The Lie She Told
All Kate wanted was a peaceful life.
All Ryan wanted to do was destroy it.
Living in the remote Scottish Highlands under Witness Protection, life is finally happy for Kate Ward and her young son Joe, until someone from Kate’s past appears. Ryan Albright is the only person that knows all of Kate’s secrets, and what she had to do to escape her previous abusive relationship. Ryan is determined to complete the mission set for him by Kate’s ex-husband. Systematically and violently, he pulls Kate’s new world apart with devasting consequences for everyone around him, including Kate who must face up to the lie she told.
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Excerpt
Kate has escaped to the Scottish Highlands and started a new life for herself and her son Joe but everything is on the line when a figure from her past is hellbent on tearing apart not just her world but that of everyone around her.
“Where have you been old man?” Snarled Ryan, getting right up into Jack’s face.
“Wh..What.. I..” Jack stammered, trying to back away and put some space between himself and Ryan. He was right up against the living room wall and had nowhere to go. He could smell Ryan’s ashy breath he was that close.
“Lost for words? You weren’t so dumbstruck earlier were you? Spittle landed on Jacks face as it flew from Ryan’s mouth.
“I..I.” Jack was really struggling and could feel adrenaline pumping through his veins.
“Been to see our Molly, haven’t you? Concerned for Len by all accounts?” Though they were posed as questions it was clear that Ryan wasn’t looking for answers. Refusing to be bullied, Jack summoned his courage and pushed back at Ryan.
“Aye, that’s right I did. Someone has to know where your dad is, that he’s gone missing.”
“Gone missing? Ha, don’t make me laugh. Missing? Really? How did you get to that conclusion OLD MAN!” Ryan emphasised the words old man, lurching towards to Jack again. Jack ducked out of his way and headed toward the galley kitchen.
“Well where is he then?” Jack made a show of getting cups out of the cupboard and putting water in the kettle. He fumbled in the draw for a knife or something to defend himself with.
“It’s got nothing to do with you. You need to stop interfering in other people’s business. I thought I’d got the message through to you but clearly you can’t take a hint.” Ryan stood menacingly at the kitchen entrance.
“You don’t scare me Ryan.”
“Really? Why are you shaking then?”
Jack ignored him and pushed Ryan to one side to enter the larder and retrieve the milk from the fridge. Ryan followed him into the narrow space. As Len straightened up, he was face to face with Ryan, and saw the gleam in his eye.
Ryan started pushing Jack, poking him as he issued his threat. “Stay out of my business old man..”
Jack stumbled backwards, foot slipping on the concrete floor. The steps leading down to the cellar were right behind him and one more push would send him flying . He dropped the carton of milk and lost his footing. His arms flayed wildly as he tried to grasp a hold of something to stop the fall. Ryan pushed him again, this time much harder. As Jack fell from the top step he felt a kick in his ribs and knew he was hurtling downwards with no way of stopping himself. A scream escaped from his lips as his head bounced off the bottom step and landed with a dull thud.
Catherine Yaffe is a former freelance journalist, magazine editor and digital marketing agency owner. Catherine has previously written non-fiction books on Digital Marketing before following her passion for writing crime novels full time.
The Lie She Told is the first in a series of books that challenge the status quo of relationships and makes the reader question how well you know those around you.
Catherine lives in West Yorkshire with her husband Mark and their 2 cats Jenson & Button (she’s also a F1 fan!)
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Guest Post
When I first started writing The Lie She Told, it was a very different book to the one I’ve ended up with.
I was inspired to set it in Gairloch as, of course, I love it up there, but it always struck me as the perfect place to run away to. Somewhere remote but close enough to civilisation to live a relatively normal but secluded life. I imagined living in time with the seasons, being reborn in spring after the long arduous winter, revelling in the glorious (if few) sunny days on sandy white beaches with teal coloured waves and hunkering down for autumn with log burning stoves and watching the ever-changing landscape. It just really caught my imagination, and what’s more writing about it made me feel like I was there again.
There’s a scene in the book where Kate picks up a stranger on the side of the road during a storm and a few of beta readers commented asking if a lone female would actually do this and the answer is Yes – well it certainly was true when we started visiting and we’ve given people lifts into the village so it’s not outside the realms of possibility. That’s how generous the local community is. We have never been anything other than welcomed with opened arms and true Scottish hospitality. We make sure we shop local where we can rather than using the big supermarket in Dingwall, and we take time to visit local markets, and our favourite cafe in 
Poolewe.
The majority of the book is set around Gairloch Harbour, which is still a full working harbour today. The seal that’s mentioned in the opening pages is real and we’ve seen him on quite a few occasions! The harbour side cafe is a lovely little quirky place and a perfect place to stop after a long day walking or exploring nearby. It has changed hands several times during our trips up there and though I have never had any inclination to own a cafe it was whilst sitting there one day that the ‘hook’ for The Lie She Told hit me. What if you had to start your life again? Wouldn’t running to the Scottish Highlands and taking over a cafe be an ideal place? By the time we left Scotland 3 days later I had the whole book figured out!
So that’s a little background to the setting for The Lie She Told and I hope it’s given you an understanding of why I set it there, and how much I love the area so much.
Oh gosh, there’s so much more I can say and I haven’t even started to describe Flowerdale Falls! Beautiful if not a more difficult walk due to the undulating paths and steep inclines (I couldn’t walk for a week after this particular adventure, flat surfaces only!)
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