Supernatural Thriller The Devil Within Confronts a Murderous Past
If you enjoy reading twisted thrillers, the chilling, powerful new novel The Devil Within ought to be on your list… Crafted from the boundless imagination of Annie Muscutt, it embroils readers in the life of Amelia Greystock and confronts the old woman’s fierce, murderous past.
Everything unravels in this supernatural thriller, which grabs readers by the throat with a dark, disturbing, yet humanity-filled narrative. Raw emotion spills off every page, while a cinematic life story unfolds that readers won’t be forgetting any time soon.
Greystock is a troubled, evil woman whose lifetime of cruelty comes to a head as she prepares for her death. Fast-paced and a quick read, the volume explores the devil that lives inside everyone and could very well force readers to reconsider every shred of their existence.
The story begins with an elderly Amelia, sitting alone in a house of previous grandeur looking out of the window. She is waiting, and shortly afterwards two children arrive by car, a brother and sister escaping from London and the ongoing war. The old lady is a reluctant and hostile host; but the children, Polly and Edward, have a friend in her servant Mary and begin to settle to their new surroundings so far from home. They soon discover that the house is not as it seems and, haunted by ghostly memories, is hiding tales from the past and terrible crimes that were committed within its grounds. The story journeys back and forth from Amelia’s past to the present day, uncovering the sins of her youth and the deaths she planned and executed.
As a working mother who loves to read, Muscutt joins the ranks of millions of women unable to steal the hours required to tackle an average-sized thriller. Stepping up to the plate with gusto, Muscutt has fought back against the lack of suitable books by creating her own. “My goal with this volume was to take all of the facets of thrillers that readers crave, while slapping them in the face with concepts that are not usually found in the genre,” explains the author. “While fiction, the bold emotion the characters feel and the adversities they confront will ground readers in reality.”
She continues, “…I also wanted to be strategic with the length. I didn’t want to write a short story, per se, but it needed to be something that people with busy lives (like me!) could still consume with the little free time we manage to steal. I hope I hit the nail on the head.”
The Devil Within was just released on March 8th via CreateSpace and is available from Amazon.
Synopsis:
An isolated recluse living out the remainder of her days in the unnoticed countryside of early 20th Century Britain, for most of her life the mysterious Amelia Greystock has sought decrepit solitude within the decaying walls of her once-lavish manor house. Keeping her affairs from everyone else, the Greystock house has always been viewed as an untrustworthy domain, a mysterious artifact kept hidden from the rest of society. However, the elderly outsider’s self-inflicted seclusion is rudely broken when Polly and Edward, two children sent to the manor to escape the nightly bombing raids hitting London, arrive on her doorstep seeking shelter. But before the children can breathe a sigh of relief, Polly and Edward quickly realize that something sinister haunts the walls of the Greystock manor.
As the nights become stranger and stranger, a plot unfolds that could explain just why Amelia has secluded herself from the rest of society. Navigating a house haunted by ghostly aspirations and the wounds of crimes that have been all but forgotten, an evil presence starts to make itself known to the two children. Through further exploration of off-limit rooms and private areas, the children uncover the history of both the house and Greystock herself, slowly beginning to understand the true nature of the danger they’ve found themselves in. Uncovering the myriad of sins and crimes that have since left the place feeling rotten to the core, the truth of the Greystock manor is about to be revealed.
Stepping into the dark world of Amelia Greystock, The Devil Within promises to be one of the most twisted thrillers of the year.
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