Short Shots: Blood On Their Hands: Will Patching's Short shots, #1

By Will Patching

Will Patching's Short Shots: Killer Thriller Quick Reads

Three dark, twisted crime tales:

JUSTICE A convict is tormented by his wife's memory — and his lack of one…

OLD FLAME A twisted tale of lust, obsession and revenge.

THE BUTCHER Meet Antony Harding, psychopath. He'll make your skin crawl...

PLUS Bonus introductory notes from the author. Featuring exclusive insights into how these short-form tales relate to the psychopathic characters in 'The Remorseless Trilogy', the author's British Crime Thriller series.

'Stand alone' thrillers

These three novelettes can be read as stand alone stories although readers may enjoy 'The Butcher' more if they are familiar with the main characters in the trilogy - Doctor Colin Powers and Detective Inspector Carver - as this tale fleshes out the backstory of how these two 'heroes' first started working together. The author's comments sections do contain some spoilers though.

Publication history:

'Justice' has never been published although has, on occasion, been offered exclusively to Will Patching's Readers Group Members.

'Old Flame' was first published in 'Burning: An Anthology of Thriller Shorts', edited by Peter Oxley and Simon Finnie and published by Burning Chair Publishing, 2018.

'The Butcher' was first published in 'The Murder Files — Eight Stories of Murder, Lies and Mystery', edited by Terry Keys and published in 2017.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Will Patching
• Release date: Mar 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393912262

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