Psychosis

When A Dream Turns Deadly

by Roger Bray.

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When Hazel disappears, the police are convinced that her husband, Alex, has killed her.

Three years after his conviction for murder, Alex and his sister, Alice, are devastated when their last appeal is rejected by the courts. With nowhere left to turn, Alice must start to put her life back together.

Living in limbo herself, Alice has a chance encounter with Steve, an ex-solider turned PI who offers to look at the case files. Steve is convinced that the prosecution’s case is shaky at best, but can he find out the truth before it’s too late for Alex?

A Word from the Author

I first thought of Psychosis after reading a couple of stories concerning the disappearance of certain women and myriad cases in the US where people simply disappear without trace. I also have a great interest in injustice and people being incarcerated for crimes they always denied and were eventually proved innocent. I decided I wanted to write more than a simple whodunnit and wanted to include the political pressures behind ‘convict at all costs’ events. To be able to prove innocence I also had to build up the scenario of how Hazel had disappeared and the circumstances behind it. Whatever happened Alex, her husband, would always be suspected, even if released, unless it he was unequivocally found to be guilt free.

During the writing process I also considered the people connected to these events and so Alex’s depressed sister, Alice, came to the fore as the main driver of the storyline not only trying to prove her brother’s innocence and find the truth but also how the events had effected her and her life.

(Roger Bray, April 2018)