To Catch A Creeper
Author: Ellie Campbell
Genre: Contemporary Chick Lit / Mystery
Publisher: Across the Pond Press
Pages: 400
Language: English
Format: eBook
Book Summary:
About the author Ellie Campbell
Ellie
Campbell is represented by the Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency
(www.hardmanswainson.com). For further information and to get in contact with
them please visit their website: www.chicklitsisters.com.
Genre: Contemporary Chick Lit / Mystery
Publisher: Across the Pond Press
Pages: 400
Language: English
Format: eBook
Book Summary:
Cathy is riding high in her brand-new job at a
(surprisingly bitchy) top London advertising agency working with best friend
Rosa. But when Rosa’s pregnancy goes amiss and enemies sabotage her new
career, she finds herself leading a chaotic double life of lies and deception,
hiding a shameful secret from all, especially husband Declan who appears in the
throes of a nervous breakdown. Meanwhile she’s agreed to unmask the
notorious Crouch End Creeper, a burglar terrorizing their neighbourhood. Little
does she know that her meddling, assisted by fellow mothers (the Wednesday Once
Weeklies) and the Neighbourhood Watch, will lead their dangerous opponent to
murder. And that it's not only the tall elegant transvestite who is
placing herself at risk...
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To Catch A Creeper Excerpt
‘It must have been horrendously
frightening, Cathy,’ Holly Willoughby’s sparkling white teeth are shining
directly into my eyes causing me to spontaneously blink, ‘finding yourself
stalked and then almost strangled to
death.’
‘Oh yes,’ I nod and refill my water glass. ‘Terrifying.’
Although, I squirm as three huge cameras circle closer like
a cackle of hyenas moving in for the kill, nowhere near as terrifying as being
on live TV. All through the interview
I keep getting these uncanny impulses to indulge in a touch of Tourette’s,
spouting obscenities while intermittently flashing a nipple.
‘And then not only did you capture the culprit but you
managed to turn the situation round and through it launched the most talked
about advertising campaign this decade.’
‘Not just me...’ I grin bashfully as Camera One’s red light
gives a little wink in my direction.
‘So as a woman who’s spent the last eight years as a mother
and housewife,’ Holly continues brightly, ‘how are you finding it being back
out in the workplace?’
How am I finding it? Fantastic. Sodding-bloody-fantastic, I
want to reply but for some reason, ever since the camera did that little wink,
my throat simply refuses to co-operate.
‘It’s a...a...’ I cough and reach for the water, ‘case
of...’
‘And balancing this brand new exciting career with taking
care of two primary-school age children?’ prompts her co-presenter nicely. ‘You
must be very organised...’
‘Well, Joseph... I mean Jason... I mean...’
And that’s it. My mouth freezes while I rifle through my
memory bank trying to recall his name. Jason or Joseph... But no, it can’t be
either. Joseph was the biblical character that this guy portrayed at a West End
theatre and Jason...he was the ex-Neighbours
actor who also played Joseph as well as dating Kylie Minogue and picking David
Guest’s nose on some reality show. So this guy, the one sitting in front of me,
all mike-ed up, awaiting an answer while millions look on... God, who is he?
Sweat pools under the armpits of my new Vivienne Westwood polka-dot dress with
the waist-cinching corset as I scan and rescan his grey speckled hair and cute
baby face. ‘The thing is...’
A reassuring hand rests on my arm. For the fifth time this
morning, Rosa steps in to save me.
‘Oh she is, Phillip,’ she laughs lightly. ‘Super-organised,
that’s our Cath. Packed lunches prepared night before. Uniforms folded neatly
on chairs. Dishwasher and washing machine fully loaded. Plants watered. Fish
fed. Wonderwoman has nothing on her.’
She slaps me on the back, just as I take another gulp of
water. Instead of drowning the giant South American toad now living in my
larynx, a fountain shoots out from my mouth and nose.
Holly
smiles once more as she smoothly links back to the weather, before the cameras
wheel away, allowing her to dab at her water-spotted jacket and mercifully
ending the second most scary moment of my entire life.
Ellie Campbell is a pseudonym for
sisters, Pam Burks and Lorraine Campbell who collaborate across the mighty
Atlantic from their respective homes in Surrey, England and Colorado, USA,
finding writing together a great excuse for endless phone conversations. Together they have written three previous
novels How To Survive Your Sisters, When
Good Friends Go Bad and Looking For
La La. They love any chance to connect
with their readers.
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In a recent survey 65% of mothers admitted feeling undervalued, over-criticised and constantly tired.
Cathy is no exception. Her dull, uneventful days as a stay at home, mother of two, are radically transformed however with the arrival of a heavily lipstickedpostcard addressed to husband, Declan. Who is the mysterious La La? Could Declan really be having an affair? And is Cathy actually being stalked?
Whatever – it will definitely prove riveting gossip for the Tuesday Twice Monthlies, Cathy’s 'Mothers Restaurant Research’ group where scandal flows as recklessly as the wine. But what starts as a light-hearted investigation with best friend Raz, soon turns into something much more sinister.
With a possible murderer on the scene, a sexy admirer igniting long-forgotten sparks, and all her friends hiding secrets, it’s not only Cathy’s marriage that’s in jeopardy. Add in the scheming antics of Declan’s new assistant, the stress of organising the school Save The Toilet’s dance and the stage is set for a dangerous showdown and some very unsettling, possibly deadly, revelations.
Cathy is no exception. Her dull, uneventful days as a stay at home, mother of two, are radically transformed however with the arrival of a heavily lipstickedpostcard addressed to husband, Declan. Who is the mysterious La La? Could Declan really be having an affair? And is Cathy actually being stalked?
Whatever – it will definitely prove riveting gossip for the Tuesday Twice Monthlies, Cathy’s 'Mothers Restaurant Research’ group where scandal flows as recklessly as the wine. But what starts as a light-hearted investigation with best friend Raz, soon turns into something much more sinister.
With a possible murderer on the scene, a sexy admirer igniting long-forgotten sparks, and all her friends hiding secrets, it’s not only Cathy’s marriage that’s in jeopardy. Add in the scheming antics of Declan’s new assistant, the stress of organising the school Save The Toilet’s dance and the stage is set for a dangerous showdown and some very unsettling, possibly deadly, revelations.
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***Giveaway***
Ellie Campbell is generously offering a giveaway of a
paperback copy of To Catch a Creeper
PLUS £5/$10 Amazon Gift Card. This
giveaway is open Internationally.
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