Broken: the most disturbing book you will read this year

"a hauntingly horrific tale that will reach into the darkest corners of your mind"Not everyone can be saved...Annabel, a troubled young woman trying to put her life back together, decides to take a trip to the Suffolk coast to clear her head and get away from her mother. But when she arrives in the little seaside town, she discovers a series of grisly murders have taken place and police are searching for a twisted killer. After a fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger, Jude, the course of her life changes and soon she finds peace in a world away from the misery she has known.But when Jude comes under suspicion from the police, and her idyllic world is threatened, Annabel’s happy existence starts to become a nightmare.Can Annabel escape her painful past or is her fate sealed? And why is she haunted by horrific visions when she seems on the verge of finding happiness? This astonishing novel will take you on a shattering journey through Annabel’s fight for survival and will ask if the greatest threat we pose is to ourselves.*** This is a revised edition of a book previously published as Beneath The Watery Moon ***Suitable for over 18’s only. This book contains graphic scenes and of acts of violence which some readers may find disturbing. Betsy Reavley is the international bestselling author of multilple thrillers including The Optician's Wife, Frailty, The Quiet Ones, Murder at the Book Club and Murder in the Dark. Broken is a revised edition of her debut novel and is a dark and compelling psychological horror which will stay with you long after you finish.

About the Author

Author of The Quiet Ones, The Optician's Wife, Carrion, Beneath the Watery Moon and the poetry collection The Worm in the Bottle. Betsy was born in Hammersmith, London. As a child she moved around frequently with her family, spending time in London, Provence, Tuscany, Gloucestershire and Cambridgeshire. She showed a flair for literature and writing from a young age and had a particular interest in poetry, of which she was a prolific consumer and producer. In her early twenties she moved to Oxford, where she would eventually meet her husband. During her time in Oxford her interests turned from poetry to novels and she began to develop her own unique style of psychological thriller. Betsy says "I believe people are at their most fascinating when they are faced by the dark side of life. This is what I like to write about." Betsy Reavley currently lives in London, with her husband, 2 children, dog, cat and chickens. You can follow her on Twitter @BetsyReavley

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