The Devil's Hunger: The Ploughman Chronicles Book 1

by Andy Jay

A new psychological thriller in the tradition of "The Silence of the Lambs". Cider Hill is a small and peaceful community, lying in the heart of the Australian countryside of the 1950s. It is the kind of country town where the folks are friendly and everybody knows everybody. But this small town has a history it doesn't want to remember. Henry Leighton, known as the Daylesford Devil by the press and dubbed "Lucifer" by the locals, has been sitting in a prison cell for the best part of 20 years, sentenced to life imprisonment for the torture and murder of 14 women. Each one had been preyed upon by a monster that fed on the flesh of his victims. Now, after nearly twenty years of peace, a new killer has taken up where the Devil left off, his victims dying in the same horrific circumstances as his predecessor's. The trademark signature kept hidden from the world has returned, announcing its horrific homecoming with bloody consequences. The authorities have no leads, no clues and no time as they enlist the help of the original police officer, Jim Ploughman, now a respected psychiatrist, who felled the devil the first time. Is the Devil back? Has Lucifer truly returned, killing from behind the walls, or is another vying for his title? Only Jim can face the devil and hope to learn his secret. Together with the young and beautiful police constable, Stephanie Connor, Jim is fighting the devil, the clock and the hierarchy, to piece together the clues and end the killing before another fall's victim.

360 pages, Paperback

Published May 29, 2019

About the author

2018 was the year I finally took the plunge and did what so many of us say. "I want to write a book one day". I said it for year after year, often telling myself that it will eventually happen. I turned 47 in 2018 and realized that "one day" would never come. Not unless I did something about it.

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Closing the year with 3 published books and another released on January 2nd, 2019, was a dream come true. Not only have I accomplished the one book I always wanted to write, but I am now on the way to completing my first trilogy.


To anyone that's thinking about it, I say this. One day will never happen until YOU make it happen. Start with a word, then a sentence and turn them into a paragraph. Fill the page and then another. Continue for as long as it takes. Whether it's a week a month or even a year or two. Stick with it and you too, will make it a reality.


When I'm not writing, I love looking for the next thrill ride or roller coaster and also spending time with my family. I have a passion for photography as well. But whatever I'm doing, I still hear the voices in my head, the voices that are wanting to come out. I have to go now, the voices are loud, urging me to tell their tales...