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Neil Carstairs

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in Worcester, The United Kingdom

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Paranormal, Horror, Thriller

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Neil Carstairs lives and works in Worcester, UK. He writes and self-publishes novels that fall mainly in the Supernatural Thriller genre but his short work covers the full range of Speculative Fiction.

His next release comes out on 15th December 2020 and is a spin-off from his Scarrett & Kramer adventure - The Ring of Athreal.

His Scarrett & Kramer series feature #1 The Creator, #2 The Anomaly, #3 The Tomb, and #4 The Rising.

Standalone novels The Other Side of Winter, Hinterland, and The Chamber are also available along with a number of anthologies that feature one of his short stories

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Average rating: 4.41 · 243 ratings · 85 reviews · 13 distinct works

	The Creator (Scarrett & Kramer #1) 4.43 avg rating — 70 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anomaly (Scarrett & Kramer #2) 4.70 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Side of Winter 4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tomb (Scarrett & Kramer #3) 4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rising (Scarrett & Kramer #4) 4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battlespace: Military Science Fiction Anthology, Volume 1 by Jason Tudor (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Keith Houin (Editor), Michael J. Wilstock (Editor) 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	TFF-X: Ten years of The Future Fire by Djibril al-Ayad (Goodreads Author) (editor), Cécile Matthey (editor), Valeria Vitale (editor) 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hinterland 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chamber 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ring of Athreal 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Set for release on 19th May Scarrett & Kramer #4: The Rising

Ben Scarrett’s hopes of a quiet life after his resignation from the Department of Special Investigations lasted all of 24-hours. Now he’s on a covert operation in the United Kingdom, teamed with a special-ops soldier out for revenge and a trigger-happy Mexican woman who thinks guns are fashion accessories. Facing them are a psychotic poli Read more of this blog post »

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