Treason, mistrust and deadly malevolence make play about these pages. In a world bestowing heaven to a lucky few and servitude to the many, few and far between are not the excesses and violence of greed. Alexander, a son adopted into this very power, must decide how far into inhumanity he must delve to save himself and those he loves. There is no trail of crumbs, but a blood droplet path that must be followed to the mighty conclusion of good and evil.

Laid bare is evil of every character, synonymous with man, left is no hope that any light will pierce the pines of this tale’s end.

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Hotel Beresford: a grand old building, just outside the city, where any soul is welcome, and strange goings-on mask explosive, deadly secrets. A chilling, darkly funny sequel to Will Carver’s bestselling The Beresford…

`Superbly paced and remarkably inventive, a book that demands to be read in a single sitting´ M.W. Craven

`Delightfully dark and wickedly inventive … with characters that stick around long after the final page is turned, whether you want them to or not´ S J Watson

`From the wondrous mind of Will Carver … a tour de force that covers life, death and everything beyond´ David Jackson

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There are worse places than hell…

Hotel Beresford is a grand, old building, just outside the city. And any soul is welcome.

Danielle Ortega works nights, singing at whatever dive bar will offer her a gig. She gets by, keeping to herself. Sam Walker gambles and drinks, and can’t keep his hands to himself. Now he’s tied up in a shoe closet with a dent in his head that matches Danielle’s broken ashtray.

The man in 731 has been dead for two days and his dog has not stopped barking. Two doors down, the couple who always smokes on the window ledge will mysteriously fall.

Upstairs, in the penthouse, Mr Balliol sees it all. He can peer into every crevice of every floor of the hotel from his screen-filled suite. He witnesses humanity and inhumanity in all its forms: loneliness, passion and desperation in equal measure. All the ingredients he needs to make a deal.

When Danielle returns home one night to find Sam gone, a series of sinister events begins to unfold. But strange things often occur at Hotel Beresford, and many are only a distraction to hide something much, much darker…

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Praise for Will Carver

`One of the most exciting authors in Britain’ Daily Express

`A smart, stylish writer´ Daily Mail

`Incredibly dark and very funny´ Harriet Tyce

`Unlike anything you’ll read this year´ Heat

`Impossibly original, stylish, sinister and heartfelt´ Chris Whitaker

`Weirdly page-turning´ Sunday Times

`Ambitious, dark and funny´ Mike Gayle

`A highly original state-of-the-nation novel´ Literary Review

`Oozes malevolence from every page´ Victoria Selman

`Arguably the most original crime novel published this year´ Independent

`Mesmeric´ Guardian

`Memorable for its unrepentant darkness…’ Telegraph

`Perceptive and twisted in equal measure´ CultureFly

`Pitch-dark, intelligent and utterly addictive´ Michael Wood

`Unflinching, blunt and brutal´ Sam Holland

`Equally enthralling and appalling´ James Oswald

`One of the most compelling and original voices in crime fiction´ Alex North

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When a defense attorney is torn between vengeance and justice, everything he holds dear is put on the line.

After a sexual assault case lands on his desk, Brad Madison tackles it with typical zeal.

His client Eddie Mawson is a nerdy, self-made rich kid. He has a high IQ when it comes to making video games, but when it comes to women his IQ pretty much matches his age.

Brad didn’t expect this case to get to him, but it does. He didn’t think Mawson’s guilt or innocence should matter to him, but it does.

As a father to a young daughter, how can he in good conscience defend a predator?

As Brad digs deeper to find the truth, a Pandora’s box is opened, putting the lives of people he loves in danger and his own life at risk.

Meanwhile, Brad’s nursing a visceral rage over what he believes was a deliberate attack on his ex-wife Claire, a woman he cared for more than he was willing to admit.

On two fronts, Brad finds himself not just fighting to get to the truth but to get past his own demons.

Tapping into his reserves of character and instinct, he reaches breaking point.

Can he survive to win justice for his client… and to put those demons to rest?

Get your copy and start reading this full-throttle ride of action, drama, intrigue and mystery today.

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