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March 16-21

 THE BEAUTY OF THE END 

 Debbie Howells 
 Coming July 26, 2016  

From the acclaimed author of The Bones of You comes a haunting and heartbreaking new psychological thriller about a man thrust into the middle of a murder investigation, forced to confront the secrets of his ex-lover's past.

Advance Praise“

Debbie Howells is a terrific new talent—she paints with words and takes a scalpel to emotions.”
—New York Times bestselling author Peter James

"A combination of lyrical writing and smart mystery. It's a winner.”
—Sandra Block, author of The Girl Without a Name


​Contest Rules: US Only. 1 of 1 Hardcover. Please include your complete mailing address and email below. No P O Boxes. Book will be shipped to your address by Kensington. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.

About the Author

Debbie Howells lives in West Sussex with her family. Having worked as cabin crew and a flying instructor, she spent several years running a very successful wedding flower business.

She started writing as an escape from a busy summer of weddings. Her first books This Your Life and The Impossible Search for the Perfect Man were written under the pen name Susie Martyn and self-published as eBooks on Amazon.

Encouraged by positive feedback, Debbie used her love of flowers and first hand experience to write the contemporary women’s fiction novel Wildflowers, the first book self-published under her own name.

When none of the above secured her an agent, she started writing her first psychological thriller, The Bones of You. Read Debbie’s blog to find out more, but to cut a long story short, Debbie is thrilled to be represented by Juliet Mushens of The Agency Group.

The Bones of You was published in July 2015 by Pan Macmillan in the UK and by Kensington Books in the US. Rights have also been sold in Germany, Holland, Brazil, Greece and Japan. Intrigued to read it?

Debbie’s next book, The Beauty of the End, will be published in 2016.

Summary

The Beauty of the End
By: Debbie Howells
ISBN: 9781496705983
Publisher: Kensington
Publication Date: 7/26/2016
Format: Hardcover
My Rating: 4 Stars

From the acclaimed author of The Bones of You comes a haunting and heartbreaking new psychological thriller about a man thrust into the middle of a murder investigation, forced to confront the secrets of his ex-lover's past.

"I was fourteen when I fell in love with a goddess. . ."

So begins the testimony of Noah Calaway, an ex-lawyer with a sideline in armchair criminal psychology. Now living an aimless life in an inherited cottage in the English countryside, Noah is haunted by the memory of the beguiling young woman who left him at the altar sixteen years earlier.

Then one day he receives a troubling phone call. April, the woman he once loved, lies in a coma, the victim of an apparent overdose--and the lead suspect in a brutal murder. Deep in his bones, Noah believes that April is innocent. Then again, he also believed they would spend the rest of their lives together.

While Noah searches for evidence that will clear April's name, a teenager named Ella begins to sift through the secrets of her own painful family history. The same age as April was when Noah first met her, Ella harbors a revelation that could be the key to solving the murder. As the two stories converge, there are shocking consequences when at last, the truth emerges.

Or so everyone believes. . .

Set in a borderland where the past casts its shadow on the present, with a time-shifting narrative that will mesmerize and surprise, The Beauty of the End is both a masterpiece of suspense and a powerful rumination on lost love.