About Shrouded

Douglas likes women - quiet women; the kind he deals with at the mortuary where he works. Douglas meets Marjorie, unemployed, gaining weight and losing confidence. She talks and laughs a lot to cover up her shyness, but what Douglas really needs is a lover who'll stay still - perfectly still. Perhaps he can put Marjorie into a state of limbo and use her to feed his growing sexual hunger. Douglas studies his textbooks to find a way ...

About Carol Anne Davis

Carol Anne Davis was born in Dundee, moved to Edinburgh in her twenties and now lives in the south of England. She left school at fifteen and was everything from an artist's model to an editorial assistant before going to university. Her MA degree included criminology and was followed by a postgraduate diploma in Adult and Community Education. She has been a full time writer since graduating and is the author of three crime novels, Shrouded, Safe as Houses and most recently Noise Abatement. They have been described as chillingly realistic for their portrayals of dangerous sex and death. more

Praise

'Davis reminds me strongly of Barbara Vine, but with darker edges and more sexual tension than is found in Vine's work. Douglas in particular is a striking creation, the more so because we are with him every step of the way in his evolution from outsider to sex killer ... This novel gives voice and substance to characters too often ignored in contemporary English fiction, and at the same time builds to a nerve-jangling finale ... Crime fiction is no longer inferior to literary fiction: the best of it is literary fiction.' -- Ian Rankin

'An accomplished crime novel... Well written and appropriately claustrophobic.' --Time Out