Anna Willett

She takes your dreams, and then your life... Sightings of a strange girl on the outskirts of the small Australian town of Thorn Tree coincide with the outbreak of a deadly sickness. The girl appears in peoples nightmares, beckoning them into nothingness. Maggie's cafe lies at the heart of the town, and she quickly becomes embroiled in the unfolding events. As more people she knows succumb to the illness, Maggie will have to act fast to root out its cause. Maggie believes that if she understands the girl's story and finds her, she can save her friends and herself. But maybe she too has merely been lured into the pest's evil embrace.

Pest

Two households collide in this engrossing suspense thriller. When Amy and her boyfriend Zane move into a house together, she hopes they can put their rocky past behind them. She gets a job and befriends the older couple who live in the house next door. Amy is impressed by their sophistication, wealth, and love for one another and in turn they somewhat adopt her when Amy's relationship with her boyfriend deteriorates rapidly. Jobless, often absent and clearly up to no good, Zane is jealous and increasingly abusive. His hold over the shy Amy has been strong, yet cracks are beginning to show. When a policeman knocks on her door one innocuous day, it is the start of series of events that will make the two households clash together in a fatal entanglement. Zane will see an opportunity and greed will get the better of him, but are their new neighbours quite the easy targets they appear to be? Amy is in the middle of it all and someone is going to get killed.

No Boundary to Murder

Dear Neighbour

A weekend getaway in an isolated country house is just what Caitlin needs to fix her relationship with husband Eli... Her spirits are up as they enter the spacious retreat and cool off in the nearby lake. With Eli's easy-going brother accompanying them - the party was his idea - the barbeque lit and beers cracked open, everything should be set for a perfect evening. But her husband is cold and dismissive so Caitlin decides to drown her sorrows, and heads into the wine cellar. What she finds there will change their lives for ever. No peaceful sojourn from their daily worries, the house will stage an intense battle of wits: violent, claustrophobic and cruel. The danger the small group are in will put their trust in one another to the ultimate test. The question is, will anyone get out alive? UNWELCOME GUESTS is a non-supernatural horror, a real page-turner thriller with nail-biting suspense. This is the third book by Australian author Anna Willett. Look out for the first, BACKWOODS RIPPER, and the second, RETRIBUTION RIDGE.

An Atmospheric, Suspenseful Thriller

Unwelcome Guests

The Family Man

"If you like Stephen King's Misery, you'll love this book." A country drive quickly turns into a nightmare for newly-weds Paige and Hal Loche When you are in the bush, pregnant, and your husband is hurt what do you do? Will you trust just about anyone? When their car gets a flat tire in the Australian outback, it should be a simple job for capable Hal to fix. His wife pregnant, he sets to it. But an accident befalls him, leaving him immobilized. Paige is now their only hope of getting out of the bush. "How the cruelty of a stranger changes a couple's life for ever." When Paige chances upon a stranger, it seems her prayers are answered. But the stranger doesn't want to help. She wants something else, and it's not Paige's husband. Hal is expendable, piece by piece it seems, but her baby isn't. What will Paige do to protect her unborn child, and at what price? If you enjoy gripping suspenseful thriller fiction, BACKWOODS RIPPER is for you. Also look out for Anna Willett's second book, RETRIBUTION RIDGE, available on Kindle.

A Gripping Action Suspense Thriller

Backwoods Ripper

When a young girl is abducted by a notorious serial killer, a woman risks her own life trying to save her. Mina is struggling to come to terms with her past. Having led a reclusive life, shunning human contact, she decides to take on a local college course to help get her life back on track. However, when a young girl who tries to befriend her is abducted by a serial killer, Mina feels responsible. She refused to wait with the girl for her mother to pick her up. And she shrugged off the youngster's fears. Now Mina cannot rest until she finds out what happened. But as she probes into the events of that evening, her own nightmares start to return. She has put herself in danger, one that leads to an increasingly tense standoff with a cruel and vicious man who will stop at nothing. Can she find the strength to stand up to her demons, past and present? And will she do so, even if it means risking everything? CRUELTY'S DAUGHTER is the fifth novel by best-selling Australian author, Anna Willett. She writes in the thriller genre, with added elements of horror. Her books explore how women react to difficult situations. The books are full of tension, physical and psychological, and they are difficult to put down.

A Riveting Psychological Suspense Thriller

Cruelty's Daughter

Cruelly imprisoned in her own home, a successful novelist must use all of her imagination to stay alive. Recovering from a road accident that has left her half-blind and in a wheelchair, Belle Hammer is alone in her secluded house set in a sprawling ten-acre plot, deep in the forests beyond Perth, Australia. Her husband having left on a work trip, and living miles away from urban centres, Belle has only a few neighbours. And one of them, the creepy retired lecturer Arthur Howell, she doesn't trust one bit . Was it Howell who was seen in the grounds of her house? Did he make the noise she hears in the inaccessible first floor of her home? Unable to travel, Belle is cut off from the world. Her only hope is the home care assistant her husband arranged for her. But all is not as it seems. Left to the mercy of a woman she increasingly fears, Belle's world starts to close in on her. It will take all of her wits and courage to understand why she is being victimised and survive the ensuing ordeal. If she does. Vengeance Blind is the latest thriller by Australian author Anna Willet. Her other books, in order of publication, are: 1. BACKWOODS RIPPER 2. RETRIBUTION RIDGE 3. UNWELCOME GUESTS 4. FORGOTTEN CRIMES 5. CRUELTY'S DAUGHTER 6. SMALL TOWN NIGHTMARE All of these books are FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback. Anna Willett's books are so captivating because they create in the reader a gnawing suspicion that something terrible is going to happen, and an impending fear that it will. The reader just has to know what happens.

A Nail-Biting Suspense Thriller

Vengeance Blind

A young drifter is in deep trouble, his sister is his only hope... Lucy's younger brother has gone missing. When she sets out to find him, the trail takes her to Night Town. It's a rural backwater deep in the forests of south Western Australia. Lucy tries to enlist the help of the local police, but she is met with hostility. She befriends a man who might help her cause. Yet he is not quite who he says he is. As the locals begin to resent her presence in the town, danger quickly mounts. The town has secrets and they seem to centre on the enigmatic Samuel Nightmesser, its wealthy benefactor. What connects her missing brother to this grim boondock? And why do the townsfolk want rid of Lucy? As the story unfolds we are immersed in a creepy, claustrophobic drama in which everything is at stake. If you like books with a strong female lead that keep you on the edge of your seat, you've found your next favourite read. Anna Willett is the author of several suspense thrillers that focus on women trying to overcome difficult and dangerous situations. The full list of her books, in order of publication, is as follows: BACKWOODS RIPPER RETRIBUTION RIDGE UNWELCOME GUESTS FORGOTTEN CRIMES CRUELTY'S DAUGHTER SMALL TOWN NIGHTMARE VENGEANCE BLIND All of these books are FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback.

A Gripping Thriller Full of Mystery and Suspense

Small Town Nightmare

A small hiking group in the wilderness - with bloody revenge for company Milly has barely spoken to her sister Judith in years. They hardly exchanged a word at their mother's funeral. They could not be further apart. So when Milly gets an invitation to go on a hiking trip, she hopes it will be an opportunity for reconciliation. Inviting her school-friend Harper along with her for support, the small party head off together into the bush. What awaits Milly is far from just a bracing hike in the wilderness, but an unexpected encounter with the past. The form it takes is revenge. But who is enacting it against Milly, and why? Intense, gripping, and full of suspense. Whilst the action in this book comes thick and fast, it is the relationship between the sisters and their mutual friend, Harper, that introduces the true darkness into the story. If you enjoy nail-biting suspense fiction with great twists, RETRIBUTION RIDGE is for you. This book is set in the rugged landscape below Perth in South Western Australia, an area the author has explored in depth. You may also enjoy her first thriller, BACKWOODS RIPPER.

A Dark, Gripping and Intense Suspense Thriller

Retribution Ridge

A young woman is forced to face up to the truth of her past... Gloria is heading to meet her friend Rhetty in a bar. Once close, the two friends have drifted apart. Rhetty is different now, a shadow of her former self, and it all goes back to an incident that occurred four years ago. They meet at the same bar as always. It's a sleazy venue. Gloria is uncomfortable there. She has a recollection of something terrible happening at the place, but can't recall any details. Rhetty is agitated. She tells Gloria something that can't be true. That another acquaintance of theirs, a bolshie woman called Joanna, is back on the scene. It can't be true because Joanna died four years ago. What is Rhetty trying to achieve when she convinces Gloria to return to where Joanna died? And why is Gloria, despite her reservations, ready to go along with her? Why did Joanna die, and how is it possible she could return? FORGOTTEN CRIMES is a psychological thriller that will keep you turning the pages. It has a huge twist that you won't suspect. If you enjoyed Paula Hawkins' THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, or like thrillers by STEPHEN KING, you'll love this book. FORGOTTEN CRIMES is the fourth book by Australian author Anna Willett. Check out her first book BACKWOODS RIPPER, or read the prequel to it included in this book, and her others: RETRIBUTION RIDGE and UNWELCOME GUESTS.

A Gripping Psychological Suspense Thriller

Forgotten Crimes

A troubled past resurfaces when an investigative journalist agrees to help find a missing child. The Australian bush is unforgiving, and there is not much hope when a four-year-old boy, Clem, apparently disappears into it without a trace. When the police begin to suspect the boy's step-father, his lawyer hires Damon, a specialist private investigator, to help defend him. No stranger to missing person cases, Damon agrees to let his partner, Lucy, interview the family. There she finds a strong connection to the boy's mother, and determines to find Clem no matter the cost. Having lost her own parents young, and nearly lost her brother, she hopes it will help her to exorcise her own demons. Refusing to believe that Clem is dead, Lucy begins a search that will take her into the seedier side of a rural community with many secrets. In so doing, she will stumble across criminal activity that will put her in serious danger. But it will also stretch her fledgling relationship to Damon, the only person she has ever really trusted. Can she find Clem? Can she find an inner peace? Can she let Damon in? If you enjoy suspense thrillers you are in for a treat with COLD VALLEY NIGHTMARE. It is a standalone, but you can also read about Lucy's backstory in the bestseller SMALL TOWN NIGHTMARE, which is FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback. Anna Willett is the author of several crime thrillers set around Perth in the south west of Australia. The rugged, uncompromising landscape is a graphic backdrop for stories that explore tested relationships, cruelty and revenge, and human resolve.

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