Kate’s character is a vibrant businesswoman that refuses to let anyone control her. Her abusive husband’s truck is found burning in the woods, and she is a prime candidate for murder. Anna, Kate’s best friend, comes to stay with her and they hire two detectives to protect them. Several murders take place and cause Kate and her friends to run away until they can solve this twisted plot that has wrecked their lives. After months of searching for the truth and many unexpected situations, the truth comes out and everyone is shocked.
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Kate Thompson (born 1959) is an Northern Irish actress and romantic novelist who also writes as Pixie Pirelli (the writer heroine of Sex, Lies and Fairytales). She was born in Belfast and studied English and French at Trinity College, Dublin. She spent many years as an actress in theatre and television, most notably in the Irish drama serial Glenroe. She married the actor Malcolm Douglas in 1985 and has a daughter Clara (born 1987). In 1989 she won the Best Actress Award in the Dublin Theatre Festival. Her first novel, It Means Mischief, published in 1999, became a bestseller. The Blue Hour was shortlisted for the Parker Romantic Novel of the Year.
Love Lies Bleeding is remarkable in that the first 25 chapters are available free by e-mail and the final part of the book, The Clandestine Chapters, can be purchased bound with silk and printed on home-made paper.