Gone Too Far: 3 Psychological Thrillers about Taboo

Book excerpt: The hostage and the captor; the voyeur and the performer; the teacher and the pupil. Here exists a line that should never be crossed – but what if it were? Three full-length thrillers about the boundary of where shame and love lie. Note: these novels can now be found within a larger anthology: Eclipse Quartet: 4 Psychological Thrillers. THE SHUTTERED ROOM Little do they know their captive holds a deadly secret. Jess is taken hostage and incarcerated in an upstairs room by three thugs demanding a huge ransom from her rich father. In a bid to escape, she cuts a hole in the bedroom floor with a cutlery knife. From there, Jess observes the three of them going about their business. That’s when she starts playing games with them. That’s when her spying pulls her into a treacherous psychological game involving a twisted version of Stockholm syndrome. If only they knew what their captive was up to. What would they do to her? FALLING AWAKE “People would do anything for money,” spits a sinister moneylender, to the distaste of Gemma, a single mother facing homelessness. Thus begins a menacing tale about the uneasy chemistry between an unseen voyeur and a reluctant exhibitionist. If only she knew the sort of man her voyeur was. She wouldn't perform for him. Insomnia can have the most sinister causes. A HARD LESSON Sarah thought she was teaching a schoolchild a little English. How wrong she was. Not only is her subject a full-grown thug, he is dyslexic and part of a criminal clique headed by a psychopath. And this psychopath doesn't like people interfering with his business. Soon, she will learn the meaning of treachery. And fear.