#BlogTour-‘A Gift For Dying’ by M.J Arlidge

Available in hardback and eBook formats, ‘A Gift For Dying’ by M.J Arlidge is a brand new, stand alone story from the creator of the Helen Grace mysteries.

About the Book…

With just one look, she knows how and when you will die . . . Nothing surprises Adam Brandt anymore. As a forensic psychologist, he’s seen and heard everything.

That is, until he meets Kassie. Because she claims to have a terrible gift – with she looks into your eyes, she can see when and how you will die. Adam doesn’t believe her, obviously. But then a serial killer starts wreaking havoc across the city, and only Kassie seems to know where he’ll strike next. Against all his intuition, Adam starts to believe her.

He just doesn’t realise how dangerous this trust might be . . .

A gift for dying? How about a gift for writing!

LOVE the Helen Grace booksr to put my hand up and yell ‘yes please!’ to the always amazing Tracy Fenton of Compusive Readers when she asked for tributes, I mean, blog tour hosts!
So why should you buy this book other than the fact I tell you to? Well let me begin…

It’s deftly plotted and keeps you on a tightrope of suspense combined with supernatural undertones that have you shivering under your blanket.

M.J Arlidge plots like a demon-he absolutely nails the pressure on detective, Gabrielle Grey to catch the serial killer who is stalking Chicago. I have never been there but the city becomes a character in its own right as terrified citizens demand justice, especially when the death of a high profile victim hits the news headlines.

Teenager Kassie has the ability to look into a person’s eyes and know the date of their death, a kind of precognitive awareness that in other hands could be a hackneyed plot device but here adds cadence and richness to a troubled soul.

These two story lines intersect in the addition of forensic psychologist Adam Brandt who is bought to interview Kassie after the death of a lawyer who she had been seen arguing with.

There are undertones whch explore our attitudes towards science and those things which science cannpt explain, together with the way society looks at and regards the victimes of serial killers/murderers-especially when a ‘high profile’ victim suddenly explodes the case.

It is billed as a standalone novel but I sincerely hope there will be more in the line of dark and supernatural from the fabulous M.J Arlidge!

About the Author..

M. J. ARLIDGE is a novelist, screenwriter and producer. In 2014, his debut novel ‘‘Eeny Meeny’ was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. It swiftly became a Sunday Times Bestseller and was the best selling crime debut of the year. It sold to over 30 countries worldwide and has beenoptioned for development by the BBC.Seven subsequent Helen Grace novels have followed, all of them bestsellers.

In 2017 Matt won the 2017 ‘Dead Good Reader Award for Best Female Character’ as voted for by crime fans.
Matt’s father was a criminal barrister, his mother a French teacher. Arlidge studied at University College School, before completing an English degree at St John’s College Cambridge. There he met his future wife, won the Douglas Chivers Prize for Shakespeare scholarship and mastered the specialist art of punting. All of his siblings work in the Arts, being a violinist, journalist and musical
comedienne respectively. In 2016, his eldest sister, Catherine, was awarded an MBE for her services to musical education.
Matt now lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and two children. When he isn’t writing, he can be found playing tennis. His other great passion is travel – he and his family having visited India,Jordan, South Africa and the States in the past few years. As an eighteen-year-old, he taught in Southern India for several months and retains an enormous affection for that country.
He reads voraciously – crime thrillers, history and biographies – and has a weakness for Bond films, 90’s music and liquorice allsorts.

*I woud love to know which is his favourite allsort!*

SCREEN WRITING

Matt Arlidge began his career in television, producing a host of popular dramas, including ‘EasteEnders‘ and ‘Monarch Of The Glen‘. Later he specialised in TV crime drama, particularly domestic thrillers, such as ‘Torn’, ‘The Little House’ and ‘Undeniable’, before moving from producing to screenwriting and now writes regularly for the hit BBC series ‘Silent Witness‘.
Matt’s first original piece for television was the critically acclaimed drama ‘Innocent‘ starring Hermione Norris and Lee Ingleby. It was broadcast on ITV in May 2018 and proved one of the most popular drama series of the year with record breaking audiences.

Links-https://www.londonlive.co.uk/news/2019-03-11/mj-arlidge-on-his-latest-novel

https://www.compulsivereaders.com/

Twitter-@mjarlidge

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