My friends at Sterling Gate Books in New Zealand have sent me information on an upcoming book (publishing 10/31) that sounds really intriguing!

Silent Fear is the latest novel by New Zealand father-and-son writing team Lance & James Morcan, authors of seven other published novels including THE NINTH ORPHAN, WHITE SPIRIT and INTO THE AMERICAS. It’s available now under Amazon’s Pre-order program for auto-delivery to kindle users on October 31.

 

Background info:

Silent Fear is dedicated to the many millions of deaf people around the world. This novel was inspired by the murders of deaf students at Gallaudet University, one of the world’s most prestigious learning institutions for the deaf, between 1980 and the early 2000’s. The investigating authorities didn’t know if the killings were ‘inside jobs’ and for a time nearly everyone connected to Gallaudet was under suspicion.

When you can’t hear…death comes silently.

Synopsis:

Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world.

When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives.

A stunning, claustrophobic, “whodunit” murder mystery with shades of horror, sci-fi and romance, Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) is the eighth novel by father-and-son writing team Lance & James Morcan. Included is a commentary by Deaf filmmaker Brent Macpherson on the unique aspects of Deaf culture the story covers. Together, the Morcans and Macpherson are currently developing a feature film adaptation of Silent Fear.

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Relevant links:

The book’s Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/ B075HRYTVC/

Book’s Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/ book/show/35626239-silent-fear

Authors’ Amazon bios and pics:

Lance  https://www.amazon.com/Lance- Morcan/e/B005ET3ZUO/ref=dp_ byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

James https://www.amazon.com/James- Morcan/e/B005EPOU48/ref=dp_ byline_cont_pop_ebooks_2

We have also set up Silent World, a new Goodreads discussion group, to promote the book at:https://www.goodreads.com/ group/show/237556-silent- world-a-discussion-group -New members welcome!   

And here’s a short YouTube video promoting the book and the planned feature film:https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=-8bv1vbQxYo

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Lance, at Sterling Gate, has given me a free pdf ARC that I can read via my iPad, and he has authorized me to share info with interested readers on how to win their own! Please email me at bethsbooknookblog@ymail.com if you are interested. I will use random.org to choose a winner. Please email me by November 15.

What are you waiting for? Get reading!