A Fool's Circle by Suzanne Seddon

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Thank for stopping by It's Raining Books. Why do you write in your genre? What draws you to it?

I absolutely love writing crime fiction/thrillers. I enjoy trying to make the characters connect to the readers from the get go. Then portraying them in another way. I often let the characters take me on a journey.

What research is required?

I didn’t need research for this book. I grew up in a very dysfunctional family and witnessed a lot of domestic violence and mental abuse.

Name one thing you learned from your hero or heroine.

Never stay in an abusive controlling relationship. Things will never get better. Speak to someone and get help. Don’t ever feel like you're on your own.

Do you have any odd or interesting writing quirks, habits or superstitions?

I have to have complete silence when I’m writing. My brain is completely buzzing with ideas. I also switch off my phone and don’t answer the door.

Are you a plotter or a Pantser?

I’m definitely a hybrid! I knew where I was heading with this book. I had my characters although I didn’t quite know how it would end. I opened my laptop and they all came to life. It’s hard to explain really. I just let it all play out in my head and jotted a few things down on paper.

Look to your right – what’s sitting there?

A photograph of my late mother with my daughter.

Anything new coming from you? What?

I’m not sure I’m done with A Fool’s Circle yet! So watch this space.

Do you have a question for our readers?

What character in the book can you relate to the most and why?

Kate Sanders has suffered many years of physical and mental abuse at the hands of her abusive husband Alan, and convinces herself that she is only holding the family together for the sake of her eight-year-old daughter. If it wasn’t for her best friend Jill Reynolds, she would have taken the suicide option a long time ago.

As she desperately seeks a way to escape, she is contacted by a solicitor. Kate’s old aunt has died and she has been left a small fortune.

For the first time, she sees the light at the end of the tunnel. She dreams of a fresh start, a new home, a new life. What Kate doesn’t know is that Jill and Alan have their own secrets, and are both desperate to get their hands on her money.

Kate soon finds herself falling for the charms of Jonathon Jacobs in what she believes to be fate finally intervening and offering her a second chance, unaware that each move he makes has been directed, orchestrated and well-rehearsed as he begs her to leave her husband Alan.

But is it all too late, as she finds herself in the frame for murder?

Read an Excerpt:

‘Mummy! Please wake up! Mummy! Please wake up please, Mummy, Mummy.’

Kate woke up with a start and as she looked at her daughter standing in front of her she could see the fear in her eyes as the smoke thickened from Alan’s side of the bed.

‘Mummy, Mummy, what’s wrong with Daddy? Why is he making that funny noise?’

She listened to the weird noise from the creature next to her. Kate screamed at him to wake up as she got up out of bed, and ushered Sophie out of the bedroom.

‘Alan, wake up. Alan, the room is on fire! Wake up will you, Alan!’

Kate could see by the look on his face as he opened his eyes, he had no idea what was going on, still half pissed. As the proverbial penny finally dropped, he was up out of bed and on his feet.

Kate coughed hard as she got Sophie out of the bedroom. She guided her downstairs into the kitchen and grabbed the fire extinguisher from the cupboard. His voice boomed behind her as he entered the room.

‘Where’s the fucking fire extinguisher, woman? For fuck’s sake, hurry up! The whole place will burn down.’

She almost threw it at him. Watching him fly back out of the kitchen and up the stairs, she turned her attention to her daughter.

‘Are you okay Sophie? Talk to me, is your throat sore?’

Sophie was traumatised. She coughed a few times as Kate, worried, stared at her daughter’s face. Sophie started to cry.

About the Author:

Suzanne Seddon was born in 1968 in Islington, London. After leaving school she had many interesting jobs, from swimming teacher to air hostess, and was able to travel the globe. Now a single mum to her teenage daughter Poppy-willow, Suzanne spends her days writing and has written several articles for magazines and newspapers.

Growing up, Suzanne witnessed mental and physical abuse within her own family which strongly influenced her when she wrote her first play, A Fool’s Circle, when she attended the famous Anna Scher Theatre. Suzanne, however, was not content to leave it there and decided to go ahead and transform her play into a novel.

Not one to shy away from exciting challenges, she also wrote, acted, directed, cast and produced a trailer for the book around her hometown in Islington with the support of local businesses, who recognised the drive and importance of Suzanne and her work.

Suzanne is a passionate writer and she is determined to be heard so that the issue of domestic abuse is raised amongst the public's consciousness, empowering others to speak out. She wants those who suffer at the hands of another to have their voices heard, loud and clear.

Publisher’s Author Page: https://www.wallacepublishing.co.uk/suzanne-seddon.html
Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fools-Circle-Suzanne-Seddon/dp/1999613635/ref=sr_1_1
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