Sue's sister, Danuta Reah, went on a ten day U.S. tour in October to publicize Listen to the Shadows, her second published thriller, and the first to be published in the USA. One of her highlights was being mugged on New York subway!
Danuta now has three thrillers published by Harper Collins in U.K. A fourth is scheduled for 2002.
USA:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060199644/qid=1004252658/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/107-6251861-8470965
Editorial Reviews: From Publishers Weekly
First published last year in the U.K. under the title Silent Playgrounds, British author Reah's unsettling and somewhat creepy psychological thriller explores the extent to which one child's fantasies prove frighteningly real. The story opens with the police search for missing six-year-old Lucy Fielding and her babysitter, Emma, in a neighborhood park in Sheffield, England. Lucy's mother, Jane, and Jane's best friend, Suzanne Milner, are frantic until Lucy is found safe in nearby woods. Emma is not as lucky her dead body is discovered in an abandoned section of the park. Lucy, a stoic child with a vivid imagination, explains that there are monsters in the park, yet no one takes the child seriously except Suzanne, and an investigation ensues. Suzanne, a research academic who works with delinquent teens, had been jogging in the park the morning of the murder and thinks she saw one of the teens she counsels hanging around the crime scene. As she works alongside the police and gives credence to Lucy's drawing and stories, the killer closes in on her. When a second body is found and a seedy student drug ring is uncovered, Suzanne realizes that the delinquent teens she researches are not just guilty of petty crime but may be involved in much more sinister and complex activities. This atmospheric thriller starts off with potentially interesting characters and good pacing, but languishes toward the middle with little fresh action to tide the reader over until the puzzling and unexpected ending. The meticulously detailed suburban English setting and Reah's literary touch will appeal to those who appreciate a more sophisticated and subdued suspense tale, but readership on this side of the Atlantic will be limited.
These are the three books published in U.K.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books-uk&field-author=Reah%2C%20Danuta/202-6081240-0191059
Only Darkness 1999
Silent Playgrounds 2000 (published in USA 2001 as 'Listen to the Shadows')
Night Angels 2001
Bleak Water publication date June 2002
Danuta's Web site: http://www.danutareah.co.uk/
A French film company has bought the film rights to Only Darkness.
Danuta's U.S. Tour details: http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/event_search.asp?authorID=20216
This is the Washington event Bouchercon 2001- 32nd World Mystery Convention: http://www.bouchercon2001.com/index.htm
From the Web site: "Thursday, November 1, 2001, 8:30 am to 9:30 am The Edge of Your Seat. How do you write suspense that keeps readers on the edge of their seats and turning the pages? Panelists: Cindy B. Silberblatt (moderator), Sallie S. Bissell, Hilary Bonner, Brendan DuBois, Danielle Girard, and Danuta Reah.
Meet the Brits Reception Friday, November 2, 2001, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Regency Ballroom (Hyatt Regency Crystal City) Join us in thanking the members of the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) who have traveled overseas to be a part of Bouchercon 2001 and show their unity with us in the Nation's Capital. Meet your favorite UK authors at this special desserts reception."
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If you wish to purchase any of these books, and don't mind ordering through W.H.Smith's website or stores in UK, this will help Danuta - she is trying to get stocked by them in their shops and airport bookshops, and it needs sales through their system. Thanks.
http://www.whsmith.co.uk/whs/Go.asp
We will be happy to personally obtain a copy of any of these for you if you are based in Saudi Arabia......
thanks
Colin