COMPULSION

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"Compulsion is exciting, carefully plotted and a real page-turner"
– Janet Laurence, bestselling author and ex-Chairperson of the Crime Writers Association

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The young woman sat down opposite him. The tube train jolted and a waft of musk perfume reached him. She tugged a stray lock of dark brown hair behind her ear and closed her eyes.She’s Libby’s double! But a more mature version. Did she just smile at me?John Grantham’s breathing quickened. His groin stirred. He shuffled in his seat, feeling uncomfortable. He didn’t want to tear his eyes from her face. He studied her feathery eyelashes and cheekbones. Angular, protruding bones. Her skin was pale russet, devoid of makeup. Her lips were deep maroon. The lower lip was plumper, with tiny vertical ridges pointing to the deep crease in her upper lip. He wanted to trace his finger across the lips and then to gently prise them open to explore her teeth. He wanted to see their colour and shape, to touch their ivory polish and to feel the sharpness of their tips. Mentally his fingers moved from her lips to the shadows playing on her neck. Her black leather coat was zipped to just above her breastbone, exposing a pure white embroidered garment which was preventing any glimpse of a cleavage. A necklace dipped into the shadow lying behind the white garment and he needed to know what was at the end of it. Was it her name in silver letters, or perhaps holding a locket with a photo? At that thought he became annoyed. She was his now, they had found each other, anyone else in her life shouldn’t matter. He clenched his fists into tight hard balls. Another jolt of the train heralded the next stop and he was aware of movement around him. The girl, his girl, remained in the same position but the recent influx of passengers also bore a competitor who stood in front of him facing the girl and cutting off his view of her. John Grantham kicked out his long legs and his heavy work boot caught the commuter on his ankle.‘Sorry mate, I have a problem with my legs – they twitch all the time – it comes from crouching under cars all day.’ John smiled apologetically but with tight lips. The commuter looked at the tall, muscular man with the staring eyes and fixed smile and decided to move sideways down the carriage. John saw that the girl’s eyes had opened briefly to witness the incident. They were dark pools with sparkling lights rising from their inner depths. Then her lids closed and he felt alone again. His eyes narrowed as he concentrated on her arms. They had been crossed over her chest but were now open and resting on her lap, as if to protect that mysterious and inviting place. John wanted to share with her the pulsating heat that he was now feeling. But then he realised she would not want to share this intimate moment with the rest of the passengers. They had to be alone together. Him and his girl. His eyes fixed on the hem of her short woollen tartan skirt and his imagination wandered. The girl moved her legs and her red stilettos seemed to be resting against his dirty work-boots. Her aura sucked him into a bubble in which they were the only two people in the carriage. The coughs and noises from the other passengers were distant, so distant. He and his girl were joined together by an electric force. It made his heart palpitate, his breath short and staccato.At the next station the carriage shuddered to a stop and John watched her reaching for her briefcase. As another whiff of her musky perfume reached him he brushed back his black wavy hair, hoping it would show her his blue eyes. His wife had always said they were his best feature, and John was disappointed when the girl didn’t notice. With an elegant slide she moved quickly down the carriage and he had to push past people to reach the door before it closed on him. She had not glanced back but John knew she was still in the bubble, inexorably joined to him. Fate had done this. Fate had found her, fate had joined them.Outside it had started raining, but the girl was well equipped for it and her bright red umbrella was a wonderful beacon for John to follow. He knew she wouldn’t want people to know of their commitment to each other so he followed a little way behind. He was patient now. He knew he would shortly have her to himself…

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14/06/2023

I have been invited to give a book reading and signing of Compulsion at an exhibition of talented artist and writer Brenda Hurley on 17th June 2023 at 2pm at:Oddyfields
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10/06/2023

The launch of Compulsion in West London in May 2023 was so successful that the book signing queue stretched along a wall of the venue and I am thrilled (excuse the pun) to now share some of the latest readers’ reviews. Here are a few:

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