The Reading Glass Magazine - Third Issue
Our maiden issue underscored one discipline challenged by the Covid-19 pandemic, literacy, and confronted the threat posed to our thirst for knowledge. On our second issue, as we progressed to regain normalcy, we all started anew-breaking free from the fetters of the pandemic. Now, as we continue to step outside, what better way to release our third edition than bask in the sun’s warmth? THE READING GLASS MAGAZINE, a community that sparks conversations, in our summer issue, gives A TOAST TO TIMELESS SUMMER STORIES.
Our maiden issue underscored one discipline challenged by the Covid-19 pandemic, literacy, and confronted the threat posed to our thirst for knowledge. On our second issue, as we progressed to regain normalcy, we all started anew-breaking free from the fetters of the pandemic. Now, as we continue to step outside, what better way to release our third edition than bask in the sun’s warmth? THE READING GLASS MAGAZINE, a community that sparks conversations, in our summer issue, gives A TOAST TO TIMELESS SUMMER STORIES.
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40 | <strong>The</strong> <strong>Reading</strong> <strong>Glass</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
TONTINE:<br />
WHEN TIME RUNS OUT FOR<br />
THE LAST SUBSCRIBER<br />
BY ROBERT H. KRUSE<br />
Paperback | $18.00<br />
This novel puts a fresh spin on the classic tontine story, with a hero<br />
thrown into a murder case that needs cracking.<br />
Peter Xavier’s estranged father telephones after fifteen years of silence<br />
and ask for help. <strong>The</strong> son agrees to meet with him, but he arrives at the<br />
worst moment. <strong>The</strong> last subscribers of a Tontine formed sixty years ago<br />
are being picked off one by one. His father is one of them. Peter tries<br />
to protect him, but can he? <strong>The</strong> investigating detective suspects Peter,<br />
but he is looking in the wrong place. Left no choice, he must find the<br />
murderer himself. <strong>The</strong>n his troubles begin.<br />
While hunting for the killer, he learns a devastating secret about the<br />
Tontine and the man in charge of the money at the Funhouse Bank.<br />
Peter then finds himself the target of an assassin, and he runs until he<br />
is rescued by the woman from Frenchies’ Escorts. He realizes that if<br />
he doesn’t make exactly the right moves, the conspiracy he’s stumbled<br />
into will kill him.<br />
ROBERT H. KRUSE<br />
Robert H. Kruse lives and writes in paradise—Oro Valley,<br />
Arizona—with his lovely wife, her roses, and fussy orchids.<br />
His interest in writing sprang from telling extemporaneous<br />
stories to his children and grandchildren. With hope and<br />
confidence in 2016, he published the first novel, followed<br />
by the second, third, and fourth Tontine in 2021.
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