The Element Of Death. Steve Wilson

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Название The Element Of Death
Автор произведения Steve Wilson
Жанр Ужасы и Мистика
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Издательство Ужасы и Мистика
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9781472096425



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      A serial killer brings terror into the community as he strikes repeatedly and seemingly at random. At the scene of each crime, he leaves behind a coded message that is designed to taunt the police officer who ended a killing spree ten years earlier, with the killer still having unfinished business. Can he be stopped this time before he completes his grisly sequence?

      Also by Steve Wilson

      Who Wants to Live Forever?

       The Element of Death

      Steve Wilson

       www.CarinaUK.com

      STEVE WILSON says: I’m a late-starter as far as writing goes, with my first fantasy novel started in 2000, although it did stem from an idea that I’d been mulling over for some ten years. That novel eventually became a trilogy, but my writing was sporadic during the next few years.

      In 2004, I attained a Post Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing, and not long afterwards, I joined a local writing group, where I found being amongst like-minded peers of great benefit. In 2011 — after writing predominantly short stories for several years — I registered for the National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo, with the aim of writing a 50,000 word novel in thirty days, and the end result of that was my first published novel, Who Wants To Live Forever?.

      I took part in NaNoWriMo again in 2012, writing a sword-and-sorcery fantasy novel set on a world with two suns, but in 2013 I went back to crime writing, which is how The Element of Death came into being. I have always enjoyed trying to solve puzzles, either in books or on screen, and I wanted to pay my own homage to writers such as Conan Doyle in this novel by devising the various coded messages that are left behind at the crime scenes.

      With acknowledgements to the great crime fiction writers, especially Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Dan Brown, for providing the inspiration for this novel

      This book is dedicated to my wife and children, who have always encouraged me in my writing, and to my friends and colleagues at Fylde Brighter Writers, whose support has been invaluable. I am also indebted to Victoria, Helen and Sue for their editorial assistance and advice, both of which have, in my opinion, helped make this a better novel.

       Contents

       Cover

       Blurb

       Book List

       Title Page

       Author Bio

       Acknowledgement

       Dedication

       November 1st

       One — Goblins and Elves

       November 30th

       Two — A New Partner

       December 26th

       Three — ’Tis the Season to be Sorry

       December 27th

       Four — Periodic Success

       January 25th

       Five — Dancing Men

       February 14th

       Six — Little People and Bigger Problems

       March 1st

       Seven — A Picture From Germany

       March 17th

       Eight — Angels and Demons

       April 23rd

       Nine — Chasing Wild Horses

       April 25th

       Ten — Morse and Remorse

       June 29th

       Eleven — A Weekend in Dortmund

       September 21st

       Twelve — Track and Felled

       October 18th

       Thirteen — All Done

       Afterword — Halloween

       Extract

       Endpages

       Copyright

      November 1st

      Mandy opens her front door when she returns home and screams as somebody pushes their way in after her. Then she laughs. It is one of her friends, playing a Halloween prank. Again.

      “Very