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Ricochet
The night before Sheila Carpenter begins her career as an FBI Agent a bomb is detonated sending Sheilas best friend to the hospital in a fight for her life. Then Sheila discovers clues her mother left in the days before her parents deaths leading Sheila to believe their deaths were not accidental.
Now Sheila is on the trail of her mothers killers while the bombers are closing in on Sheila. She’s swept into the dark underbelly of illegal immigration, identity theft, and terrorism. And now shes on a collision course with terrorists intent on sending the United States into chaos. And for Sheila, now its personal.
Reviewer Richard Blake said about Ricochet, “Terrell does not waste words in this masterfully written novel of conflict, intrigue, adventure and romance. This fast paced novel is hard to put down. It is a book that begs for more of p.m.terrell.”
And reviewer Delores Michelle says Ricochet is “Riveting…fast-paced…heart pounding….with just a hint of romance. If you like mysteries jam-packed with action, you’ll love Ricochet!” And reviewer Donna Coomer says “Page turning action, a slight scent of romance and an overview of the role immigrants play in our society, Ricochet once again shows Terrell’s tenacious handling of touchy subjects.”
About the Author
p.m. terrell was born in Washington, DC to an FBI Special Agent, John Neelley, and his homemaker wife, Lois. She was the third of five children–three girls and two boys. 
Although they lived for short periods throughout the country, Ms. Terrell is a native Washingtonian who has lived most of her life in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.
In August 2004, she co-founded The Book ‘Em Foundation, a not for profit organization, with Officer Mark Kearney of the Waynesboro Police Department. The organization’s mission is to increase public awareness of the connection between high illiteracy rates and high crime rates, increase literacy rates, and decrease crime rates.
The First Annual Book ‘Em Event was held on October 23, 2004 in Waynesboro, Virginia and attracted 52 authors. The second event, held on October 22 and 23, 2005, attracted 75 authors from all over the world. Proceeds were donated to Central Shenandoah Crime Stoppers, the Shenandoah Valley Reading Council, and Friends of the Library of Augusta County, Staunton, and Waynesboro.
Kickback is the first suspense thriller in a series that casts female programmers in the lead roles - programmers who find themselves caught in life or death situations where they must use their knowledge and their guts to rescue themselves, a theme that was carried forward in The China Conspiracy and Ricochet.
“I always have admired strong women,” Patricia admits. “I think it came from listening to my father tell us stories about our ancestry, and all the strong women in our family. One ancestor was left at home during the Civil War when her husband joined the Confederate Army. When a group of Union soldiers tried to steal the hams from the smokehouse, she stood in the doorway with her shotgun, and told them those hams were all she had to feed her seven children, and they would get to them over her dead body. Legend has it, they left her, her children and the hams alone.”
It’s the kind of guts the characters in her books would admire.
She is currently writing her next book, an historical suspense/thriller inspired by the true story of Mary Neelley, one of her ancestors, who was captured by Shawnee Indians in 1780 at Fort Nashborough at the height of the Revolutionary War. It is the story of amazing courage and determination, of an ordinary young woman catapulted into extraordinary circumstances, and of the overwhelming will to survive. The book is due to be released in the fall of 2007 by Drake Valley Press.
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