A teenager throws a party while her parents are away, with horrific consequences. The invitation to Rachel's party is put out on Facebook and more than a hundred kids descend on the house in the affluent suburb. The party turns into a riot and the property is trashed.
Past midnight, a horribly mutilated body is discovered on a road in Portsmouth, evidently killed in a hit and run. There are no witnesses - and few regrets. Why? Because the victim had been terrorising an entire estate.
Scott Plenty (not his real name) writes crime thrillers. His gruesome slasher novels have taken him to the cusp of the big time. There is a massive new contract in the offing, glory and The Late Review beckons. But Scott wants a change of direction.
Backstory is a book-length companion piece to the Pompey-based D/I Joe Faraday series. Think "Extra Features" on a movie DVD. I wrote Backstoryin response to trillions of conversations and e-mail exchanges with readers keen to find out more about the books. Where did they come from in
Estuary is an account I wrote in the immediate aftermath of my father’s death. It’s factual in every respect but it serves as an act of homage as well as an aide memoire.