Shade of Violet

Written by Jackie West

Narrated by Helen Lloyd

Violet Bellamy is surprised to ­ find herself a ghost because, as a rational person, she doesn't believe in them. After a life of timid conformity, she now wants influence. She also wants to complicate the lives of people with empty charm and unshakeable self-belief, like her local MP and rising star minister, Maximus Biggs-Dickson. And care manager Verena Crookham, a ruthless seductress who will despatch her sweet-natured stepson to keep their big house for herself.
A Back to Great Britannia campaign has been thrust upon the British, to the alarm of those on the other side of the Channel. There, in Belgium speci­fically, a beautiful journalist is writing an article: Integrity and Power – Impossible Bedfellows? She has Minister Biggs-Dickson in her sights as an interesting subject for research.
Events align and it will take the interference of someone with nothing to lose to bring them all to a head.
This fast-paced quirky mystery takes a wry swipe at characters with dangerous charisma.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
• Release date: Dec 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781803134680

Jackie West

Jackie West grew up in rural Warwickshire and Coventry, lived in Brighton after university and has mostly worked in editing and publications for charities, NGOs and think tanks.She now lives in Belgium with her family and an imperious stray cat. This is her first novel.