Terror Mountain - Paperback

by Fred L. Funk (Author)

A monster in human form is preying on pretty young women in the mountain resort town of Leadville, Colorado. Usually his unspeakable desires go unsatisfied. But one September night in 1979, seventeen-year-old Marcia Leggett is caught in his snare, and is brutally raped and murdered in the woods near picturesque Turquoise Lake. Lake County law enforcement, led by Sheriff Gil Gentry, quickly determines a suspect, but the elusive killer manages to stay one step ahead as he plots his next deadly conquest. Hindering the investigation are the weather, the terrain, and the killer's strong survival skills. The sheriff and his team work tirelessly, day after day, week after week, but can they catch the monster and bring him to justice before he claims another life?Fred L. Funk weaves a terrifying story of crime and punishment, inspired by an actual case from decades ago. The author incorporates many of the stories told to him by a family member, a retired county sheriff, to bring gritty realism to Terror Mountain.

Author Biography

Fred L. Funk was born and raised in North Texas near Denton. He attended what is now the University of North Texas, but transferred to East Texas State College to pursue a pre-theology degree. While attending ETSC, he pastored several Methodist churches in North and East Texas as a supply pastor. He later switched careers to accounting and finance, and worked for a national retail furniture chain for thirty-five years. Now retired, Fred is an active member and former president of the Denton Noon Kiwanis Club and a Past Lieutenant Governor of the Texas-Oklahoma District of Kiwanis International. When he filled in at the last minute one day for a speaker who didn't show up, he told some tales from his preaching days. The response was very favorable, and members of the club encouraged him by saying, "You ought to write a book!" So he did. Then he wrote another, and another. And he is working on yet another. Once he got started, he just can't stop. He and his wife, Dana, have been married more than fifty years. They have two daughters and a son, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.