After He died-Michael Malone

Paula is at her husband’s funeral after he suffered a heart attack whilst out without

her. She is finding life difficult without him by her side. They have had their ups and

downs in their thirty year marriage like most other couples but now she feels bereft.

A stranger at the funeral whispers in her ear and puts a note in her pocket saying

“Do you really know who your husband was?”. This sets off a chain of thoughts and

memories of events that leave Paula wondering even more especially when she

keeps getting silent phone calls. Tommy had two brothers, one whom Paula is quite

close to and who is a priest Joe. She turns to him to try and help and only finds

more questions than answers. When she decides to meet the woman who put the

message in her coat, her life changes in a way she never thought possible. Oooh….

I knew that there was something, just something I hadn’t worked out. Like Paula

I couldn’t imagine quite who or what but perhaps why. A clever style of writing

that draws you in whilst making you feel rather unsettled knowing that there is

something, just something in the background that you can’t quite put your finger

on. I didn’t work out who the perpetrator was which to me is a sign of a good

book. A fast paced, very enjoyable read.

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When Paula Gadd’s husband of almost thirty years dies, just days away from the seventh anniversary
of their son Christopher’s death, her world falls apart. Grieving and bereft, she is stunned when a
young woman approaches her at the funeral service, and slips something into her pocket. A note
suggesting that Paula’s husband was not all that he seemed…
When the two women eventually meet, a series of revelations challenges everything Paula thought she
knew, and it becomes immediately clear that both women’s lives are in very real danger. Both a dark,
twisty slice of domestic noir and taut, explosive psychological thriller, After He Died is also a chilling
reminder that the people we trust the most can harbour the deadliest secrets…




Michael Malone is a prize-winning poet and author who was born and brought up
in the heart of Burns’ country. He has published over 200 poems in literary
magazines throughout the UK, including New Writing Scotland, Poetry Scotland
and Markings. Blood Tears, his bestselling debut novel won the Pitlochry Prize
from the Scottish Association of Writers. Other published work includes:
Carnegie’s Call; A Taste for Malice; The Guillotine Choice; Beyond the Rage; The
Bad Samaritan and Dog Fight. His psychological thriller, A Suitable Lie, was a
number-one bestseller, and the critically acclaimed House of Spines soon
followed suit. A former Regional Sales Manager (Faber & Faber) he has also
worked as an IFA and a bookseller.


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Dark and original domestic noir
Explosive psychological thriller
Emotive themes of grief & 21st-century urban poverty
International bestselling Scottish author
You need to know who your husband really was…

B-FORMAT PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
ISBN: 978-1-912374-33-5
EPUB: 978-1-912374-34-2
Publication Date: 30 September 2018
£8.99