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‘Apostle Rising’ by Richard Godwin
‘Apostle Rising’ by Richard Godwin
‘Will you walk into my parlour?’, said the spider to the fly.
Here’s a story for you.
A psychopath is playing games with the police.
This guy knows a lot about an old case, a case that saw the biggest manhunt in England. And he’s smarter than the police. He’s also leaving no forensics.
In fact he’s recreating the original crime scenes and taunting Detective Chief Inspector Frank Castle, who failed to solve the old case. His failure resulted in him being savaged by the British Press.
Frank Castle knows a lot about serial killers but he just can’t get a reading on this one. He’s leading the investigation and it begins to erode his life. Not just his, but the life of his partner DI Jacki Stone. She’s tough and hungry but the darkness of what this killer is exposing them to starts to fragment them. Their training didn’t prepare them for this.
The killer is literally crucifying politicians.
Bu there’s something he’s leaving at the crime scenes that is harrowing to even the most jaded of cops.
The narrative has many twists and turns and some probing psychological analysis when the offender profiler employed by the police to catch the killer analyses what is motivating him.
Imagine a Chin Wag with a killer. But this one takes the gloves off.
It’s also got a very nasty shock in it.
Here’s a plot summary.
Detective Chief Inspector Frank Castle never caught the Woodlands Killer and it almost destroyed him. Now years later, mauled by the press, and traumatised by nightmares, he is faced with a copycat killer with detailed inside knowledge of the original case.
He and his partner DI Jacki Stone enter a deadly labyrinth, and at its centre is the man Castle believes was responsible for the first killings. He’s running a sinister cult and playing dark mind games with the police. The investigation has a shattering effect on the lives of Castle and Stone. The killer is crucifying politicians, and he keeps raising the stakes and slipping through their hands. Dark coded ritualistic killings are being carried out on high profile figures and the body count is rising. Castle employs a brilliant psychologist to help him solve the case, and he begins to dig into the killer’s psyche. But some psychopaths are cleverer than others.
‘Apostle Rising’, is being published on 10th March 2011.
It will be available in book stores as well as from Amazon and book distributors.
It’s priced at £8.99 in the UK and $14.95 in the US as a paperback original.
I’ve been getting some great feedback from other crime authors and a massive amount of support from the online community, thank you to all of you.
You will be able to find out more as the release date draws near.
In the meantime this link takes you to a thirty second video ad for it
And if you want to subscribe to the RSS feeds on my site, more information will be coming out about ‘Apostle Rising’. I hope you enjoy it.
Bio: Richard Godwin writes dark crime fiction, and horror.His play ‘The Cure-All’ has been produced on the London stage. It is a dark satire about a group of confidence tricksters using the New Age to rip off their greedy venal customers.
His stories haveappeared in publications like A Twist Of Noir, Crimefactory, Thrillers, Killer n Chillers and Pulp Metal Magazine as well as the next issue of Needle - A Magazine Of Noir.
15 comments:
Sounds phenomenal!
Has a "Lambs" feel to it, using a criminal to catch a criminal, the sense of the elusive invincible... sounds like a detective's worst nightmare!
Our own Prince Of Darkness
I have read quite a bit of Richard Godwin's work. He is one of the most talented writers out there, and I am certain his upcoming novel,Apostle Rising, will sell tons of copies and win for him thousands of new fans like me.
I'm really looking forward to reading it, Richard. Congratulations!
"Imagine a Chin Wag with a killer." This sentence says it all. Richard is phenomenal at getting to the core of a person. I can only imagine what psychological darkness his novel will plunge over and through. Can't wait!
Sounds very good. Be sure to remind us the instant this becomes availabe. I check it out on Amazon and it said it wasn't available for order yet.
I've got me pennies set aside already for this one. Having devoured Richard Godwin's brilliant short fiction, I can't wait for this one. I'm getting me a signed copy even if I have to crawl on me knees to get there. And if this doesn't make Richard a household name in crime fiction, I'll give up me coffee and chocolate for a week. The man is a genius.
Chris, thank you, Lynn, a'Lambs' feel is a great compliment, Jason, you're a top man, Kristin, thank you for all your support, Jodi,there is a lot of psychological digging and the unearthings are dark as night,Charles, it will be available on Amazon but the publication date is still a little way off, I will definitley keep you updated, Ian, you are too kind and you've got it. And 'Apostle Rising' contains one big nasty shock.
All the ingrdents of a classic.... i cant wait till its out
Your parlour’s lovely thus far, Mr. Spider. But I imagine, once deeper in and cozy, with ‘Apostle Rising’ on my lap, what’ll take place is something akin to Tolkien’s Shelob—you, weaving webs of shadow, paralyzing your prey, spell-binding them in your silky rope as only you can do...
I do so look forward to it : )
Very cool Richard, the best with the launch, the plot sounds first-rate and I look forward to it.
It is obvious you've put your best into this book and I look forward to reading it. Congrats to you, Mr. Godwin, and a hell of a website you have!
Callan, I think you'll enjoy it, Miss Alister as always you are too kind and spell bound you will be, Michael, thank you I think you're going to like it, and Erin thank you, I'd be interested to hear what you think of it when it's out. Thank you all for your comments and thank you to Paul for being a great host, he's a top man isn't he, where would we be without the Big Bamboozler?
Richard,
Well done. It's going to be something special. It's on my reading list.
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