Arms dealers , a shabby daytime TV dynasty , a lost celebrity cat and a chilling slew of mysterious disappearances . See what brings them all together as two young women with a shared history find themselves to be the unlikeliest of friends in Kentish author Nick Sweeney ’ s new novel .
Available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback .
‘ Nick Sweeney ’ s latest novel The Fortune Teller ’ s Factotum is a seductive tale , rife with fascinating twists and brimming with quirky characters who never fail to astonish . The book ’ s undercurrent is reminiscent of Nathaniel West ’ s The Day of the Locust , and the punchy prose brings Hemingway to mind .’
JOHN MAXWELL O ’ BRIEN , AUTHOR OF ALOYSIUS THE GREAT .
Twenty-year-old Ashley Hyde is happy not to know the ugly secrets of her showbiz family , and is set to escape her small town and its gossip . She almost sees the funny side of getting dumped for her bestie , and writing off two cars in quick succession , but will forget it all when she takes up her new life in New York , studying medicine .
A bad day sees Ashley lose her dad ’ s fancy car and her stepmom ’ s celebrity daytime TV cat . All seems to be well when she resumes a friendship with the fortune teller ’ s factotum – Mary Dorn , the childhood friend she disdained . But their alliance uncovers a terrible shared history , of serial murder and a family of arms dealers bought whole by the CIA , in an American tale spanning a century .
Arms dealers , a shabby daytime TV dynasty , a lost celebrity cat and a chilling slew of mysterious disappearances . See what brings them all together as two young women with a shared history find themselves to be the unlikeliest of friends in Kentish author Nick Sweeney ’ s new novel .
Available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback .