Ice Cold Alice
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On my blog today, i have for you a real treat "Constructing a killer to love" by the brilliant CP Wilson as well as a bit about the author himself. A fascinating read, i hope you enjoy...
The Synopsis:
They thought that they had all the power, until she took it from them.
A killer hunts abusive spouses, blogging about their sins post-kill. Soon the murders and the brazen journaling draws the attention of Police Scotland's CID.
This killer works with surgical preparation, precision and skill, using a unique weapon of her own and never leaves a trace of evidence behind.
Edinburgh's DI Kathy McGuire, nearing the end of her career, begins the hunt for the murderer as a media frenzy erupts. But McGuire might have met her match…
What has led this killer to take the law into her own hands?
Is the woman accountable really a cold-hearted killer or a desperate vigilante?
Author Info:
C.P. Wilson writes Psychological Thrillers. Ice Cold Alice is due for publication by Bloodhound Books on April 20th, 2017 and is currently being adapted to a screenplay.
Wilson is also the author of ten works of fiction in multiple genre and one non-fiction memoir under the name Mark Wilson.
Wilson currently teaches Biology in a Fife secondary school, is one half of a parent-team to two very active children, and mentors independent authors. He writes in his spare time, in lieu of sleep.
Wilson's short story 'Glass Ceiling' won first prize in May, 2015 on Spinetingler's Short story competition. dEaDINBURGH: Vantage reached the quarter finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award in 2014 and was a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, 2015.
Constructing a Killer to Love.
The lead character in Ice Cold Alice began as a vengeful, brutally-efficient serial killer who utilised a unique weapon. Alice was meticulous in her preparation for her kills. Infallible in their execution. Surgical in her methods, and forensically perfect in leaving the crime scene behind.
Alice began her fledgling life as a clinical, utterly precise killer of abusive men. A vengeful ghost of a woman who stalked, killed and fled with no trace. A Mary-Sue psychotic.
She didn’t remain that way for long.
Alice is, without doubt, the most complex character I’ve had the pleasure to write, to date.
A true feminist, she targets the worst type of men in society; those who belittle, emotionally imprison, mentally torture and physically beat their spouses. Those who demand utter perfection from their partners and press their expectations and will upon those they profess to love. Those who leech the self-esteem and spirit from their partners or children.
Alice punishes these men for their sins and frees their spouses that they might rebuild their lives.
She is not, however, the feminist caricature that the mainstream media loves us to accept as the standard for feminism. Alice’s entire support network is male. She loves men, she depends on them, and they on her. Alice and her confidante, Seb, enjoy a closeness transcended by gender or sexuality or friendship. She could not function without his guidance and support. He would have no life without her mission. True equals, a team.
Alice has a point to prove, a mission and a goal in mind. Man-hating is not that goal. Saving abused people, and making society care about them is. Alice is a true feminist, one who strives to increase womens’ voice and worth. To make all people truly equal.
A person who chooses to do this, who gives the entirety of their existence to this cause, cannot be a simple killer, no matter how skilled or dedicated. They must be single-minded and skilful, without question, but they must also suffer from the most severe empathy for their peers. Alice cannot endure in the knowledge that the weak are preyed on by the strong. She detests that society at large chooses to ignore or enable this abuse. She will do whatever it takes to put this abuse into the public consciousness and force governments to act.
Alice is a woman who was utterly destroyed by a single event in her early twenties and who has systematically rebuilt her will, her emotional resilience and her body, gaining the necessary strength to commit these acts whilst in possession of an absolute certainty that what she is dong must be done, and is the right thing to do.
This Alice, a woman who is capable of being a murderer, a saviour and of feeling so intensely the pain of the abused, could never be a simple, tawdry killer. She had to be formidable, vulnerable, grotesque at times, merciless, and consumed by compassion for the victimised. She had to be someone the reader will love and hate, sympathise with and abhor.
Along the way, breaking this person down and building her back up again, I fell in love with Alice. I hope you love her also.
Wilson is the author of eleven works of fiction. Ice Cold Alice is due for release by Bloodhound Books on 20th April, 2017. You can find Wilson and his books at Amazon.
Here is the blurb for Ice Cold Alice:
They thought that they had all the power, until she took it from them.
A killer hunts abusive spouses, blogging about their sins post-kill. Soon the murders and the brazen journaling draws the attention of Police Scotland's CID.
This killer works with surgical preparation, precision and skill, using a unique weapon of her own and never leaves a trace of evidence behind.
Edinburgh's DI Kathy McGuire, nearing the end of her career, begins the hunt for the murderer as a media frenzy erupts. But McGuire might have met her match…
What has led this killer to take the law into her own hands?
Is the woman accountable really a cold-hearted killer or a desperate vigilante?
Early readers’ reactions:
“Absolutely brilliant book! Read from cover to cover at record speed. I can't wait for more from Tequila! #PressIn.” – Maxine, Booklover Catlady
"This is a great read by Wilson! My only flaw with this story is that there isn’t more!" - Sooz, P. Turners Book Blog
“Despite not being my typical fare, this is one of the most viscerally satisfying books I have read in years. From the horrifying beginning to the enticing end, I was hooked all the way through. #PressIn” – Michelle Ruedin, Goodreads reviewer.
“Alice is truly a unique killer. I was cheering her on, and then I felt guilty for doing that. Emotions were all over the place. There are surprises here and there and twists that you never see coming.” – Linda Strong, Top 200 Goodreads reviewer.
