Killing Cupid

Fed up with Valentine’s? Want to read about serial killers, killer viruses or gangland executions instead? We don’t blame you. In fact, we’ve put together a list of our top Valentine’s reads so that you can do just that! Stalkers Happy publication day to Paul Finch! And what a Valentine’s treat he’s got for you… In his nail-shredding debut Stalkers, Detective Sergeant Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenberg investigates the disappearance of 38 different women, each one happy and successful until they vanished without a trace. Dragged into the dark underbelly of the crime world, Heck soon stumbles across the so-called ‘Nice Guys Club’, a gang who can arrange anything you want. Provided you pay the price…   Killing Cupid/All Fall Down Doesn’t love always feel this way? Alex Parkinson is in love with his writing tutor, Siobhan. He has never loved anyone like this, but how can he convince Siobhan that they are meant to be together? So Alex stalks her on Facebook and finds out where she lives, buys her presents using her own credit card and sends her messages telling her exactly what he wants to do to her. He breaks into her house, reads her diary and secretly listens to her while she takes a bath. Isn’t that what all lovers do?   We also have to say congratulations to Voss and Edwards on the publication of All Fall Down! Whether you want to read about bleeding hearts in Killing Cupid or killer viruses in All Fall Down, they’ve got it all covered... Read More

I’m always keen to expand my personal ‘Killer Reads’ library with new titles – especially titles I’ve been highly recommended. So, with the Christmas holidays approaching, I thought I’d add some new books to my ‘must-read’ list – and who better to ask for inspiration than one of our Killer crime & thriller writers. This week we’re treating you to the first of two instalments from crime and thriller duo, Voss & Edwards, authors of the unputdownable novels Catch your Death and Killing Cupid. This week Mark Edwards is sharing his five all-time favourite crime novels, so hold off sending your lists to Santa until next week as there will be plenty of brilliant reads for you to boost your Christmas lists with. Read More

The internet sensation are back with another chilling thriller. There’s a thin line between love and hate… Hear Voss and Edwards discuss their latest thriller (when the stalker becomes the stalked) and stock up on your summer reads with this killer offer! Buy Killing Cupid and get Catch Your Death… Read More

Since its publication on Kindle in May 2011, Catch Your Death has been an ebook sensation. It was the first fully-independent British book to hit No.1 on Amazon, where it stayed for a month, selling tens of thousands of copies. This year, HarperCollins have released Catch Your Death in paperback, and it's already had fantastic reviews. As Louise and Mark work in a team to write, we thought we'd ask them, how does it work? Find out below... Louise: Our writing partnership - as all the most lasting relationships tend to - grew gradually over an 18 month period back in 1999/2000. We used to email our work to each other all the time and soon came to trust each other's judgement when it came to editorial advice. It was only once we'd actually met up and realized the other one wasn't a nutter (there was always just this small nagging doubt, when we were penpals!!) that it seemed entirely natural to start planning our own book together - Killing Cupid. We had the premise, the characters, the twist(s) - and once we started, we never looked back...' Mark: I didn't even know what Louise looked like before I met her. At least she knew I looked vaguely normal. I think if this had happened now, and I'd seen Catfish, I might suspect that 'Louise' was actually a 54-year-old Hell's Angel emailing me from prison. But she was perfectly normal and nice. Phew! And when we started writing together, it turned out that we had each discovered our perfect creative foil. Lennon and McCartney. Morecambe and Wise. Keith Harris and Orville. And now Voss and Edwards. Louise: Or, ‘Vedward', as my friend christened us! It's true to say I'm not 54, a Hell's Angel, or a jailbird. Maybe Mark had a lucky escape... Yes, I knew he looked normal as I'd seen him on the telly - that was how we met, after I watched this documentary about three wannabe authors, and empathized with Mark (who was one of the three) so much that I was moved to write him a brief email via his agent. That's how we first got in touch. He moved to Japan for a year shortly after we met - not, I trust, as a reaction to having met me - so the whole thing was done via email. We didn't even speak on the phone during that year, just went back and forth, one chapter each per week. Read More