Salvage

                                                    By Gee Williams


A first novel from an established writer is always a pleasure. Gee Williams has written many scripts and a number of full-length plays for Radio Wales and Radio 4 in the UK. Her poetry has also been published and two collections of short stories including  'Magic and Other Deceptions' are  available.

'Salvage' is a literary thriller and as one might expect it is not short of mystery and suspense. A short break in a shoreline cottage is an ideal place to struggle with your demons. For Elly and Martin it is the chance to forget their hasty exit from Paradise following classroom scandal. But she makes a life-changing find on the tideline, a diamond dress-ring with finger bones still attached.

Scroll back a few months and at Martin’s place of work - a Chester hospital - we meet new nurse Hayley. Young, gorgeous; she is a player, and totally turned off by the ward surgeon, Richard Congreve. Until, that is, she catches a whiff of something expensive in his Jag and is ensnared by a gift so desirable it may prove fatal. As we question who the ring and its finger really belong to, the cottage collects the secrets of those who have stayed there. Why has Elly such power over them all?  


Ranging between Wales, the north of England and Goa, this is a novel about possession, betrayal - and how much we can afford to lose.


This exciting debut novel can also be ordered from the Alcemi site which is here.




 

 Gee Williams
 is a poet and
 the prize-winning
 author of two short
 story collections.
 Her novel can be  
 purchased here.
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Gee Williams wins 'Pure Gold'

 

Anglo Welsh literature has produced a number of exciting new talents in recent years. Prominent amongst these is Gee Williams whose debut novel 'Salvage' recently won one of the Aur Pur/Pure Gold prizes for 2008. The novel is a 'literary thriller' set in Wales and Chester and though there is a body ( and body parts ) this is not a work of crime fiction. Indeed the crime is almost incidental to the plot. What we are offered instead is a haunting and realistic drama, narrated skilfully from five different perspectives, in which themes of timeless significance are explored. This novel has a great deal to say about human relationships in the 21st century; emotional constancy, marital infidelity and the consequences of each. It also treats of ambition, betrayal and lust. Couple that with a first rate plot and a keen sense of pace and you have all the ingredients necessary for a stunning debut novel.....more



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