The Witness
The day that
changed her life
A beauty spot on Scotland’s east
coast is where it started
The day begins innocently enough
as Josie MacDonald, landscape artist, leaves her aunt’s house to walk the short
distance to Spey Bay. It’s early in the
morning; the sun has just cleared the eastern horizon. The light is perfect her surroundings
peaceful so Josie finds the ideal spot and begins to paint.
Have you
ever experienced a day so terrifying that it changed your life forever?
Josie had no idea what was
waiting for her when she set out that morning or how the events of that fateful
day would impact on her life and those of her friends.
The Witness, a psychological thriller guaranteed to excite you
from the very first page.
The Witness, my second book, published in 2013 was my first
attempt at writing a psychological thriller.
Since then I have written two more thrillers with some of the key
characters appearing in both. Josie gets
a mention in all the books but has yet to feature again in a story of her own.
(I have some ideas)!
The inspiration behind The Witness came sixteen years ago when
visiting my sister who lived in a village close to Spey Bay. One day we walked into the bay and I was
struck by its natural beauty and wildlife.
The history of the place also interested me, there was evidence of ship
building, salmon fishing and crofter life.
(The visitor centre also did a wonderful hot chocolate with
marshmallows)!
I spotted an artist sitting on the bank painting a water colour of
the old iron railway bridge spanning the River Spey. This is when Josie MacDonald, my main
character was born. I knew that
something terrible must happen in this beautifully peaceful place so my
imagination took over and I knew I had the beginnings of a thrilling novel.
I was drawn in completely by Josie and the terrible events that
followed her painting trip in Scotland.
At the time I was learning to paint and my subject was portraits so I
decided to paint Josie. The portrait
brought Josie to life and the painting was used and the cover for the book.
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| Box Canvas 500X500mm |
Spey Bay is a small settlement in Moray, Scotland. It is situated on the each coast where the
River Spey flows into The Moray Firth.
The Witness is available from Amazon as a paperback and on Kindle
