Living in a small town, which some would classify as quaint, had started to get the best of her, and from the very moment that Malcolm had suggested hosting a party on the grounds of their estate, Loxley Hall, she had dreaded being on the receiving end of all the attention from the small minds and the big mouths of the village. “Tiresome vultures,” she mumbled to herself as she traversed the terrace and came to rest her weary body against the cold stone of the balustrade.
He might have played the role of her keeper more often than that of her husband, but even he knew there were limits to her civility and that there were times when it was better to allow her the space she needed, rather than to push her beyond her threshold.
In anticipation of this wonderful milestone in my writing career, here is the very first chapter to whet your appetite.Įmlyn Quinn was never much one for parties which was why, when she slipped away quietly from the revelling crowd, she knew that no one, including her husband Malcolm, would think anything of it. My debut novel, Underneath the Killing Tree, will be released next week. Detective Inspector Andy Bliss and his team must unravel a mystery which has its roots embedded firmly in the past, while Mary Loxley tries frantically to piece together why her sister, Emlyn Quinn, was murdered and she must uncover the conspiracy whose web she had become inextricably entangled in. This wonderfully intriguing tale spirals between 1920 and the present day. ‘Underneath the Killing Tree’ is the bone-chilling debut novel from exciting new author Marijka Bright. Inspector Bliss follows the evidence to the outskirts of Sheffield, where Loxley Hall has stood towering for generations, and what he and his team uncover underneath the ‘Killing Tree’, will haunt them forever and horrify the entire nation. Detective Inspector Andy Bliss, from New Scotland Yard CID, leads the murder investigation and as he delves deeper into the life of the victim, he discovers that there is much more to the Quinn family than meets the eye. One hundred years later, John Quinn is discovered dead on the floor of his factory. The authorities have ruled it a suicide, but Mary knows her sister was murdered, and she intends to hunt down the culprit. The year is 1920 and Mary Loxley’s sister has been hanged from a tree in the gardens of Loxley Hall.
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