WHATEVER IT TAKES
THE WIFE
Lorna lives with her husband in her dream home, loves socialising, and has a passion for the finer things in life.
THE HUSBAND
Dan owns a successful accountancy business, enjoys golf and exercise, and loves Lorna deeply.
Life is good. Until new neighbours move into the house next door.
Perry, a property developer is charismatic and friendly, with a beautiful young wife, Ingrid. They become friends, sharing intimate dinners, trips away, and ultimately a holiday together in Greece. But all is not as friendly as it seems.
While there, a fatal accident occurs that changes their lives.
They don’t all return. But those that do, are hiding a huge secret . . . and there’s someone who will do whatever it takes to make sure that it never comes to the surface.
Providing excerpts has been terribly difficult for this book, the reason being, I don’t want to give too much away. If I say more, it would most definitely spoil the enjoyment of the story. So, sincere apologies in advance for just a few lines – all will become apparent for the reader, I promise.
I write crime/psychological thrillers. All my books have a romance and crime element to them, but my earlier ones do have a lot of adult content. I write much less of that now though (I don’t know any more!).
Each one of my books is different intentionally. I know that occasionally I’ll get a review from a reader that ‘preferred my last book’ and I understand that completely (I have my favourites too). My intention when starting a book is to have the reader swiping the pages well into the night! I always try to provide a good story with lots of twists and turns and a few I didn’t see that coming moments. I sincerely hope I’ve done so with this one . . .
Whatever It Takes (excerpt)
“It’s just going to look like a drowning accident. As long as you stick to the story we’ve rehearsed from the beginning, it’ll be fine. By the time they’ve retrieved their bodies, they’ll be black and blue from the coral so it won’t be evident they’ve been hit. And when they check for alcohol, they’ll have way too much in their system.”
“What about the boat explosion though, you’ve never told me exactly what you’re going to do.”
“Cause I purposely don’t want you to know. Remember, afterwards we’re going to be questioned about it all. The less you know the better.”
“But I wouldn’t breathe a word.”
“I know you wouldn’t. But what you don’t know, you can’t say. You’ll stick to the story as to exactly what happened. We were all blotto, and there was some sort of explosion on the boat. I shouted to get in the water which you’re going to do. You don’t need to ever say any more than that.”
Joy Wood has worked as a nurse most of her adult life and turned to writing six years ago to ‘see if she could.’ Her earlier work was adult romance and intrigue, but more recently she has switched genres to romance with a crime element. Joy lives in the small but charming seaside town of Cleethorpes in North East Lincolnshire and her writing ideas come from watching the tide turn daily, of course with the obligatory ice-cream – someone has to support the local economy!
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