strong and outspoken character but
so is her step brother. The dialogue
between the two of them is sharp,
honest and explosive and
compelling to read. Pat has
escaped Herman once before but
now that he has found her she
agrees to meet him to negotiate.
She likes her new life, lover and
job and has a lot to lose. There is a
little more to the story as it
unfolds, which adds further to the
reading pleasure. The author has a
background in psychology and
easily breaks her characters down
with analytic ease and excellent
empathy, making this an
intellectual feast as well as a wild
entertaining ride. Magnificent and
Olga Núñez Miret best so far.
Highly recommended.
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About this author
I was born in Barcelona and have
always been a keen reader and
writer, although never published
anything apart from reviews until
recently. I studied Medicine and
moved to UK to specialise in
psychiatry. My last job was a
forensic psychiatrist but I have
now left to try to explore other
avenues, do more writing, offer my
services translating other people’s
work (English-Spanish/SpanishEnglish) and… who knows?
I studied a BA in American
Literature at the University of
Sussex (that included a year
abroad, at Mount Holyoke
College) that I loved and
completed a PhD on the same
subject (although I wrote about the
films of David Mamet). I have
recently also obtained an MSc on
Criminology (DL) by the
University of Leicester. Yes, I like
to study.
I have written a variety of things
from a very young age. Initially
this was in Spanish. When I moved
to the UK and after a few years I
attended a creative writing evening
class and started writing short
stories. After also attending a short
story writing course at Mount
Holyoke I moved on to writing
longer fiction.
Currently I have two versions of
the same book published, ‘The
Man Who Never Was’ and ‘El
hombre que nunca existió’.
In February 2013 I published a
Young Adult Novella ‘Twin
Evils?’ (also available in Spanish
version ‘Gemela Maldad’) and I
am working on a series of YA
novels in the paranormal genre.
In January 2014 I published
‘Escaping Psychiatry’ (Una vez
psiquiatra…) a collection of three
stories with a psychiatrist and
writer as the main character.
In May 2014 I published a novella
(psychological thriller) ‘Family,
lust and cameras’ (Familia, lujuria
y cámaras)
I have a blog with wordpress,
where I blog about a variety of
matters, including my books, and
have a regular post featuring guest
authors.
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Do you enjoy watching? Do you
think it doesn’t harm anybody?
What would happen if your life
became The rear window? Pat
thought she’d left her past behind
and started a new life. But one
doesn’t get rid of voyeurism,
obsessions and family quite that
easily. Sometimes one has to adopt
drastic measures to survive the
harassment of a man, particularly a
man like Herman. And this time
Pat is determined to win, whatever
the price.
In this world where technology
dominates our lives, we’re never
alone and privacy doesn’t exist,
this novella more than a work of
fiction is a warning about the
dangers that haunt us in our own
homes. How far would you be
prepared to go to get revenge from
somebody intent on controlling
your life?
Author and psychiatrist Olga