Faceless by Vanda Symon BLOG TOUR #Faceless @vandasymon @OrendaBooks #SouthCrossCrime #Homeless #BookReview #FindHer

 

Worn down by a job he hates, and a stressful family life, middle-aged, middle-class Bradley picks up a teenage escort and commits an unspeakable crime. Now she’s tied up in his warehouse, and he doesn’t know what to do.

Max is homeless, eating from rubbish bins, sleeping rough and barely existing – known for cadging a cigarette from anyone passing, and occasionally even the footpath. Nobody really sees Max, but he has one friend, and she’s gone missing.

In order to find her, Max is going to have to call on some people from his past, and reopen wounds that have remained unhealed for a very long time, and the clock is ticking…

Hard-hitting, fast-paced and immensely thought-provoking, Faceless – the startling new standalone thriller from New Zealand’s ‘Queen of Crime’ – will leave you breathless.

Faceless by Vanda Symon is published in paperback by Orenda Books on 17 March 2022, the ebook was published in January. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this blog tour. 

Readers in the UK will be familiar with Vanda Symon's excellent police procedural series featuring Sam Shephard.  There are currently four Sam Shephard novels published by Orenda in the series: Overkill, The Ringmaster, Containment and Bound. It's an excellent series, set in New Zealand with a kick-ass female lead character. 

Faceless is a stand alone novel, not connected to Sam Shephard, and was previously published in New Zealand as The Faceless. 

This is an incredible piece of writing. It's crime fiction, it's psychologically chilling and it gets to the heart of characters who will ensnare the reader. There''s some dark issues covered here, at times it is violent and shocking, but it is always done with panache and flair and totally in keeping with the themes dealt with. 

The reader is introduced to three main characters; Billy, Max and Bradley. Billy and Max live on the streets of Auckland. Two totally different characters from contrasting backgrounds, but both sharing the same stretch of pavement each night. Max is middle aged, obviously intelligent, but worn down. Young Billy is the daughter of immigrants from Fiji, she's a talented artist but carries a burden with her.

Bradley is a middle-class executive. He's angry and tired, he hates his boss, his wife seems more interested in their children, he's teetering on the edge.

When Billy and Bradley cross paths, it is the beginning of a story that is often very uncomfortable. The reader is thrust deep into the world of people on the street, and the danger and discrimination that they face every single minute of their lives. 

Vanda Symon gets into the heart and soul of her characters. She slowly but surely reveals Max's tragic back story, whilst making sure that her readers are aware of his strengths. Not only does the reader learn about Max, he does too. His slow realisation of what he has become, and how he could change is enlightening to him and to us. 

Be prepared for a tense, twisty, chilling read. As Billy battles to stay alive, and Bradley's mental state deteriorates slowly but surely and Max's determination grows, we are taken on a journey that is at times terrifying but always compelling. You just can't look away. 

Faceless proves that Vanda Symon can write much more than a fabulous police procedural series. This is top class storytelling, with heart. Highly recommended. 

Vanda Symon lives in Dunedin, New Zealand. 

As well as being a crime writer, she has a PhD in science communication and is a researcher at the Centre for Pacific Health at the University of Otago. 

Overkill was shortlisted for the 2019 CWA John Creasey Debut Dagger Award and she is a three-time finalist for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel for her critically acclaimed Sam Shephard series. 

Vanda produces and hosts 'Write On', a monthly radio show focusing on the world of books at Otago Access Radio. 

When she isn’t working or writing, Vanda can be found in the garden, or on the business end of a fencing foil.

www.vandasymon.com

Twitter @vandasymon

Instagram @vandasymon

Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz #TastingSunlight @EwaldArenz t. @FwdTranslations @OrendaBooks #GermanFiction #BookReview

 

An anorexic teenager escapes from a clinic and forms an unlikely friendship with a farmer. The two damaged women slowly heal as they work the land, in an achingly beautiful debut.
 
Teenager Sally has just run away from a clinic where she to be treated for anorexia. She’s furious with everything and everyone, and wants to be left in peace.
 
Liss is in her forties, living alone on a large farm that she runs single-handedly. She has little contact with the outside world, and no need for other people.
 
From their first meeting, Sally realises that Liss isn’t like other adults; she expects nothing of Sally and simply accepts who she is, offering her a bed for the night with no questions asked.
 
That night becomes weeks and then months, as an unlikely friendship develops and these two damaged women slowly open up – connecting to each other, reconnecting with themselves, and facing the darkness in their pasts  through their shared work on the land.
 
Achingly beautiful, profound, invigorating and uplifting, Tasting Sunlight is a story of friendship across generations, of love and acceptance, of the power of nature to heal and transform, and the goodness that surrounds us, if only we take time to see it…

Tasting Sunlight by Ewald Arenz is published by Orenda Books on 23 June 2022. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review. It is translated by Rachel Ward

I have been reading books for a very long time; fifty years or so and during that time I have read a lot of books, thousands and thousands of books. 

Every now and again, a book comes along and shakes me to my core. Tasting Sunlight did that to me and this is a book that I will never ever forget. It is not just the story, or the characters, it is the whole reading experience as Arenz masterfully and beautifully reveals these two women to his reader. 

Set in rural Germany, amongst the fields of crops and orchards of fruit, this is a captivating and quite magical story of a most unlikely friendship. It spans the generations and the classes and shows that a true and non judgemental friendship can heal hearts.

Sally has run away, again, from the clinic where she is being treated for anorexia. She meets Liss. Liss lives alone, running the family farm. She's mid forties and says very little.  She does not judge, or ask questions, she just accepts. Sally intends to stay with Liss for just a few days, but this soon turns into weeks and these two extraordinary females slowly but surely get to know each other.

The writing is simple and is filled with the the magic of nature. As Liss teaches Sally about the ripening and harvesting of pears, to the care of bee hives and the collecting of a potato crop, the reader is totally captivated and enchanted. Whilst simply written, the story is multi layered and complex and this author has done an incredible job with character creation; the reader instantly loves both of them. It becomes the reader's ineluctable fate to become part of this novel themselves, to urge these women along and to discover the truths of their existence. 

Tasting Sunlight is the perfect story for our time. It is uplifting and healing. The novel pulsates with the tastes and smells of nature and Sally and Liss' own stories linger within the head for so long afterwards. It is perfectly translated by Rachel Ward.

Truly exceptional, a novel with heart and with characters and setting that are alluring, beautifully created and totally enchanting. 

Ewald Arenz, born in Nürnberg in 1965, studied English and American literature and history. 

He is a teacher at a secondary school in Nürnberg. 

His novels and plays have received many awards. 

Ewald lives near Fürth with his family.

Twitter @EwaldArenz

Rachel Ward is a freelance translator of literary and creative texts from German and French to
English. 
Having always been an avid reader and enjoyed word games and puzzles, she discovered a flair for languages at school and went on to study modern languages at the University of East Anglia.
She spent the third year working as a language assistant at two grammar schools in Saaebrücken, Germany.
During her final year, she realised that she wanted to put these skills and passions to use professionally and applied for UEA’s MA in Literary Translation, which she completed in 2002.

Her published translations include Traitor by Gudrun Pausewang and Red Rage by Brigitte Blobel, and she is a Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting.

Twitter @FwdTranslations

www.forwardtranslations.co.uk

Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson #Giveaway #DaughtersOfTheNight @LauraSRobinson @panmacillan #Prize #Win #Competition

 

From the pleasure palaces and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s Daughters of Night follows Caroline Corsham as she seeks justice for a murdered woman whom London society would rather forget . . .

London, 1782. Desperate for her politician husband to return home from France, Caroline ‘Caro’ Corsham is already in a state of anxiety when she finds a well-dressed woman mortally wounded in the bowers of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. The Bow Street constables are swift to act, until they discover that the deceased woman was a highly paid prostitute, at which point they cease to care entirely. But Caro has motives of her own for wanting to see justice done, and so sets out to solve the crime herself. Enlisting the help of thieftaker Peregrine Child, their inquiry delves into the hidden corners of Georgian society, a world of artifice, deception and secret lives.

But with many gentlemen refusing to speak about their dealings with the dead woman, and Caro’s own reputation under threat, finding the killer will be harder, and more treacherous, than she can know . . .

Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson was published in paperback on 3 March 2022 by Pan Macmillan.

I read and reviewed this one late in 2021 and adored it. You can check out my review below

Caro Corsham appeared briefly in Shepherd-Robinson's first novel and I'm delighted that she decided to give Caro her own story. She's an absolutely fabulous creation; determined and appearing quite fearless, a woman way before her time who takes risks in the name of justice.

When Caro discovers the body of her friend Lucia in a bower in the Vauxhall Gardens, she is devastated. Whilst she didn't know Lucia well, she liked her very much. However, it soon becomes clear that Lucia was not, in fact, a wealthy gentlewoman. She was actually Lucy Loveless; a five-guinea prostitute. Well known in the area, and it seems, the holder of many secrets. The police are not interested in the death of a working girl, but Caro is. She engages the services of Peregrine Child; a local thief-taker and former magistrate and unwittingly places herself, and Child into extreme danger. 

Caro has her own secrets. Secrets that could mean that she is banished from society, her child taken from her, and her money cut off. She's battling to save her own face whilst also determined to seek justice for Lucy. 

This really is historical fiction at its very best. The author paints such a vivid and evocative setting for some really dastardly and quite horrific crimes. The attention to detail is just incredible and it is far more than just a reading experience, this is like a history lesson from a teacher who loves her subject. We don't just learn about the squalor and poverty; the addiction and deviance. We learn about the total lack of any rights of people who are not men, and who are not rich. We constantly worry about society today; about the violence, the lack of morals and the corruption by those in power. In Daughters of Night, Shepherd- Robinson clearly and intricately details the absolute horror that life was for the residents of London in the late 1700s, there are situations in this story that are still as relevant today; well over two hundred years later. 

Not only is this a story rich in historical detail, with immaculately created characters, it is also a complex and incredibly well woven crime mystery. There are a lot of characters here, there is a lot to take in, but it's written so well and with such vibrancy that the story just flows through the pages. Revealing dangerous men who do evil things, the utter contempt for anyone who may cross them, especially if they are female. The total feeling of how the rich and powerful have no regard for anyone but themselves. The desperation of trying to cover their tracks, the destruction of anyone who may get in their way ... all of it is here, in mighty and colourful prose that will thrill the reader. 

Daughters of Night is an epic, harrowing and astonishing historical crime thriller. I loved the author's first novel, but I adored this one and despite it having almost 600 pages, I really didn't want it to end.

This impressive story will have you on the edge of your seat. What an incredibly talented author she is. I really want more now. 

I'm delighted to offer one paperback copy of Daughters of Night as a giveaway today on the blog. Entry is simple, just fill out the competition widget in the link below. UK entries only please.

GOOD LUCK! 

One paperback copy of Daughters of the Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Laura Shepherd-Robinson was born in Bristol in 1976. She has a BSc in Politics from the University

of Bristol and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics. Laura worked in politics for nearly twenty years before re-entering normal life to complete an MA in Creative Writing at City University. She lives in London with her husband, Adrian.

www.laurashepherdrobinson.com

Twitter @LauraSRobinson

Instagram @laurashepherdrobinson

*** COVER REVEAL *** #WhoIsIt @CazEngland #TheSinner @PiatkusBooks @LittleBrownUK *** COVER REVEAL ***

 

I am so THRILLED to share this cover reveal with you today! 

The Sinner 

by

Caroline England 

Published by Piatkus (Little Brown)

16 June 2022 

PRE - ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! 

EVERY SAINT HAS A PAST 

To the unsuspecting eye Dee Stephens has a perfect life as the vicar’s wife: a devoted marriage to her charismatic husband Reverend Vincent, an adoring congregation and a beautiful daughter.

EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE

But beneath the surface, Dee is suffocating. Vincent is in control, and he knows her every sin. Desperate, Dee escapes into a heady affair with Cal, an old schoolmate. 

EVERY CONFESSION HAS A PRICE 

But is Cal the saviour she thinks he is? What dark secrets does he harbour? And to what lengths will Vincent go to when he uncovers the truth? 

Praise for Caroline England

'The duchess of dark domestic noir strikes again' HELEN FIELDS

'A twist that I didn't see coming!' T. M. LOGAN

'Kept me gripped' B. A. PARIS

Caroline is the author of psychological thrillers BENEATH THE SKIN, MY
HUSBAND'S LIES, BETRAY HER and TRUTH GAMES. She has also penned gothic-tinged psychological thrillers THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN SECRETS and THE HOUSE ON THE WATER'S EDGE as CE Rose. She writes multi-layered, dark and edgy ‘domestic suspense’ stories that delve into complicated relationships, secrets and the moral grey area.

Drawing on her days as a divorce and professional indemnity lawyer, she loves to create ordinary, relatable characters who get caught up in extraordinary situations, pressures, dilemmas or crime. She admits to a slight obsession with the human psyche, what goes on behind closed doors and beneath people’s façades. She also enjoys performing a literary sleight of hand in her novels and hopefully surprising her readers!

WATCHING HORSEPATS FEED THE ROSES and HANGED BY THE NECK are her dark, twisty short story collections.

Caroline’s new psychological thriller THE SINNER will be published in June 2022.

www.carolineenglandauthor.co.uk

Twitter @CazEngland

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley BLOG TOUR #TheParisApartment @lucyfoleytweets @RandomTTours @fictionpubteam @HarperCollinsUK #BookReview

 

Welcome to No.12 rue des Amants

A beautiful old apartment block, far from the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower and the bustling banks of the Seine. Where nothing goes unseen, and everyone has a story to unlock.

The watchful concierge

The scorned lover

The prying journalist

The naïve student

The unwanted guest

There was a murder here last night.

A mystery lies behind the door of apartment three.

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley was published in hardback on 3 March 2022 by HarperCollins. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this #RandomThingsTours Blog Tour

I have been reading Lucy Foley's books for around seven years now. I enjoyed her earlier historical novels and am a fan of her more recent thrillers.

The Paris Apartment is a mystery set in a grand apartment block in an exclusive district of Paris and features down-at-heel Jess who has recently been working in a bar in Brighton, but had to leave quickly. She's travelled from the UK over to Paris to visit her half-brother Ben. They share the same mother and were put into care as youngsters. Jess went from foster home to foster home whilst Ben was adopted by a wealthy couple and has had a life that Jess can only dream of. 

When Jess arrives at Ben's apartment block, he doesn't respond to her texts. Despite the fact that he told her that he'd be there to let her in, he's disappeared. Using experience gained in life, Jess manages to get into his apartment, only to find a strange chemical smell, a cat with streaks of blood on its fur and Ben's St Christopher wedged between the floorboards. 

Jess speaks to the other residents in the block, but the majority of them are really wary of her, and only one of them seems prepared to help .... but is he really helping?

Foley tells her story in short, snappy chapters, from the point of view of the various residents. We also hear from the mysterious and quite strange concierge; a woman who sees everything that happens in the apartments, but rarely speaks.

There is a lot of character building and scene setting in the first half of the book, the reader really gets to know each of the characters. Or, so we think!  There's a big reveal at around half way through the book and after that, the pace really quickens. It also turns all of the preconceptions of the reader upside down. 

This is a classic mystery story, set in a building that is as much a character as the people we read about. Jess uncovers things that someone would kill to hide, and maybe they already have?

An easy and fairly quick read for me, a story that kept me guessing to the end, with a couple of twists that totally took me by surprise. 

Lucy Foley is the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Hunting Party and The Guest List,
with two and a half million copies sold worldwide. 

Lucy’s thrillers have also hit the New York Times and the Irish Times bestseller lists, been shortlisted for the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards, selected as one of The Times and Sunday Times Crime Books of the Year, and The Guest List was a Reese’s Book Club choice. 

Lucy’s novels have been translated into multiple languages and her journalism has appeared in publications such as Sunday Times Style, Grazia, ES Magazine, Vogue US, Elle, Tatler, Marie Claire and more.

Say hello at www.facebook.com/LucyFoleyAuthor and follow Lucy on Twitter @LucyFoleyTweets and Instagram @LucyFoleyAuthor

The Marsh House by Zoe Somerville BLOG TOUR #TheMarshHouse @zoesomerville @HoZ_Books #BookReview

 

December, 1962. Desperate to create a happy Christmas for her young daughter, Franny, after a disastrous year, Malorie rents a remote house on the Norfolk coast. But once there, the strained silence between them feels louder than ever. As Malorie digs for decorations in the attic, she comes across the notebooks of the teenaged Rosemary, who lived in the house thirty years before. Trapped inside by a blizzard, and with long days and nights ahead of her, Malorie begins to read. Though she knows she needs to focus on the present, she finds herself inexorably drawn into the past...

July, 1931. Rosemary lives in the Marsh House with her austere father, surrounded by unspoken truths and rumours. So when the glamorous Lafferty family moves to the village, she succumbs easily to their charm. Dazzled by the beautiful Hilda and her dashing brother, Franklin, Rosemary fails to see the danger that lurks beneath their bright façades...

As Malorie reads Rosemary's diary, past and present begin to merge in this moving story of mothers and daughters, family obligation and deeply buried secrets.

The Marsh House by Zoe Somerville was published by Apollo / Head of Zeus on 3 March 2022. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review for this Blog Tour.

I read and reviewed Zoe Somerville's debut novel; The Night of the Flood back in November 2020. I said then that this was an author to watch. I am delighted to say that yes, you really should watch out for her. Her latest book; The Marsh House is another beautifully written story that captivated me from the opening pages. I enjoyed her first book, I ADORED this one. 

The author tells her story over two time lines, Rosemary's tale takes place in the 1930s whilst we hear about Malorie in the 1960s. These are two of my favourite eras to read about and the sense of time and place is just wonderfully done. Once again, as in her first book, the author makes the weather and the isolated, wild countryside of deepest Norfolk a huge part of the story. Marsh House itself is also a huge character here; the house weaves the two stories together so well, it's a creepy, almost supernatural story and the tension increases page by page. 

It is Christmas 1962 and Malorie has taken her small daughter to Norfolk. Although Malorie did grow up there, she's been in London since she left home years ago. It was there that she met and married her husband Tony, and also where her life began to disintegrate. It is clear that Malorie is very troubled. She's impetuous, arriving at a run-down house, in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of winter with just a small child who she doesn't seem to have much of a relationship with. Malorie's Mother recently died and she gave her a photograph of The Marsh House, implying that Malorie may find out something about herself there. 

At first, all they seem to find are spiders, dust and a grubby unkempt house. Not the most ideal place to spend the Christmas break and it becomes clear that Malorie is teetering on the edge of a breakdown. When she decides that they must decorate the house, ready for Christmas, she discovers some very old journals in the attic. As Malorie begins to read, the author relates the story of Rosemary; a girl who lived in Marsh House over thirty years ago.

Rosemary's story is electrifying. She writes from an unknown location, the reader is not sure what happened to her and why she is there, but as she gradually reveals the full horror of her life through the words on the page, the reader can only empathise with her. 

Malorie becomes obsessed with Rosemary and her story. She questions the locals in the village to see what she can discover about Rosemary today, but they are tight-lipped and suspicious of his woman who comes and pokes her nose in. 

This is a truly glorious read and one that I lapped up in a couple of sittings. I was fascinated by the connections between Rosemary and Malorie and stunned by the final reveal, as was Malorie herself. 

This author excels at plot building, her descriptions of the landscape and the biting chill of the snowy weather adds such depth to what is already a wonderful story. Her characters are completely flawed, they do things that are questionable, yet totally believable, given their circumstances. 

An absolute beauty of a book and most certainly will be amongst my top books of the year. 

When I read the Author's Notes at the back of the book, I realised all of a sudden why I loved this so much. She talks about inspirations and mentions the book When Marnie Was There by Joan G Robinson.

I loved that book as a child. I can still remember taking it out from the mobile library that came to our village and being spellbound by it, I read it over and over again.  I think I may read it again very soon. 

Zoe Somerville will be at Waterstone's in Norwich on the evening of Wednesday 22 March, at 7pm. She will be discussing her book, alongside author Polly Crosby

Please visit this link for more information 

https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-eveining-with-polly-crosby-and-zoe-somerville/norwich-castle-street

Zoë Somerville is originally from Norfolk, but has settled with her husband and children in the West
Country. 

She works as an English teacher. 

Zoë began her debut novel, The Night of the Flood on the Bath Spa Creative Writing MA in 2016. 

It was published in September 2020. 

Her second novel, The Marsh House, a ghost story and mystery is published in March 2022. 

She is currently writing her third novel

www.zoesomerville.com

Twitter @zoesomerville

Instagram @zoesomervillewrites

The Baby Shower by S E Lynes BLOG TOUR #TheBabyShower @SELynesAuthor @bookouture #BooksOnTour #BookReview

 

She doesn’t know I’m there, watching her in the mirror. She slides her hand under her blouse. And then I see something impossible. She isn’t pregnant…

She bursts into my life like a storm, and nothing is the same again. She seems so perfect, with her lilting laugh and her beautiful face. One by one, I watch as my friends fall under her spell.

Only I seem to suspect something. Only I see that her smiles don’t reach her cold, furious eyes. And when I’m accused of things I didn’t do, when my home is vandalized, I know she’s behind it. But she only lets her mask slip when no one is looking, so if I say anything, I’ll look crazy.

So when the baby shower comes around I’m there, sitting on a velvet sofa in a posh hotel room, surrounded by balloons. We share gifts, we pour small glasses of champagne, and she beams, her bump just visible under her bright red shirt.

But that afternoon, I finally learn the unbelievable truth.

There is no baby…

The Baby Shower by S E Lynes was published on 1 March 2022 by Bookoutre. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review as part of this #BooksOnTour Blog Tour 

I am positive that I've said this is her best book yet when I've reviewed every one of S E Lynes' books. I'm a creature of habit and I'm saying it again about The Baby Shower. This really really is a wonderful read, I flew through it in two sittings, staying up far later than usual, totally engrossed by these characters and this stunning, immersive plot. 

Female friendships, for most women, can be the most joyous of relationships. They can also be the most toxic, the most hurtful and the most damaging experiences. There are parts of the narrative within this novel that resonated with me so much that I wondered if the author had actually been part of my life. Some of Jane's experiences and feelings totally mirror my own, although this happened to me over ten years ago, the scars are there, on my heart, forever. 

Jane is a complex character. I loved her. She's a Northern girl living in London. Happily married to a wonderful bloke; Frankie. Jane has worked hard to get where she is, owning and running an independent coffee shop. She has regular customers who seem to love her, and a group of friends who keep her sane. 

The one blot on Jane's otherwise happy life is the fact that she doesn't have children. She and Frankie face disappointment after disappointment every month, when yet again the test says no. Jane's closest friend Sophie announces that she's pregnant, and whilst this hurts Jane deeply, she is her friend and she is happy for her, although weeping inside. 

It is this pregnancy that is the catalyst for the events to come, and oh what a tangled and twisty and totally compelling story it is. 

Not only is Sophie pregnant, but she seems to have found a new best friend. A younger woman called Lexie. Full of glamour, and glitz, designer bags and HD brows, it seems that Sophie has fallen for her really hard and that Lexie hates Jane. 

Lovely Frankie has also changed. He's working lots of hours, he's lost weight, he's distracted. We, the reader, know exactly what's going on, but Jane is in the dark .... for now. 

Frankie's story on its own would make a fabulous thriller, dealing with issues that are rarely covered in fiction. Often covered up, looked at with disbelief and sometimes shame. However, Lynes doesn't do stop there, she's woven this story with the inevitable and brutal break down of Sophie and Jane's relationship and it's so tough and so tragic and so moving. 

I don't know what it is about females. I'm not sure how we fall so hard for our friends, but we do. We share confidences that we wouldn't tell other people, we have special moments and memories that can never be erased. However, we can also be mean and bitter. We can hold grudges, we can become paranoid and over sensitive and we can begin to doubt everyone around us, and most of all, ourselves. 

The Baby Shower is so powerful, it is perfectly crafted and utterly compelling. I was left breathless by this story. It hit me like a punch in the guts and will never leave me. 

Former BBC Producer, S.E. Lynes is the Amazon best selling author of 'intelligent and haunting',
'beautifully written' psychological thrillers, VALENTINA, MOTHER, THE PACT, THE PROPOSAL, THE WOMEN, THE LIES WE HIDE, CAN YOU SEE HER? and, THE HOUSEWARMING

After completing her MA, Lynes taught creative writing at Richmond Adult Community College for over ten years. She now combines writing, mentoring and lecturing.

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