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Last Christmas: A Christmas psychological thriller

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I enjoy Maria Frankland’s books. This one did not disappoint and I was left surprised at the ending. She also did an amazing job of portraying family dynamics & the stress holiday visits can bring. – Amazon Review

Last Christmas: A Christmas psychological thriller
(Domestic Thrillers You Can’t Put Down) 

 

How would you spend Christmas if it could be your last?

Neil’s life is in freefall. He and wife, Sacha can’t conceive, and he’s losing the fight against drinking and depression.

His December days feel dark enough but the reality of spending Christmas with the in-laws from hell, including his terminally ill father in law, threaten to send him right over the edge.

Christy, Sacha’s sister ultimately has to pick up the pieces of their fractured family. Will she ever be able to put them back together? Or has more conspired within them, and against them than could ever meet the eye?

 

 

About the Author

Maria Frankland The domestic thrillers I write shine a light into the darkness that can exist within marital and family relationships. I have been no stranger to turbulent times myself, and this has provided some of the raw material for my novels.

According to published statistics, the majority of murders are perpetrated by a known person and it intrigues me that someone can be most at risk from a person who is supposed to love them. And this is what I explore from the safety of my fiction!

I am a born ‘n’ bred Yorkshirewoman, and a mum of two grown up sons. In my forties, I have been able to pursue a long-held ambition of gaining an MA in Creative Writing and have made writing my full time occupation. Recently I have married for the second time and have found my ‘happy ever after.’

This is not something you will find in my novels though! I think that we thriller writers are amongst the nicest people you could meet because we pour all our darkness into our books – it’s the romance writers you’ve got to watch…

I plan to release four novels per year and if you’d like to be kept in the loop about new books and special offers, you can join my ‘keep in touch list’ by visiting www.mariafrankland.co.uk. You will also receive a free novella, ‘The Brother in Law.’

Happy reading – and I’d love to know your thoughts on my books. I welcome all feedback, good, bad or indifferent and hearing from my readers always makes my day!