Virtual Book Tour & #Giveaway for Portraits of the Dead by John Nicholl

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Short Interview with John Nicholl

Do you ever wish you were someone else? Who?

I like being who I am.

What did you do on your last birthday?

We went to see Van Morrison in concert in Cardiff.

What part of the writing process do you dread?

Editing and re-writing… Ahhhh!

Do you ever suffer from writer’s block? If so, what do you do about it?

No… Although some may wish I did!

Tell us about your latest release.

Portraits of the Dead is a dark and fast-paced serial killer thriller written in the style of White is the coldest colour, my Amazon # 1 best seller. 

Portraits of the Dead

By John Nicholl

Publisher: John Nicholl

Release Date: September 1, 2016

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Length: 324 Pages  

ISBN: 978-1786972675

ASIN: B01KEANZU2

Buy Link: Amazon

About the book:

Emma didn’t know how long he hid, silent and unmoving, in the large Victorian wardrobe to the side of her single bed. She didn’t know how long he peered out, salivating and drooling, between the two heavy dark oak doors, and watched, mesmerised, as she slowly drifted into fitful sleep. She didn't know what time he pushed the doors open and crept towards her in the drab grey darkness of the night.

Detective Inspector Gravel finds himself floundering when a local nineteen-year-old university student is abducted and imprisoned by a sadistic serial killer, who has already tortured and killed five young women.

A gripping page-turner of a serial killer thriller packed with suspense. If you like Rachel Abbott, Robert Bryndza and Karin Slaughter, discover John Nicholl’s chilling new thriller today.

EXCERPT

Chapter 1

2:20 A.M. Saturday, 2 May 1998

Emma didn’t know how long he hid, silent and unmoving, in the large Victorian wardrobe to the side of her single bed. She didn’t know how long he peered, salivating and drooling, between the two heavy dark oak doors and watched, mesmerised, as she slowly drifted into fitful sleep. She didn’t know what time he pushed the doors open and crept towards her in the drab grey darkness of the night. But he did. She knew that he did.

 

Emma woke with a start, tense, alert, and opened her bleary eyes, telling herself insistently that the dark silhouette slowly approaching her was the nightmare construct of her subconscious mind. But initial anxiety became blind panic as the inky shadow took on an obvious human form that suddenly gained pace and loomed over her. And then a hand, a large hot clammy hand, pulled the bedclothes over her head, clamped her mouth tight shut and silenced her scream before it materialised.

 

A myriad unwelcome thoughts invaded her troubled mind as he pinned her head to the pillow and raised his free arm high above his head, before closing his fingers tightly, forming his hand into a formidable weapon and bringing it crashing down, again and again and again, with all the force he could muster, rendering her unconscious and bleeding.

 

She didn’t know how long she remained senseless, or what he did to her while she slept. She didn’t know what time he lifted her from her bed and carried her from her student bedroom, down the creaking wooden staircase and out into the Welsh city street. But he did. She knew that he did.

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

John Nicholl, an ex-police officer, child protection social worker, manager and lecturer, has written three dark psychological suspense thrillers, each of which are Amazon international bestsellers, reaching # 1 in multiple categories in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Australia, Canada and the USA. John is always happy to hear from readers, bloggers or anyone interested in proposing a joint creative project. He can be contacted via his author website at:

Website: http://www.johnnicholl.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.nicholl.988

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicholl06

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13795294.John_Nicholl

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