Suspicious Minds

by David Mark

Overview

When you're dreaming, it's dangerous to wake up . . . An addictive psychological thriller from David Mark, currently writing "at the top of his game" (Publishers Weekly)

Liz Zahavi is desperate. Desperate for her controlling partner, Jay, to stay with her, to actually love her. Desperate to be well again, after a recent diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. Desperate to be understood.

Private therapy seems like the answer to her prayers, but Liz doesn't even make it to her first appointment. Lost in a maze of country roads, she crashes her car, only to be rescued by a brooding local farmer . . . who just keeps on rescuing her. Attractive and intense, Jude is a dream, and Liz doesn't want to wake up.

But four years ago, Jude's perfect, pretty wife died alone in the woods near their house. And as Jude's past boils into the present, threatening to destroy their new happiness, Liz begins to wonder what exactly her new man is capable of . . . and how far he's willing to go.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780727889966
Publisher:	Severn House
Publication date:	12/01/2020
Edition description:	Main
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.55(w) x 8.74(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Mark spent seven years as crime reporter for the Yorkshire Post and now writes full-time. A former Richard & Judy pick, and a Sunday Times bestseller, he is the author of the DS Aector McAvoy series and several standalone thrillers, including The Mausoleum, A Rush of Blood and Borrowed Time. He lives in Northumberland with his family.

Editorial Reviews

Sure to please fans of Catriona McPherson

Kirkus Reviews on The Mausoleum

Deft writing, a plot filled with strange and unexpected twists, vivid characters, and a constant feeling of foreboding make this a gripping and unusual read

Booklist on The Mausoleum

A vivid and often witty gothic thriller

Publishers Weekly on A Rush of Blood

Haunting . . . [A] twisty, chilling tale

Kirkus Reviews on A Rush of Blood

2020-09-16
Mark showcases a troubled woman who can’t allow herself to trust.

Elizabeth Zahavi was physically, mentally, and sexually abused as a child, and she's recently been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She lives with Jay, who’s often annoyed by her. On her way to a psychiatric session, she gets lost, panics, and is run off the road by Campion Lorton-Cave, an entitled drunk who takes off, leaving her to be rescued by Jude Cullen and his border collie, Marshall. It’s a fateful meeting for Elizabeth—who's always been known as Liz or Lizzie but who now thinks of herself as Betsy. When Jay leaves his laptop at home one day, Elizabeth can't help looking through it, and she's astonished by what she finds. Jay attacks her when he gets home, even choking her, and she moves in with Jude, who lives in an ancient, decrepit, but magical house on a big tract of land he inherited from his late wife, Maeve, an animal activist, whom some people think he murdered. Slowly settling in, Elizabeth learns to appreciate the beauties of the countryside under the guidance of Jude, who juggles a number of jobs to support himself, steadfastly refusing the hefty sum Campion and his wife offer him for his land in order to expand their repugnant pay-to-hunt business. Life darkens as Campion, who’s hired heavies to scare Jude, approves physical attacks and cruel tricks involving the deaths of innocent animals. But Jude’s a tough fighter whose dark rages are intimidating. Elizabeth finds herself deeply in love with a dangerous man who understands her demons but may be a killer himself. Given Jude’s distressing past, who presents the greatest present danger to her?

A chilling entry from a master of the dark psychological thriller—one that's uncharacteristically tempered by hope.

Kirkus Reviews

“A chilling entry from a master of the dark psychological thriller—one that’s uncharacteristically tempered by hope” – Kirkus Reviews

“A taut psychological thriller … Those with a taste for the gothic will be rewarded” – Publishers Weekly

“Readers drawn to unreliable narrators will welcome Elizabeth Zahavi, the lead in this intriguing British mystery” – Booklist

From the Publisher

Complex and frightening . . . Mark is writing at the top of his game

Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Mausoleum