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Mark West was born in Northamptonshire in 1969. Writing stories since the age of eight, he discovered the small press in 1999 and since then, he’s published more than 90 stories in various publications around the world.

The Book Folks published his debut mainstream thriller DON’T GO BACK in February 2022. It was followed by WATCHING OVER YOU, THE HUNTER'S QUARRY, STILL WATERS RUN, A KILLER AMONGST US and WE WERE SEEN. His latest, TO SEE TOO MUCH, was published in November 2024. He is currently working on his next thriller novel.

His other works include:

Collections: “Strange Tales” (2003) and “Things We Leave Behind” (2017)

Horror Novels: “In The Rain With The Dead” (2005) and “Conjure” (2009)

Horror Chapbooks/Novelettes: “The Mill” (2011), “Wh
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Don't Go Back

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Still Waters Run

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Only Watching You

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A Killer Amongst Us

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The Hunter's Quarry

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The Mill

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Drive

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Secrets of the Italian Guesthouse, by Sue Moorcroft

As regular readers of the blog will know, I've been friends with Sue Moorcroft since we first met at the Kettering Writers Group in 1999 (we genre writers were consigned to the back of the room, where we had a great laugh).  Since then she's gone from strength to strength, hitting number one in the Kindle Bestseller charts (with The Christmas Promise) on her way to becoming a Sunday Times Best Sel Read more of this blog post »
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