What Others Say About Under the Seal Set in a Kentucky river town, here is a tale that is part murder mystery, part existential allegory of wonderfully imagined characters. Mauriello has a gift for drawing us into their struggles toward epiphanies that may save or devour them. This fictional universe connects us to the aesthetic realms of Updike, Cheever and O'Connor. Mauriello has created a distinct milieu, both American and universal, in which everyday citizens find themselves edging along a psychic, social, and spiritual abyss which they can barely see. Under the Seal convinces us that the terrifying drop-off is within us all, an inevitable construct built into our terribly human nature. —George Eklund, Emeritus Professor, Morehead State University Carol Mauriello's prose is delicate and magical, and at the same time masterful and rooted in the everyday. These seeming contradictions merge beautifully in this powerful piece of writing. —Rebecca Bailey, Sage Woman Magazine columnist, Two-time Al Smith Fellow A mysterious murder in a small Kentucky river town sparks the unfolding of Carol Mauriello's Under the Seal. Mauriello crafts a series of small stories that magnify the whole: a police detective, searching for enough evidence to arrest and convict lonely Patsy Ann Singleton's killer. Patsy Ann's past associations with Mazewood men outside her marriage suggest notable entanglements. An evasive husband pleads innocent to deadly vindictiveness. A dedicated investigator strives for solid evidence to the contrary, suspense mounts, and the reader will feel compelled to follow the quest beyond a shadow of doubt. —Joe Sartor, Associate Professor Emeritus, Art

Details and Ordering Publication Date: November 1, 2021 Format: Softcover, 5" x 7" ISBN: 978-1-936628-85-8 Price: $16.00

About the Author Carol Mauriello lives near The Daniel Boone National Forest in Olive Hill, Kentucky with her husband, Joe. She is a native of Kentucky who returned to her home state after living in New York and New Jersey for 25 years. She is retired from teaching English at Morehead State University. Her stories, poems, essays, and novels expand over a wide variety of experiences and locales. She has written one unpublished novel and is currently at work on a novel about a young man in recovery from a schizoaffective illness, and who has chosen to live in a New Jersey Beach town.