PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS
Published by Bloodhound Books
FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS
Published by Bloodhound Books in 2022
Can a woman who has lost her memory piece together the truth about her family, her life, and a friend's murder?
After waking up with amnesia in hospital, Cassie returns home to a life she doesn't recognize. She gradually learns that dodgy associations from her old life have left her estranged from her husband and alienated from her children. Cassie no longer wants to be the person she was before—but breaking away from her past and from her wealthy family is not so simple.
Meanwhile, she still suffers confusion and experiences nightmares about an unknown man, while hearing from her friend Marcie that she had been having an affair. When the police dismiss her after she receives a frightening phone call, Cassie vows to uncover the truth.
But when a body is found, a series of revelations brings Cassie's past into shocking clarity . . .
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THE PACT
Published by Bloodhound Books in 2023
A get-together reveals dark secrets that tie old friends together—and tear them apart—in a twisting new thriller by the author of From My Cold Dead Hands.
When an overdue reunion takes place, it stirs up old memories that have long been buried . . .
In the twelve years that have passed, much has happened. So when Michael Storm arranges a New Year's Eve party, it threatens to have deadly consequences.
Hope has married her long-time sweetheart, whose secretive behaviour with money is straining their marriage.
Sabine has become a supermodel and married an aristocrat but has secrets and problems of her own.
Shy Elena came close to a breakdown after her dreams of a future with the man she loved were dashed. She harbours fears about a mysterious fire that killed two men in her home, and is devastated when her best friend dies. But what caused his death?
As the reunion draws near, the relationships among them start to fracture, and the hidden truths about the past start coming to the surface—with murderous results . . .
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Published by Hobeck Books
BEST SERVED COLD
Published by Hobeck Books in 2023
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THE BOY IN THE PHOTO
Published by Hobeck Books in 2026
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NEVER FORGIVE YOU
Published by Hobeck Books in 2024
WHAT YOU SEE
Published by Hobeck Books in 2025
A mystery woman enters Lily's life
At the launch for her latest children's book, a member of the audience asks Lily for an strange inscription in her copy of the book. Why does this unnerve her?
Is Jack the answer to Lily's prayers?
Later, while celebrating in a local bar, Lily, and best friend Alice, spot the same woman. Her name is Rose. Putting aside earlier unease, a new friendship between the three is formed. Rose offers to help Lily re-enter the dating scene after a bad breakup and they come across Jack, Mr Perfect on Paper. Lily quickly falls for handsome Jack. Is he too good to be true?
The past is the past, or is it?
Soon after the pair start dating, bizarre things start to occur to Lily, things are moved or they go missing, and, what’s worse, her precious artwork is damaged. Who did this to her? Surely it can’t have been her new boyfriend, her new friend Rose, or even oldest friend Alice? They all have a motive. Perhaps Lily did this all herself. Who can she trust, in fact, can she trust herself? Or has a ghost from Lily's past come back to haunt her?
If you love Freida McFadden and Lisa Jewell, then you are going to adore Hilly Barmby's gripping, page-turning psychological thrillers that make you think... What if?
Harriet (Haitch) Boswell’s career as an artist could be about to go stratospheric. She’s been nominated for a prestigious bursary that would change everything. To secure it, she needs to see off five other hopefuls and charm the man who holds the purse strings during a weekend at a stunning location in Spain.
But just before she’s due to leave, she falls ill. There’s no way she can attend the event. Perhaps there’s a solution… her twin sister, Tilda.
But Tilda’s life is in turmoil. Her husband Sam has left her, declaring his love for a mystery woman. Spending a weekend schmoozing with the cream of the creative world while pretending to be her sister, is the very last thing she wants to do.
But the bonds of sisterhood are strong. Haitch begs her, and Tilda agrees.
What if she’s discovered as an imposter? There’s Haitch’s egotistical agent Damian to get past first. Then there’s the small matter of surviving the selection process – all five nominees are pitted against each other in an intellectual beauty contest.
And then when someone discovers a body the next day, no one is prepared for what comes next...
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A glamorous French wedding
Arriving at the station with her boyfriend Davey MacGregor and his twin sisters, Ailsa and Juliette, Hetty, a thriller book addict, picks up on family tension. But that’s natural before a big wedding, isn’t it? Hetty feels out of her depth. The family are wealthy and well-educated, whereas she is a council house girl. Davey’s cousin Isabelle is to marry Jean-Jacques, a French right-wing politician, in the family chateau.
A fairy-tale event
Ailsa is hesitant about coming back to France. Eight years ago, something happened that nearly destroyed the family. But that was dealt with, wasn’t it? Hetty has secrets of her own that she doesn’t want known. Ailsa is drawn back into the past. What, exactly, did happen? The expensive wedding is everything it should be, except when the groom is taken ill. The revellers carry on, but something is seriously wrong.
Then things start to unravel
The relationships between the family members fracture and secrets from the past start coming to the surface, with murderous results… Who is telling the truth? Who is out for revenge?
Kaz Emmerson, brother Mark and sister Livy are devastated after the death of their parents in a car crash. Surely it was just a terrible accident, wasn’t it?
After the funeral, the three try to rebuild their lives as best they can. Livy turns her focus on her husband and young son. Mark immerses himself in work and rebuilding his social life. Kaz escapes the pain with bestie Elise, taking off to Spain for a couple of weeks for sun, sand and sangria.
While on holiday, Kaz and Elise chance upon the mysterious and handsome Ryan. They both like him. As it turns out, he lives rather close to home and when they return to the UK they meet up. But who will he pick?
The three siblings gather with their family lawyer who leaves them with a deep sense of unease. What is he not telling them? Curious, Kaz ploughs into the family paperwork stored in the attic of their parents’ grand country home. After a shocking discovery, she is embroiled in a family mystery that threatens to unravel everything. Who exactly is the boy in the photo with their father? Why is there a man sneaking around their garden taking photos? When more horrifying things happen, who can they trust? Is there someone who will stop at nothing to destroy them?
YOUNG ADULT
Published by Scorpius Books
GLIMPSE
Published by Scorpius Books in 2026
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The wrong place at the wrong time changes everything...
Mikey spends every day fighting for survival in a desolate world, ravaged by a disease that claimed the lives of his mum and sister.
Michael's world looks perfect. Big house. Flash cars. But behind closed doors, he spends his time avoiding his troubled mother's drinking problem and his absent father's affairs.
Two different lives. Two different worlds.
One devastating event that will change them both forever...
Self-published by H. Barmby
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GOT WHAT WAS COMING
Got What Was Coming alternates between past and present.
Three young women, Mali, Star and Abeba, receive an email from the school they’d attended as kids. It is an invitation to the tenth anniversary of the inauguration of ‘The Second Chance Cafe’, which they’d set up to help disenfranchised kids.
It is an exciting but ultimately tragic story that covers the complex lives and inter-relationships of four teenage girls and their mothers. The book reaches its climax with the death of another girl and the realisation of the role the others all played in her death and the impact on their lives through to adulthood.
LIFE LESSONS
Life Lessons is set in Brighton (UK) and tells the story of Molly Willoughby, a new teacher at a tricky Comprehensive in Hove. The kids are running riot, and Molly can’t seem to stop messing up. But she’s about to make the biggest mistake of all: she’s about to fall in love… and learn that maybe it’s a bad idea to start a new relationship with lots of little untruths?
Set against the backdrop of the cosmopolitan city of Brighton, the book follows Molly and her stalwart group of friends as they navigate the tricky waters of life, work, homophobia, misogyny, betrayal and, most importantly, love. They are all floundering without a paddle, but when they trust each other, they will not only survive but be appreciated for who they are without having to change to please someone else.
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