The Healing Place Author:Joe Ellis The Healing Place--an unusual thriller set in the Appalachian hills of Eastern Ohio. The rural community of Scotch Ridge is a safe haven from the dangers and corruption of the world until the day Nathan Kyler moves into the run-down house by the creek. Elijah Mulligan, a leader in the community, does not trust him. The preacher, Charles Welli... more »ngton, tries to befriend him. But Kyler has envisioned a diabolical plan: to commit the ultimate sacrifice--the murder of another human being. The focus of Kyler's evil obsession is the preacher's daughter, Christine. The river town, Martins Ferry, Ohio is the backdrop of this fast-paced thriller. Not far from the outskirts of town, high atop an Appalachian hill sits the Scotch Ridge Church...and in the graveyard of the church, the legendary monument known as "The Chair." Some say "The Chair" is cursed--the person who sits in it five minutes before midnight will die within 24 hours. The day after Christine Wellington sits in "The Chair" she disappears. A mile from the church, deep in the Appalachian woods is a place Elijah Mulligan calls "The Healing Place." It is here that something incredible happens...« less