Deadly Secrets by Ann Girdharry - Book Blitz
Deadly
Secrets
How
long can you get away with murder?
In an idyllic Sussex town, Mr Quinn whispers a
secret on his death bed. Hours later the person who cared for Quinn is killed.
Mr Quinn’s secret sets off events unlike anything
Detective Grant and Psychologist Ruby Silver have ever seen.
A series of deaths follow as a killer tries to
cover their twenty-year trail of murder by drowning.
Grant, Silver and the team must track a killer who
has been getting away with murder for years. But when treachery, corruption and
secrets from the past are used against Sergeant Tom Delaney, the killer turns
their attention to one of Grant’s own…
Detective
David Grant and Psychologist Ruby Silver are back in this unmissable new crime
thriller. It can be read as the sequel to Deadly Motives or as
a brilliant stand-alone. It's the perfect read for fans of authors
like Angela Marsons, Robert Bryndza and Helen H. Durrant.
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Excerpt
Quinn’s legs were trembling and when they
left, he cried quietly. He didn’t want the nightmares anymore and he didn’t
want the sickening guilt. He was a coward who would go to hell for
what he’d done and he knew it.
He rubbed at his eyes as he remembered the
sweltering heat of twenty years earlier and the one night which changed his life forever.
It
had been a record-breaking heatwave summer with temperatures hot enough to melt
tarmac roads. That unforgettable night, scorched grass had crunched
underfoot as he had made his way towards a small group waiting in the shadows.
Under the half moon, Quinn had walked like a condemned man.
‘Quinn, you’re late.’
Once he joined them, it made five in all.
Five people who were prepared to do whatever it took to save their own skins.
Quinn had wondered if he was the only one who believed in Hell .
They spread out around a black hole in the ground. Quinn’s legs had shaken as badly as they shook now
underneath the sheets.
Then it began. The first person had picked
up the shovel. There came the ring of metal on earth as a load was taken up. It
had been hefted into the hole where it landed with a thud. Three shovelfuls
each and they would keep going until it was done, that’s what they’d agreed.
Each of them should take equal blame.
Quinn had wanted to run and he knew they
would be merciless if he did. When it came to his turn, the shovel was rough
against his soft, office palms. He had never done a manual task in his life. Gripping the handle
tight, he’d dug into the mound of fresh earth. Quinn threw in his own share of
dirt – one load, two, three. He felt no regret and not even one shred of
remorse. This was about survival.
They had continued around the circle until the
task was done. Then they turned their backs on each other and silently left.
Quinn had spent the rest of his life trying to pretend that night never
happened. He had terrible nightmares and he hated the smell of fresh earth to
this day and, like the others, he swore he would keep the secret or pay a
terrible price.
Author Bio
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Ann Girdharry is a British, crime thriller author.
She's a trained psychotherapist and worked as a manager in the not-for-profit
sector for many years.
Ann is an avid reader and her favourites are crime and suspense. She regularly
talks about her favourite reads to her newsletter subscribers. She enjoys
travelling and apart from the UK she’s lived in the USA (where her first
daughter was born), Norway (where her second daughter was born) and she
currently lives in France.
She was an ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD Finalist 2017.
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