Rachel’s debut literary Horror novel, Seastroke, comes out July 2027 with 3AM Books (UK, an imprint of Penguin Random House). Pre-order now (Foyles/Bookshop.org/Amazon/Waterstones/Blackwells) and add to your Goodreads.
The blurb:
Since she was fifteen, Mira has had an uncontrollable urge that she indulges in secret: to drown people.
Now at university, and desperately trying to establish some normalcy in her life, Mira has convinced herself that the men she kills, these predators, deserve it. But as Mira grows closer to her housemate Hazel, whose generosity penetrates Mira’s tough outer carapace, Mira finds the careful control she’s developed over her yearning to give sacrifices to the sea drifting. And one terrible night Hazel almost pays the price.
With her mind spiralling and her body beginning
to transform into something other, Mira travels to the small Scottish fishing village where her parents drowned, seeking answers – and a way out. But the past is all too alive, and has been waiting for her to return…
“A lucious, gothic tale, written with a sensuous undercurrent and filled with simmering threat.” – Lucy Cavendish Prize Judges
“The atmosphere is both lyrical and ominous—we can hear the pounding rain, feel the whip of the wind, and taste the salty waters.” – Bath Novel Award Readers
