The journey towards Visions

The final edit of 'Visions' is done, and in a matter of days my third novel will be available for you to enjoy.

Just typing the words 'my third novel' gives me pause for thought.

It's been quite the journey.

A few years ago I never could have imagined the amount of literary work that I would have crafted.

As of writing this I've completed:

• 3 short stories

• 1 novella

• 3 novels

🤯 🤯 🤯 🤯 🤯 🤯 🤯 🤯 🤯

Anyway, onto Visions:

Where did the idea for Visions come from?

As usual with my writing I didn’t plot this novel.

I started with a simple idea: what if someone was experiencing murders through a telepathic connection of some sort?

That’s it.

A dangling thread that wouldn’t let me leave it until I pulled at it, unravelled it, and created the story that I hope you'll be reading soon.

And you know what? I had a blast writing it.

Even with that simple thread of an idea, the scope of the novel grew into something that I couldn't have envisioned at the outset.

I really hope you'll be impressed with what I've crafted and that you'll be left feeling like it's added a layer to some of my previous work.

How could it possibly do that? I hear you ask.

The main reason? The return of Susan Reeves!

I'm not the sort of person to write a series of novels. My interests are too broad, perhaps, and I'm always thinking of the next thing.

What would I like to read? Does it exist? No? Okay, I'll write it.

That is how my mind works.

Anyway, I'm rambling.

I decided that I'd like to make a return to the crime thriller genre, but with this added supernatural twist, and who better to return than Susan?

When I finished writing 'She's Not The Only One', I really missed her, and I'm glad to have spent more time with her and been able to flesh out her character further.

She's quite a force.

If you've read my debut then I'm sure you'll adore this new addition to Susan's lore. 😍

My influences are on show in this third novel. Some examples of which: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Blake Crouch, The X-Files. All the while fused into a cocktail with a mash-up of BBC crime drama grit.

Visions blurb:

Here's the blurb for the novel to whet your appetite:

Becky Rose has been having Visions.

Of murders—brutal, intimate, impossible to unsee.

When a news report shows the face of a woman she watched die, Becky realises the murders are real — and fears she’s been witnessing them through someone else’s eyes.

Or worse — she’s reliving repressed memories of crimes she herself has committed.

In desperation, Becky turns to the police, who initially dismiss her as a fraud. Until Detective Susan Reeves discovers Becky’s descriptions match active crime scenes with chilling precision.

Does Becky share a connection with a serial killer?

And if she can see through their eyes… can they see through hers?

Whatever is happening to her, she can’t look away.

Has this intrigued you? Let me know in the comments!