Killing Pretties by Rob Ashman- Crime/thriller
Damien is a successful criminal barrister.He owns three houses and wants for nothing
in life. One of his loves is pottery where he uses unusual glazes that often win awards
and comments for their uniqueness. Damiens other love is the “pretties”- people who
lead a vacuous life, also wanting for nothing but also doing very little other than the
“look at me” rounds of launches and social media. His wife Elsa arranges for the
pretties to come to Damien by seducing them. DS Malice has a new partner in Kelly
Pieterson and he is investigating a murder alongside a missing woman. Malice has his
own issues with his ex wife and also has a side line to top up his police salary. I really
enjoyed this. Rob has the talent for quickly getting you into the plot and wonderful
characters that have that something more about them. I liked Malice and Pieterson
came over as a woman not to be trifled with. Damien and Elsa however were quite
something else! A brilliant captivating plot (in all senses!) and I sense there may be
more to come from Malice and Peiterson- I look forward to it very much.
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Rob is married to Karen with two grown up daughters. He is originally from South Wales and after moving around with work settled in North Lincolnshire where he’s spent the last twenty-two years.
Book Description:
Detective Sergeant Khenan Malice is a rubbish ex-husband, a crap father but a damned good detective. It’s a shame he spoils his only redeeming quality by being a bent copper.
Detective Kelly Pietersen joins the team to help find a missing woman. But she has a secret…
Damien Kaplan is a leading criminal barrister and a keen amateur potter. He also happens to be a serial killer with a chilling approach to creating his art. He’s married to Elsa, though she considers him more of a possession than a husband. She controls those around her using sex and procures men and women for her husband to play with but only after she’s finished with them first.
Killing Pretties is his passion, having sex with them is hers. It is difficult to say which one is worse.
The missing woman brings all four crashing together – an incendiary mix that doesn’t end well.
Author Bio:
Like all good welsh valley boys Rob worked for the National Coal Board after leaving school at sixteen and went to University at the tender age of twenty-three when the pit closures began to bite. Since then he’s worked in a variety of manufacturing and consulting roles both in the UK and abroad.
It took Rob twenty-four years to write his first book. He only became serious about writing it when his dad got cancer. It was an aggressive illness and Rob gave up work for three months to look after him and his mum. Writing Those That Remain became his coping mechanism. After he wrote the book his family encouraged him to continue, so not being one for half measures, Rob got himself made redundant, went self-employed so he could devote more time to writing and four years later the Mechanic Trilogy was the result.
Rob published Those That Remain, In Your Name and Pay the Penance with Bloodhound Books and has since written the DI Rosalind Kray series. These are Faceless, This Little Piggy, Suspended Retribution and Jaded which are also published by Bloodhound.
His latest work sees the introduction of a new set of characters – DS Khenan Malice and DC Kelly Pietersen. The first book in the series is titled Killing Pretties and the second is Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Lies. Both books will be published this year.
When he is not writing, Rob is a frustrated chef with a liking for beer and prosecco, and is known for occasional outbreaks of dancing.
Website: http://robashman.com/
Twitter: @RobAshmanAuthor
Thank you for kicking the blog tour off today Nicki x
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