Riverview

Riverview is the name of a maximum security penitentiary. Riverview is also a poor prison town where the opening scene occurs, setting up a chilling and suspenseful sequence of events told in flashbacks.
The lives of four people inextricably interweave to create a gripping story, crafted to hold the reader’s attention throughout, and to keep him guessing about what will happen next.
The protagonists include a psychopathic and bloodthirsty misfit who learned to hate from birth, and a misguided wanderer who takes advantage whenever he can. A beautiful victim of circumstance falls prey to an unscrupulous prison warden and charms her way to freedom. The love of her life is devastated by one disaster after another. Various other nefarious characters all serve to make this complex and suspenseful story one that you can not put down.

Author Alan Guzzetti takes you on a mind bending tour of an underworld of despicable characters committing unspeakable acts. Some of the realistic and descriptive prose is not for the faint-hearted, but the action and captivating story telling will completely engage the reader.
There are tender moments as in all human experience, but they are sometimes eclipsed by the dysfunctional interference perpetrated by abnormal individuals. The reader may begin to wonder what is normal and abnormal when one is placed in an environment where survival is of the utmost importance and revenge is essential for self preservation.