Maggie Hazeldean is killed in an arson attack, just days before her first appointment with psychologist Anna McColl...

The arson is carefully done, and it was almost ruled as accident.

Nobody can see a plausible motive for anyone to kill Maggie.

Who would do such a thing?

The locals put it down to racists, or just kids playing around.

But, could it be something more?

Anna begins to counsel Maggie’s fifteen-year-old son who shows a disturbing lack of emotion with regard to his mother’s murder.

Some of Anna’s other clients are also shrouded in mystery and Anna’s friends seem to add nothing but more questions to her thoughts.

As more and more ‘coincidental accidents’ start to occur, it starts to feel like somebody is targeting the Hazeldeans, but is that possible?

Was the reason behind Maggie’s murder deeper than anyone could have realised?

When Anna begins piecing together the network of lies and half-truths they lead her into a terrifying confrontation with the one person who knows for certain why Maggie had to die…

Turning Nasty is a complex murder mystery tackling bereavement, friendship, and murder.

Praise for Penny Kline

‘Absorbing’ – The Scotsman

‘Economically but fluently crafted’ - Evening Post

Penny Kline is a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist, with a Ph.D. in psychology. Living in Bristol for several years, she has built a career on combining psychotherapy, lecturing, and writing. Married with two children, she now lives and works in Exeter, where her husband is Professor of Psychology at the university. She is currently working on another novel set in Bristol and again featuring Anna McColl.