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Thriller and crime books by an up and coming author in Sheffield. Latest novel, Ways Beyond Wicked, available in 2022.
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Available now - The Lies and Crimes of Sweet Caroline! 

Born to a mother who doesn’t want her, Caroline lives in a world that doesn’t understand her, fuelled by anger and hatred. She dreams of a different life.

To survive the one she’s been given, she channels that anger and hatred, and her fragile, beautiful exterior hides a woman who will do anything to get what she wants.

Together with girlfriend Leoni, she takes from those who deserve no better, blackmailing, stealing, and killing, comfortable at last in her own skin, living her own uncompromising way.

But the world she has chosen to inhabit is a dangerous one, and not even Caroline is infallible. When a blackmail attempt goes wrong, her life is in danger. Has she gone too far this time?

What can a woman do when death seems inevitable?

In this dark thriller, meet a new kind of hero and walk with Caroline through the seedy underbelly of life, where sex, blackmail, revenge and even murder are all in a day’s work.

What some people have said about The Lies and Crimes of


 Sweet Caroline



‘Dark Twisty Suspense’ (Amazon)


Suspenseful and oddly satisfying, I enjoyed this short book, most importantly for its beautifully written characters. (Netgalley)


Really enjoyed this couldn’t put it down. I was hooked right from the start. It was full of twists and turns. A good ending. I hope a sequel is in the works (Netgalley)


‘There’s so much more to this story than meets the eye’ (Netgalley)


‘Plenty of twists and drama to keep the reader fully engaged to the very end.’ (Netgalley)


‘I enjoyed this one more than I thought I would‘ (Goodreads)


‘I was living for Caroline’s antics with all the rich men and I could’ve even used more of it.’ (Goodreads)


‘I would recommend it to any fan of dark thrillers.’ (Amazon)


‘I read the book in one sitting.’ (Netgalley)


‘This book was certainly not what I had expected and I do mean that in a positive way.’ (Goodreads)


‘It definitely had a menacing feel to it and the writing is brilliant.’ (Goodreads)


‘The second half had me entranced.’ (Netgalley)


Beneath The Blood Moon

A woman gives birth in a dingy upstairs room. Her baby is bought illegally by a wealthy couple. Thirty-five years later, Dominic Walker, a teacher, is arrested for murder - but his story is too fantastic for the police to believe...

Dominic and Laura are rebuilding their marriage after a crisis. Dominic has problems, but his marriage is everything. One day, when Laura disappears unexpectedly, Dominic is left to try and work it all out.

Months later she returns home out of the blue, bringing paradise back to Dominic's life. But something's not right. Laura has changed.

As events become ever more peculiar and Laura's behaviour more unsettling, the tension grows. Dominic begins to wonder just who his wife actually is. And all the while, danger is lurking.

Death is coming. The question is, for whom? And how are the events of thirty-five years ago entwined with the present?

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 Thriller writer 

Darren Wills is an exciting new thriller writer from Sheffield

Beneath The Blood Moon

Fantastic debut novel about vulnerable people going head to head with malevolent ones

The Lies and Crimes of Sweet Caroline

Caroline is not like you and me. In fact, she's not like anybody. Caroline Dreams, Caroline hates, Caroline's Kills. 

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