Kiss it Away (Bloodlines) - Hardcover

Davis, Carol Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904316085 ISBN 13: 9781904316084

Publisher: The Do-Not Press, 2003

Synopsis

Nick is an angry young man with a steroid dependency. Filled with chemical rage he arrives alone in Salisbury and rapes Ben, a stranger. Then he brutally murders a woman. But it is Ben, bloodied and partly dressed, who is witnessed near the murder scene. And it's his photofit which is flashed on TV.

About this title

Review

A not to be missed thriller by Scotland's queen of suspense. -- Booklist

Dark, erotic and downright depraved. -- Crime Time

Davis understands primal fears from the inside. -- The Bookseller

Davis unveils her scariest hero yet. -- Kirkus Reviews

Sexually explicit, dark and twisted. -- Manchester Evening News

From the Author

Kiss It Away is a suspense novel about a killer who has fled to Salisbury. In real life the city mainly suffers from domestic violence and vandalism, but many years ago it had two unrelated murders in the one day.

As women continue to die, the police target the wrong man, Ben, who has to deal with both becoming a victim and the prospect of jail.

Both the male and female characters battle with life-changing events. Dawn increasingly withdraws from Ben in favour of her ex-husband Richard. Meanwhile Dawn's liberal friend, Angela, has to rethink her priorities. And art student Rachel seduces Richard then finds that sex doesn't solve everything...

I spent time in a police station Interview Room whilst researching the book and can now understand why innocent people plead guilty. I felt so claustrophobic that I would have signed anything just to get out of there, yet was agoraphobic throughout my childhood and teenage years. (This isn't a complaint about police brutality - you were a great help, guys, and ensured I got the detail exactly right!) The novel is also laced with black humour as a book which solely concentrated on a killer's psyche would be just too bleak.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Do-Not Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1904316085
• ISBN 13: 9781904316084
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288