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A copy of a 2001 CNN report on the murder investigation that inspired the novel follows:Police Arrest Suspect in Gallaudet Murders http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/01...
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I am a Forensic Psychology Ph.D student, this subject interests me and I would love to beta read your book. I will send a message with my email.
I am a Forensic Psychology Ph.D student, this subject interests me and I would love to beta read your book. I will send a message with my email.
Lulu wrote: "Hello,I am a Forensic Psychology Ph.D student, this subject interests me and I would love to beta read your book. I will send a message with my email."
Thanks Lulu.
Sneak preview: the Prologue for our soon-to-be-released Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
ARCs available now!If you're a keen reader or book reviewer or blogger then post request in this thread if you wish to read a free PDF or else email sterlinggatebooks@gmail.com
We have also set up a new discussion group on Goodreads called Silent World (inspired by the book which explores the unique universe of Deaf culture: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
James wrote: "ARCs available now!If you're a keen reader or book reviewer or blogger then post request in this thread if you wish to read a free PDF or else email sterlinggatebooks@gmail.com
We have also set u..."
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In a quarantined university for the Deaf,There's a serial killer and a deadly airborne virus.
Don't blink.
Don't breathe.
Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes)
Available for pre-order now on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075HRYTVC/
YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bv1...
James wrote: "Sneak preview: the Prologue for our soon-to-be-released Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog......"I would love to read/review this for you!
Nancy wrote: "James wrote: "Sneak preview: the Prologue for our soon-to-be-released Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog......"Thanks Nancy. Email us at SterlingGateBooks@gmail.com and we'll email the ARC pdf.
Here's an alternative mechanism for securing an ARC of Silent Fear as posted on our blog today:Simply fill out the form via the link below and your eBook will be delivered to your Inbox!
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ARC copies are still available for Silent Fear before it's published as a Kindle ebook on October 31 (the paperback edition already published).
Win a paperback copy of the new thriller novel Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes). Anyone can enter wherever you are in the world, we will ship a copy to the winner!https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Free...free...FREE!The paperback giveaway has just a few days left for Silent Fear: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Meanwhile the Kindle edition is Free until end of Wednesday Nov 15 (US PST time):
Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075HRYTVC/
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075HRYTVC/
Will wrote: "CONGRATS on the book!"Thanks Will.
Be sure to enter the Christmas paperback giveaway for Silent Fear (closes Dec 23): https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
For those who are Deaf or hard of hearing, or maybe just interested in Deaf culture, I’d remind you to check out our new discussion group Silent World @ https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/... Silent World is a place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in our new release book Silent Fear. It’s also an intersection of sorts where Deaf and hearing people can engage and learn from each other. We trust it provides a useful avenue for members to share other books (and also films) by or about the Deaf.
Literary reviews:“Right out of an Edgar Allan Poe mystery.” –Just Reviews
“Entertaining and well written murder mystery.” –Todd Simpson (Amazon Top 50 reviewer)
“Taut thriller with plenty going on.” –Errant Dreams Lit. Reviews
“Packed with drama, suspense, action and surprises lurking around every corner.” –Angela Kay Books
“The Morcans’ writing kept me on the edge of my seat with an atypical and surprisingly gratifying ending.” –Roy Murry (Author of The Audubon Caper)
“Excellent characters, brilliant and unique story line, gripping and full of suspense … what more can you ask for? Well, throw in a serial killer and a deadly flu virus and you have Silent Fear!” –Reading Stuff ‘n Things
“Not only is this a great epidemic-sci-fi and mystery thriller, it’s also a fantastic insight into the deaf community.” –Harry Whitewolf (Author of The Road to Purification)
“The plot, the pace and the characters all came together in the most riveting crime novel that I’ve read in a long time.” –Susan Elliot (Amazon Top 500 reviewer)
The Kindle edition of Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) is free for readers worldwide for only 1 more day...today Monday July 2.Set in the world of the Deaf, Silent Fear is an epic, multi-genre story combining crime, thriller, mystery, horror and sci-fi. It also has elements of "underground knowledge" including a Satanic cult sub-plot and explorations into theories which state some virus pandemics could be man-made (either accidentally or purposefully man-made).
To claim your free Kindle copy go to:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075HRYTVC/
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075HRYTVC/
When you can't hear...death comes silently.
Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world.
When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives.
A stunning, claustrophobic, "whodunit" murder mystery, Silent Fear is the eighth novel by father-and-son writing team Lance & James Morcan.
Book/Film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bv1...
Love latest review of 'Silent Fear' in Amazon UK. It's by bestselling author Grady Harp... and here it is (abridged):According to the authors, ‘This novel was inspired by the murders of Deaf students at Gallaudet University, one of the world's most prestigious learning institutions for the Deaf, between 1980 and the early 2000's. The investigating authorities didn't know if the killings were 'inside jobs' and for a time nearly everyone connected to Gallaudet was under suspicion.’
The quality of prose is excellent in this thriller – likely attributable in part to the authors’ experience with creating film both in storyline and acting. So often the tenor of a novel is distinctly set in a finely honed Prologue, and that is certainly the case here.
‘…Ever so gradually the hole in the brick wall grew smaller as he laid more bricks. Despite what was at stake, he worked at a leisurely pace, all the while thinking. That was something he did a lot these days. Thinking, that is.
The hole was now so small he could hardly see the object he was concealing. Only the deceased’s face was visible, covered by the transparent plastic bag he’d used so effectively to cut off the other’s air supply just thirty minutes earlier.
He smiled at the memory of the deceased’s final moments. Those last seconds when the young man had recognised his attacker and realised he was about to die.
Beautiful…poetry in motion…slow motion.
Oh how he loved the exhilarating, orgasmic-like feelings he’d experienced as the life of another was snuffed out. He willingly embraced them as he relived the moment. It was as if the helpless young man before him was still dying.
Studying the deceased now, or what he could still see of him at least, he recalled how he’d laughed uproariously just before death came to his victim. The visuals replayed over and over in his mind. He remembered how the veins in the young man’s eyeballs, face and neck appeared to burst as he was deprived of air, and how fragile he’d looked – like a child being tortured.
The icing on the cake had been when he’d used his hands to communicate a final message via sign language.
He could still see the look on his victim’s face when, seconds before death came, he realised what was being communicated to him. It was a look of total horror, which was somehow more accentuated when viewed through the transparent plastic bag. That had made this killing even more satisfying.’
It is with the same degree of imaginative intensity that his story is revealed, and as the synopsis describes the plot the book becomes even more inviting – ‘When you can't hear...death comes silently. Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world. When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives.’
A stunning, grisly mystery that pleads to become a film. -Grady Harp, July 18
Ahh I've been meaning to read this!Sounds so good.
Lance wrote: "Love latest review of 'Silent Fear' in Amazon UK. It's by bestselling author Grady Harp... and here it is (abridged):
According to the authors, ‘This novel was inspired by the murders of Deaf stud..."
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Hi – I’m preparing to publish my eighth novel co-written with my son James Morcan. Our seven co-authored novels to date include Into the Americas, The Ninth Orphan and White Spirit.
We seek an unlimited number of reader-reviewers for Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) – a multi-genre crime, thriller, mystery, horror (with shades of sci-fi). It also has elements of "underground knowledge" including a Satanic cult sub-plot and explorations into theories which state some virus pandemics could be man-made (either accidentally or purposefully man-made).
Set in present-day London, Silent Fear was inspired by the murders of two deaf students at Gallaudet University, one of the world’s most prestigious learning institutions for the deaf, in Washington, D.C., in the early 2000’s.
Here’s the novel’s storyline at a glance:
Detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the deaf in London. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world. When more deaf students are murdered, it’s clearly the work of a serial killer. The stakes rise when Valerie becomes the killer’s next target and the deadly virus claims more lives.
(We are also screenwriters and filmmakers and have put SILENT FEAR into early development as a feature film through our production company Morcan Motion Pictures).
There's also a Silent Fear film trailer you can watch:
Goodreads video: https://www.goodreads.com/videos/1254...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bv1...
The paperback won't be published until closer to our October 31 launch date unfortunately so the only ARC copy available is a PDF, which we are emailing to interested parties. (Note there is free software available to upload pdfs to tablets if you prefer not to read on your computer).
If this ARC offer appeals, contact the authors direct via Morcan Books & Films blog or email sterlinggatebooks@gmail.com
Many thanks!
Lance