Lock Me In
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Shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger award
Whatever you do, donβt open the door...By day, Ellie Power has a normal life. She has a stable home, a loving boyfriend, a future.
But at night, she suffers from a sleep disorder. She becomes angry, unpredictable, violent. Her mother locks Ellie in her bedroom every night, to keep them both safe.
Then one morning, Ellie wakes up, horrified to find the lock on her bedroom door smashed from the inside. She is covered in injuries, unable to remember anything about the night before.
And her boyfriend Matt is nowhere to be found...
Praise for Lock Me InβThis ambitious and wide-reaching novel had me hooked from the very first pageβ S. E. Lynes, author of The Women
βOne of the best debuts I have ever readβ Clare Empson, author of Him
'A flawlessly written, jaw-dropping, chilling and twisty psychological thriller' Sam Carrington, author of Saving Sophie
βA disturbing psychological thrillerβ Rachel Sargeant, author of The Perfect Neighbours
βA five star, unputdownable thriller that had me gripped from the very first page. Both chilling and heart-wrenching, I read it in one sitting!β Caz Finlay, author of The Boss
βThe characters are fresh, the dialogue sharpβ G. D. Abson, author of Motherland
βA stunning debut. Gripping, compelling and skilfully craftedβ N J Crosskey, author of Poster Boy
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Kate Simants was born in Devon. After studying English at university, she worked in TV production in London for ten years, specialising in undercover investigations (which was much less glamorous than it sounds), then moved from her little boat on the Thames to a bigger boat on the Avon to start a family and concentrate on writing. She holds two MAs in creative writing from Brunel University and the University of East Anglia, and has been shortlisted for the Crime Writersβ Association Debut Dagger and the Bath Novel Award, and won the UEA Literary Festival Prize. Kate is now a land-lubber and lives between Bristol and Bath with her family and demented cat. She is a committed faddist, and her current interests include roller-skating, macrame, and Persian cookery. To get in touch, tweet her at @katesboat or visit her website at katesimants.com.
