The veil between this world and the next is nearing its thinnest, so here’s a short reading from my latest ghost story, Alice and the Devil. Just to convince you it’s the perfect read for Halloween…
Lonely moors, a boy with a unique ability to speak to the dead, a haunted rectory and the Devil himself…
What more could you want for spooky season?
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I’m excited to tell you my latest book, Alice and the Devil, is out now! The perfect spooky ghost story for this Halloween…
Here’s what it’s about:
‘Yes, I can see ghosts,’ she said.
‘That’s why she told me to come here. Because you can help us. You can help grandad and me. You can help us defeat him.’
‘Him?’
‘Yes, him. The Devil.’
A boy crosses the moors in a storm to plead for Alice’s help, claiming to be sent by a ghost.
Is the boy’s grandfather really being terrorised by the Devil himself? Alice can’t quite believe it – but then she’s experienced things she’d never imagined could come true. But even with her paranormal experiences, little does she expect the horror she is about to face at the lonely rectory overlooking the moors…
Alice and the Devil is the third standalone novel in The Ghosts of Alice series, about a young woman with a mysterious connection to the dead.
Available in paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon now!
What readers say about The Ghosts of Alice:
‘Loved the main character and plenty of twists and turns mean you are kept guessing right up until the end’
‘If you love ghost stories, read this one!’
‘Twists and turns that weren’t predictable and with a believable background setting. Would be good as a Christmas Eve ghost story gift’
‘Too scared to sleep … extremely good book, I read it in one day!’
‘Turn the screw it does, right up to its terrifyingly dark finale’
‘Creepy and satisfying…. real psychological depth as well, as Alice’s troubled personal history dovetails into the storyline’
‘The best ghost story l have ever read’
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Now that we’re properly into the spooky season, read on for an update on my latest ghost story as well as for details of my Halloween sale.
I’ve started writing the third Ghosts of Alice story, with a working title of Alice and the Devil. What’s interesting about this story is that I normally start with an outline plot but this time I’m writing as a pantser, as it’s informally known in the trade. Most writers are plotters, but there are a few (including some pretty significant ones) who just start off with a premise and see where it takes them. Stephen King is possibly the most famous of these.
Normally, I work out a clear path from start to finish involving some major ‘set’ scenes. My plot it usually fairly skeletal and I do regularly change things as I progress – but I always have that overarching sense of direction. But this time I’ve got the premise and the scenes but couldn’t fully grasp the ending, so I’ve started writing and am seeing where it leads me. The worry is that I end up in a dead end that takes a huge amount of rewriting. But I have to say it’s going well so far and I’m almost halfway through (I think!). Let’s see what happens…
Both The Boy in the Burgundy Hood and The Girl in the Ivory Dress are reduced from £3.99 / $4.99 to 99p / 99c on Kindle from now until Halloween – over a 75% reduction! Scroll to the end of this post for the link straight to the Amazon page.
And another heads up – I’m running a major Kindle promotion of The Secret of the Tirthas around November 11th. The first book in the series, The City of Light, will be free and there will be discounts on one or two of the next books!
I wish you a suitably creepy Halloween – and as ever, thank you for reading!