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The Monster

Within

Beverly Horne

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A dual timeline murder mystery set-in present-day Cheshire and in Bavaria during World War Two.
Follows Detective Inspector Gary Lowton and the murder investigation of a 100-year-old woman which
exploresthehorrorsof theSecondWorldWar,butwithatwistreaderswillneverhaveseencoming.
Author’s debut novel which was inspired by her work as a newspaper journalist.

Cheshire. Present day.

Abodyofa100-year-oldwomanis foundonDetectiveInspectorGaryLowton’sfirstdaywiththeCheshire
Police Force. Thepolice concludethatit is acrime of murder, but it doesn’tfollowtheusualpatternandthere
is no obvious motive.

Bavaria. Second World War.
A young, disillusioned woman living in a small town in Bavaria gets involved with the Nazi party. Her journey
through the ranks at Ravensbruk Concentration Camp coincides with that of a Jewish intern. Both women
survivethewarandfleetoEngland.Forverydifferentreasons,bothcreateanewidentity.

Butthepastalwayshasaway of catchingup. Andeightyyearslaterone of thewomen is themurdervictim.
Wassheamonsterfrom thepast or aninnocent victimandwhywasshemurdered?DILowtonleads an
investigation full of twists, turns and blind alleys.

The Monster Within is a gripping murder mystery with a difference and delves into the horror of the very
differentfatebefallingtwoGermanwomenintheSecondWorldWar.

Beverly Horne is a former newspaper journalist and worked for weekly and evening newspapers in the North
ofEngland.Shecontributedarticlesfornationalnewspapersandismarriedtoaformercrimereporterand
news editor. The Monster Within is Beverly’s debut novel, she lives on the edge of the Pennines, above Greater
Manchester.

Publication Date: 28th October 2024 £10.99 ISBN: 9781836280026
Themasubjectcategory: FH– Thriller/suspensefiction
paperback 198 x 129 mm 336 pp Portrait Author location: Greater Manchester

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