What if everything was a lie?
Newly-promoted but not welcome in CID,
Detective Sergeant Helen Carter is tasked with investigating a murder in an old
abandoned picture house. The case takes a
chilling turn when the business card of an ex-cop is found at the scene.
Helen must piece together the case before the bodies mount up around
her, and before the killer strikes closer to home…
Delve
into the underworld of Scotland’s capital city in this fast-paced thriller!
Praise for The Forgotten:
“A genuine page
turner.” Bestselling author, Alex Gray
“Fast-paced and gritty
Tartan Noir. A Brilliant Debut.” Bestselling author, Frances Di Plino
“Fans of Rebus will
love this.” Thriller author, E.A Clark.
Guest Post by Author J.V. Baptie: Ideas for The Forgotten
I wrote this novel as apart of
the dissertation for my degree at Manchester Metropolitan University. I don’t
think I would’ve ever got around to finishing a novel without this deadline! (I
can be the world’s worst procrastinator.) That reminds me I better go hoover…
As part of the early
development process for this novel, I decided to set it in 1977 and I did this
to do more with the story but it also meant I had to do a lot more research to
make sure the story is realistic. I have some old police manuals from the
sixties and seventies which have been invaluable.
I also wanted to capture the
change in the police force which is similar to what’s happening at the moment
with the creation of Police Scotland. In the late seventies, Edinburgh was on
the cusp of a massive drug problem and there was a huge amount of regeneration
and slum clearances going on at the time, all of which I found really
interesting. My initial ideas for the Forgotten were very wide and varied. My lead character Helen is strong but flawed
in many ways. She is good at her job but doesn’t quite have the confidence in
herself to see that. She’s brave but frustrated and lonely. It’s hard to think
where I got the initial idea for this novel. I think I had a shell of a
character in my mind for a long time. I’ve also watched a lot of seventies
television shows, so I’m sure those helped.
I find that I write better without a plan so I tend to just drop a character
into a strange situation and see how they get themselves
out of it.
About the Author:
J.V. Baptie graduated from Manchester
Metropolitan
University in 2017 with an MA in Creative
Writing. When
not writing, she is also an actress and
has appeared in a
variety of children’s shows and stage
plays. You can find out
more about her at jvbaptie.com on Twitter @jvbaptie
and Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJVBaptie/
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