I’m very excited today to introduce Lynda Renham to my Thursday Themes blog to talk about her latest book, The Girl in the Woods.
Thank you Jo for featuring me today. I’m delighted.
Hi, my name is Lynda Renham and I’m excited to tell everyone about my new novel ‘The Girl in The Woods’ published by https://www.bloodhoundbooks.com/
This is a standalone novel but if you wanted to learn more about some of the lead characters, Beth Harper and Tom Miller, they are introduced in my previous thriller ‘The Lies She Told’
The Girl in the Woods has been described as a gritty novel. One reviewer described it like this.
‘In my opinion, she is without a doubt in the very top echelon of crime writers in the UK today. I sincerely hope that one day these novels will be adapted for television. They will be ideal for prime-time viewing. It was nice to return to Oxfordshire to meet again some awesome characters. The crimes detailed in this novel are amongst the worst, the most brutal and evil, committed by men in our troubled world. The detection of these monsters in fiction might help people at risk identify similar characters in the ‘real’ world. Creepy, clever, packed with tension, this is a candidate for Crime Novel of the Year.
The theme of my novel is one of revenge but it also features racism, but shows how with understanding someone can change their views. It’s a crime novel with a difference. It also portrays the corruption of the police. The novel has many facets, and characters with the same aim to better the world as they see it. One in particular decides that the police aren’t doing enough to protect society and sets himself up as a vigilante. The novel is set in two time frames which makes exciting reading as the reader doesn’t know until later in the novel how these two stories connect.
I very much enjoyed writing this novel and am very fond of all the characters. I wanted to give the reader an exciting read while also making them think about social issues we face today. I think readers will have their favourite characters. As the author I know I do.
THE GIRL IN THE WOODS
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‘Kept me hooked… utterly brilliant’ – Reader review
Starting again isn’t easy. Revisiting the past can be deadly… Ana who now lives in a small Oxfordshire village, came from Liverpool carrying a secret. Her life is now on the straight and narrow and she has a blossoming career as a policewoman. But when a vigilante starts to practise their own kind of justice on her watch, and then a body is discovered in the woods, Ana’s contentment is shattered as the past comes flooding back to haunt her. Soon Ana must make a choice – Turn her back on the girl she used to be or embrace the bitterness and rage she has buried for so long…
Bio
Lynda Renham was born in Essex and has written of her home county in the novel ‘When Archie Met Rosie’
Lynda began writing at the age of eight when her first story about her pet rabbit was published in a children’s magazine. She has written for News Agencies and appeared on local radio. Her Romantic Comedy novels were a huge success. Recently she has been writing psychological thrillers. Her first thriller ‘Remember Me’ has 7,900 reviews here and in the US. Lynda lives in a cosy cottage in the heart of the Cotswolds.
Links Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lynda.Renham Twitter https://twitter.com/Lyndarenham Blog http://www.renham.co.uk Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lyndarenham/?hl=en
