The Deadly Caress
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Sleep then my Princess
An addictive thriller
The seed for my thriller Sleep then My Princess was planted many years ago when I was nine-years-old. Our family went to visit friends. My parents were sitting at their friends' dining table after they had enjoyed a home cooked lunch and the discussion was about a woman who lived across the road from these friends.
This woman was minding a pre-school age child from Monday to Friday. This child slept in the chicken shed at night summer and winter and was only cleaned up before her mother came to pick her up on Friday evening. I was shocked as were my parents.
Many years later, I saw a news report while holidaying in Scottsdale, Arizona about a woman who was babysitting children in a similar situation. This gave me the impetus to write that story.
This woman was minding a pre-school age child from Monday to Friday. This child slept in the chicken shed at night summer and winter and was only cleaned up before her mother came to pick her up on Friday evening. I was shocked as were my parents.
Many years later, I saw a news report while holidaying in Scottsdale, Arizona about a woman who was babysitting children in a similar situation. This gave me the impetus to write that story.
Deeds of DarknessWhen I finished Sleep then my Princess a fan begged me to write the next thriller in the Amanda Blake series so Deeds of Darkness was born. A few years ago I went to an open day at a Museum. The open day was about death and how it was treated over the centuries. Ideas sparked about events that Amanda may encounter in this book. And there was that unfinished business with an enemy.
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