JAMES HEATHE

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The Mahoning Trumpet
A South Boston attic. A Youngstown secret.

A pristine WWII jacket, old photos, and letters postmarked years after a soldier’s supposed death point David Costigan toward Youngstown, Ohio. What he uncovers is a story of loyalty, reinvention, and the cost of silence that spans war and home.
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Coming Soon:
The Father: A metaphoric / biographical Novel about loss, fear and discovery Excerep:

By James Heathe

Her diagnosis came in 2002, just after losing both her parents to the same relentless disease. What followed was a long and winding road, marked by remission and relapse, hope and heartbreak. Our daughter, just two years old, knew only a mother in pain. Our son, seven, carried the weight of understanding far too early. She lived in innocence; he lived in fear.

When she passed, it was like the sky split open. We had prepared for it, but grief doesn’t honor preparation. It crashes in, loud and merciless. I unraveled. I was there, but not really. I drifted into a relationship that only deepened my absence. And in that void, my son James, just twelve, stepped into shoes no child should wear. He became protector, comforter, and surrogate father to his little sister, Jaclyn. He bore the unbearable, while I disappeared into my own brokenness.
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The Keeper — In development

Set in the late 1850s, this historical novel traces the escape of two enslaved youths from a South Carolina plantation to the sanctuary of Copperville, Ohio. There, they find love and freedom, until betrayal shatters their peace. What they leave behind becomes a ghostly legacy that haunts the town for generations.
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The Steeltown Killer Chronicles — In development

A psychological thriller that peers into the making of a serial killer. Through the eyes of a seasoned Youngstown police officer and his former FBI partner, readers are drawn into a chilling investigation that asks: how does darkness take root in a person’s soul?