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Bury Your Secrets: The first in a BRAND NEW gripping and unputdownable Scottish crime thriller series!
336 pages, Paperback
Published November 26, 2024
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Kerry Watts
26 books83 followers.Kerry Watts was born and grew up in a small town in the East of Scotland where she still lives today. She is always writing and carries a little notebook and pen with her wherever she goes because at her age ideas need to be captured before they disappear.
Kerry specialises in crime fiction because she enjoys pushing the boundaries of what it is to be human. The nature versus nurture debate fascinates her. She loves to put her characters in impossible situations just to see what happens. Her experience as a psychiatric nurse heavily influences her writing. She also wants to create characters that people can relate to who might be facing the same struggles as anyone else.
Authors who inspire her are anyone capable of creating a character who lives inside her head long after she has closed the book. Her favourite fictional character's are Dexter Morgan, created by Jeff Lindsay as well as Hannibal Lechter created by Thomas Harris. She doesn't have a favourite genre as a reader. Kerry will read anything. Written by anyone. If the blurb has a good feel about it she's hooked.
When she's not writing she loves to spend time following her other passions - dogs, particularly rescue mutts and horse racing. The sight of a thoroughbred race horse at full stretch has been known to move her to tears, not just lump in the throat stuff but full on blubbing. And for that she is unashamed. One day she's going to buy a racehorse filly and call her Into Darkness.
She also had a small role in a film called The Rocket Post but decided acting wasn't for her. She would rather create a character than play one.
Kerry specialises in crime fiction because she enjoys pushing the boundaries of what it is to be human. The nature versus nurture debate fascinates her. She loves to put her characters in impossible situations just to see what happens. Her experience as a psychiatric nurse heavily influences her writing. She also wants to create characters that people can relate to who might be facing the same struggles as anyone else.
Authors who inspire her are anyone capable of creating a character who lives inside her head long after she has closed the book. Her favourite fictional character's are Dexter Morgan, created by Jeff Lindsay as well as Hannibal Lechter created by Thomas Harris. She doesn't have a favourite genre as a reader. Kerry will read anything. Written by anyone. If the blurb has a good feel about it she's hooked.
When she's not writing she loves to spend time following her other passions - dogs, particularly rescue mutts and horse racing. The sight of a thoroughbred race horse at full stretch has been known to move her to tears, not just lump in the throat stuff but full on blubbing. And for that she is unashamed. One day she's going to buy a racehorse filly and call her Into Darkness.
She also had a small role in a film called The Rocket Post but decided acting wasn't for her. She would rather create a character than play one.
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November 23, 2025
The writing wasn’t great, there were elements of it that didn’t make sense that were added for (melo)dramatic effect (most annoyingly someone smelling the metal from a knife when steel has no smell).
I was listening to the audiobook and in chapter 6 the line “The visits meant a lot to both of them, especially this month given the development of their father’s condition” was repeated twice in a row. I didn’t see a physical copy so not sure if it’s an editing issue of the audiobook or the narrator is reading the error.
There was a LOT of telling over showing and I figured it wasn’t going to get any better so I DNF.
I was listening to the audiobook and in chapter 6 the line “The visits meant a lot to both of them, especially this month given the development of their father’s condition” was repeated twice in a row. I didn’t see a physical copy so not sure if it’s an editing issue of the audiobook or the narrator is reading the error.
There was a LOT of telling over showing and I figured it wasn’t going to get any better so I DNF.
December 6, 2025
Social media influencers are being targeted, and there does not seem to be a way to narrow down who the killer might be. Each scene brings a new set of clues, and while they are subtle, there are clues that the FBI seems to be missing. With a former FBI agent, and current dive investigator on the case, they are determined to figure out what is happening, and put a stop to the serial killer that is running rings around them.
This was a really good read. I liked the characters and the chemistry that was there. I look forward to reading more from this author. Several good twists, and much more to look forward to from this investigative duo.
This was a really good read. I liked the characters and the chemistry that was there. I look forward to reading more from this author. Several good twists, and much more to look forward to from this investigative duo.
January 5, 2026
A well written slightly gruesome in places crime read. Set in Lewis in the Hebrides it’s a pacy and interesting read and Fraser is an intriguing main protagonist I’m interested to see what would happen to him in future novels. 4.5* from me
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