Sweetpea

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This isnt a book for the squeamish or the faint-hearted think Bridget Jones meets American Psycho Red

The last person who called me Sweetpea ended up dead
I havent killed anyone for three years and I thought that when it happened again Id feel bad. Like an alcoholic taking a sip of whisky. But no. Nothing. I had a blissful nights sleep. Didnt wake up at all. And for once, no bad dream either. This morning I feel balanced. Almost sane, for once.

Rhiannon is your average girl next door, settled with her boyfriend and little dogbut shes got a killer secret.

Although her childhood was haunted by a famous crime, Rhinannons life is normal now that her celebrity has dwindled. By day her job as an editorial assistant is demeaning and unsatisfying. By evening she dutifully listens to her friends plans for marriage and babies whilst secretly making a list.

A kill list.

From the man on the Lidl checkout who always mishandles her apples, to the driver who cuts her off on her way to work, to the people who have got it coming, Rhiannons ready to get her revenge.

Because the girl everyone overlooks might be able to get away with murder

Reviews

This darkly comic novelhas the potential to become a cult classic. Daily Mail

This isnt a book for the squeamish or the faint-hearted think Bridget Jones meets American Psycho Red

Filthy and funny a compulsive read The Sunday Times

Sweetpea hits all the right buttons. A dark, twisted read about a female serial killer with dollops of humour, sarcasm and a lightweight approachkeeping you gripped and on the hook, both smiling and squirming. Maxim Jakubowski, Lovereading

You MUST read this book especially if you like your (anti) heroes dirty-mouthed, deadly and dark, dark dark. ADORED IT' Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle

This book is OUTRAGEOUS Compulsive Readers

This anti-hero is psychotic without doubt, sexually voracious and incredibly funny. Shots magazine

Brutal, bone-crunching, enthralling and entertaining, Sweetpea is as brilliant as it is shocking, and marks a fascinating turning point for a young and vibrant author. Lancashire Post

Author Bio

CJ Skuse is the author of the novels Pretty Bad Things, Rockaholic, Dead Romantic, Monster and The Deviants. She was born in 1980 in Weston-super-Mare. She has First Class degrees in Creative Writing and, aside from writing novels, works as a freelance fiction consult and lectures at Bath Spa University.