THE MALEVOLENT HOMEBUYER

About the Book

“In the past 25 years, over 250 real-estate agents have been assaulted on the job. Many of them raped and murdered.” Charlie Daniels, president of Montana’s largest board of Realtors, read this statement to his associates. It was from the National Association of Realtors and arrived only days before the first-ever rape-murder of a city Realtor. Another killing followed. A rapist-killer is now established and on the prowl in Montana’s largest city and he leaves no evidence. He has a fixation on beautiful real-estate women with black hair. He is a lawman’s worst nightmare––a rapist-killer from a distant place with two years spent building local trust. Now, he has a plan to rape and kill, and repeat his grisly work. The killings send a message to female Realtors––a killer walks among us, business as usual is over. Women are the backbone of the real-estate sales force, but apprehension hangs in the air. Sally Stokes, attractive middle-aged widow with two young daughters, cannot afford to hole up. Neither can gorgeous Sheena Lovely, the rumored great-grand daughter of Montana native Gary Cooper. Law enforcement is stymied. They look to a retired man-hunter, Sheriff Wade Hollingsworth, for input, but his conclusion is surreal, the contrast too large––would a killer leave the protective concealment of peopled Seattle for the vastness of Montana? Two years past, the Seattle media tagged a similar killer, The Taker. Can The Taker really be in Montana, operating under a guise of innocence? When the aging sheriff’s beautiful protégé Sheena is taken, he acts on his hunch. Alone he trudges to a suspected wilderness hide-away where he finds her––hopeless–– waiting. Now they must elude the returning sadist. Apprehensively, they start an arduous trip out of the mountains with no conception of the horror awaiting them.

About the Author

In keeping with the non-fi ctional aspect of this memoir, the author’s name, Wallace Madding is used. He has been published as Wally Mading. A “d” was dropped from the author’s true name at birth. This romantic memoir is therefore true throughout unless otherwise specifi ed. Madding attended college at Missouri State University and the University of Montana and was a four year starting football player at both schools. He is a retired real-estate broker and former United States Marine. He was also a rodeo cowboy and has been a lifelong outdoorsman. Madding has been married to the former Frances Ann Lea for 59 years. They have three children and fi ve grandchildren and live in Billings, Montana. This is third published book.