MEET THE PLAYERS
On this page you will be introduced to some of the characters from Strange Happenings.    There are a total of 32 characters in the novel, and a few of the unique players are noted below.
Matthew Dearden
Matthew is a sixteen-year-old boy, and he vanishes while riding his bike home
from work.   He works part-time at a local fast food restaurant,  and no one has
seen him since he left  work on that fateful saturday  afternoon.   Did  Matthew
encounter foul play,  or was his disappearance staged?  Do his ex-girlfriend or
friends know of his whereabouts, or are they as clueless as his mother, who is
desperately searching for him?   
Cooper Jenkins
Cooper, a co-worker of Matthew's, has some anger management issues.  He is
a  loner  who  gets  into  many  fights, and most of the neighborhood kids can't
stand  him.   What  is at the root of  Cooper's anger?  Did something happen in
his past, something he can't put behind him?   Does  he  know  anything about
Matthew's disappearance?
Dolores Pratt
Did  Dolores  abandon  her  family  in  1897,  and  simply  walk  away  from  her
Sawnuck  Township  home?   Many  of  the  locals believe this to be the case,
but  many  others  suspect  foul play.  Did her husband cause her to suffer an
untimely  demise,  or is the rumor  of her spirit haunting their old  homestead
merely that?  If the Pratt  residence is not haunted, why do some of the locals
refuse to go near the house?   Can Trevor,  a non-believer when it comes  to
the paranormal,  solve the case of the hundred plus year old  spirit,  while  at
the  same  time  attempt  to  find  Matthew?    Can   he   truly  determine  what
happened  to  Dolores  those  many  years  ago?   More  importantly,  are  the
disappearances connected?
Ross Durden
Constable  Durden,  like  his  father before him, is a police officer in the small
town  of  Sawnuck.   A  factory  town  buried  deep  in the mountains, Sawnuck
does not encounter many disturbances,  hence Durden's laid back demeanor.
Ross becomes a thorn in the side of Trevor Samuels, who has him pegged as
a useless redneck hick.   Does  Durden  know  more about the disappearance
of  Dolores  Pratt  than  he's  letting  on, or is he truly an incompetent officer?
Does  he  have  an  ulterior  motive  for  his  bizarre  actions   and   seemingly
unusual evasiveness?
Ed Sullivan
Ed  has  lived  and  worked  in  Sawnuck  for his entire life.  He owns the local
hardware store, and has his own opinion about the disappearance of Dolores
Pratt.    In   fact,   he   claims  his  grandfather  witnessed  her  murder!   Is  Ed
suffering  from  dementia,  or  does  he  in fact know the real truth behind her
disappearance? 
Marjorie Rees
Marjorie  has  been  a  librarian  at the Sawnuck County Library for over forty
years,  and  she  has  her own opinion about the Pratt mystery.   Further, she
believes the truth lies in the microfilm vault of her library, which contains all
of the articles written for the local newspaper back in 1897.  Do her archives
hold  the  truth  that  will  solve  the  mystery,  or is she just  too  stubborn to
believe  what  her  husband,  Ed  Sullivan, has been telling her for as long as
they've known each other?   
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