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Title: Passion Killer

Author: Yvonne McEvaddy

Genre: Cosy Mystery

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Book description:

If your ex lover and best friend was accused of killing your boyfriend would you stand up for him? Would your friends stand by you?

Passion Killer by Yvonne McEvaddy is a story of how unrequited love, jealousy and obsession become dangerous, turning passion to murder. It revolves around a group of friends in a small town in Ireland. Sylvia arrives home one evening to find her boyfriend, Rick, in a pool of blood. In the course of their investigation, Detectives Barbara Molloy and Mick Naughton question the group of friends and uncover a web of deception. A party the night before the murder left many fingerprints at the scene of the crime. In the tangle of love triangles there are plenty of motives to choose from and few alibis, casting the net of suspicion wide.

As the story unfolds, the friends discover secrets and lies that test their relationships to the point of breaking. In order to cast suspicion away from one of their best friends, Alex, the group start to suspect a myriad of acquaintances. Will they succeed in finding out who killed Rick before Alex is put away for something he didn't do? Or will they find out that Alex isn't who they thought he was?

Book excerpt

Alex sat up straight in his chair and steepled his hands in front of him as he said, “I won’t be bullied. As my friends and I are doing you a favour by co-operating, I don’t think it’s too much to ask that we not be treated as suspects.”

“It’s Sylvia you’re doing the favour for, not us. Of course it benefits us, but it’s in the interest of Sylvia, and Rick’s family, that this investigation gets underway as soon as possible. I’m merely asking about your feelings towards Sylvia. You’re the one implying that your feelings make you a murder suspect. Now why is that?” Detective Molloy sat back in her chair and said, “Alex, let me clear things up here. I am aware that you and Sylvia have feelings for one another. I want background information on all of Rick and Sylvia’s friendships and relationships, including work related relationships. This is all just a formality to see if something someone says may lead to a clue. I don’t have any suspects at present; therefore I don’t see any reason for any hostility or any solicitor involvement. So will you please just answer my question? I repeat, how did you feel when Sylvia and Rick entered into a serious relationship, knowing there could no longer be a future for the two of you?”

Although Alex felt that he should involve his solicitor he had no wish to be arrested. He suspected that Detective Molloy was bluffing, but didn’t want to take any chances and so

thought that it would be best to just co-operate. He raked his hand through his dark blond hair so that it stood on end. “I just decided it was time to move on. I was happy for Sylvia, a little disappointed for myself, but I knew that if we weren’t meant to be then there was nothing I could do about it,” he said.

Detective Molloy raised her eyebrow and asked, “Wasn’t there?”

“I resent the implication.”

“What implication is that? You disappoint me, Alex; surely Sylvia was worth putting up a fight for. No grand romantic gestures?” Her eyebrows levelled out once more.

“No, I knew the best thing to do was to just let her go.”

“Any regrets about that?” Detective Molloy asked.

“Of course I’ve had plenty of ideas for getting her back and moments of regret about not following through, but she’s seen plenty of my romantic side over the years so I know it wouldn’t have made a difference. Once she made her decision I just had to accept it.”

When did you know you wanted to be a writer?

I remember lying back on my bed when I was five, having just read Enid Blyton’s Stories for Five-year-olds and older, and thinking, “This is what I want to do when I grow up, write books that people can get lost in.”

What genre do you write and why?

I write mysteries, thrillers, and horror because that’s what I enjoy reading.

Tell us about your latest book.

What would you do if you found your dream house and it was rumoured to be haunted? Would you buy it anyway? Would every noise in the still of the dark night have you paralysed with fear?

Alice and Mark O’Brien don’t believe in ghosts. They fall in love with Hawthorn Grange on their first viewing. Amused by the rumours, they buy and move into The Grange.

With Mark working the graveyard shift, Alice is alone at night. Alone with the sounds from an old house, with the words of the neighbours whispering around her, the stories of the shadows arising from the graves next door and making their way into the house.

Will her imagination succumb to the rumours? Is that a door creaking open? Who is that standing at the foot of her bed? Is it just a dream? A nightmare of real or imagined proportions follows Alice around as she tries to remember that ghosts don’t exist. Or do they?

What marketing methods are you using to promote your book?

Social media, and also posters advertising where my books can be bought locally (in counties Galway and Mayo, Ireland.)

What formats is the book available in?

Ebook and paperback.

What do you like to do when you're not writing?

I love to read and watch movies, but as I’m a busy mum and childminder I don’t get a lot of time to do either of those activities.

Who are your favourite authors?

Karin Slaughter, Stephen King and Babs Horton are my absolute favourites, but I also love Nora Roberts, Sandra Brown, Chelsea Cain and Alex Barclay.

What advice do you have for other writers?

If you want to be a writer, then write. Find the time. I know it’s hard, but there is always something you can cut down on, or cut out altogether, whether it’s soaps or sleep, there has to be something. Writing is a burning desire that needs release. Most writers are trying to balance a day job as well as writing, at least to begin with. Every 100 words that you can squeeze into a busy day adds up.