THE DEVIL YOU KNOW at half price

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW is on offer: just 99p/99c from Oct 4-10

Available on Amazon UK and Amazon.com, (and all other Amazon sites).  Lots of very good reviews, from both book bloggers and the reading public :)

What would you do if you feared the serial killer was someone you knew, loved, or maybe even a member of your family?

Every serial killer is someone's friend, spouse, lover or child.... 

Young women are being murdered in the Lincolnshire town of Lyndford, where five people fear someone close to them might be the monster the police are searching for.

One of them is right.

Juliet sees an expert's profile of the average serial killer and realises that her abusive husband, Paul, ticks ALL the boxes.  

Maisie thinks her mum's new boyfriend seems too good to be true.  Is she the only person who can see through Gary's friendly, sensitive façade? 

Tamsin is besotted with her office crush, Jake.  Then love turns to suspicion... 

Steve is used to his childhood friend, Dan, being a loud mouthed Lothario with little respect for the truth.  But is a new influence in his life leading him down a more sinister path? 

Dorothy's beloved son, Orlando, is keeping a secret from her—a chilling discovery forces her to confront her worst fears. 

THE DEVIL YOU KNOW is a character-driven psychological drama that will keep you guessing until the very end.

The Devil You Know

Looking at release in early October or possibly before, cross fingers and touch wood!  It's just taken off on its last proof/test read.....

Every killer is someone's son, husband or boyfriend...

The Devil You Know is a psychological drama/thriller/murder mystery.  A move sideways for me, rather than a complete change in genre, because it's still very much character-driven and based on close human relationships.

So what's it about?  There's a serial killer at large in my fictional town of Lyndford in south Lincolnshire, and five people fear that he might be someone close to them.  One of them is right....

It's not a detective or police procedural novel and doesn't centre around the solving of a crime, but is still a 'whodunnit', beause the killer's identity is a mystery until late in the book.  A few chapters are told through the eyes of the victims, with snapshots from the points of view of the detectives, but, essentially, the story centres around these five:

Juliet wonders where her controlling, violent husband goes at night, and when a TV crime expert lists the characteristics of your average multiple murderer, she realises they could be describing the man she's been married to for twenty-four years.

Steve has been friends with Dan since childhood, but a new friend has brought out the worst in him.  Is 'the worst' more terrifying that Steve dares to imagine?

Tamsin is in love with her colleague on the local newspaper.  When Jake rejects her, she begins to look at him with new eyes.

Maisie loathes her mother's new boyfriend.  Her best friend teases her that Gary is the Lyndford Strangler, but could her joke have hit the nail on the head?

Dorothy loves her son, Orlando, more than life itself ~ which makes her suspicions about his secret life so heartbreaking that she fears for her sanity.

Fun version done with some Vincent Van Gogh stylee thing - makes it look like a horror novel!

I'm aiming to get it out in early October (possibly September), cross fingers.  Thanks for reading :)