Spotlight on Sheila Bugler
Spotlight on Sheila Bugler
It’s a challenge for me as an author with a new pen name to gain visibility so I’m grateful to several talented and respected authors – some I know personally; some I don’t know at all – who provided wonderful early reviews of An Ordinary House.
As a thank you to them for taking time out of their busy schedules to read and write about my book, I’m featuring each author on my blog with a spotlight on their work.
Sheila Bugler was born in Ireland, worked in several countries and settled in Eastbourne on the south coast of England. She has written several crime and thriller titles:
You Were Always There
Hunting Shadows
The Waiting Game
All Things Nice
I Could Be You
When the Dead Speak
Before You Were Gone
You Were Always Mine
The Lucky Eight
Black Valley Farm
Dark Road Home
Purchase details for all these books are on Sheila’s Amazon page.
Her next book, The Stepmother, will be published by Hodder and Stoughton on 26 September 2026. I had the privilege of reading an early copy. It’s the perfect psychological thriller for fans of pacy and twisty domestic noir.
It is a day like any other whenSarah arrives at the school gate to pick up her two stepchildren, Izzy and Patrick. But when the twins don't run out to meet her, Sarah knows something must be wrong. Sarah can't believe what she's hearing when the teacher informs her that their father, Mike, removed them from school earlier in the day. All of Sarah's calls to Mike go to voicemail.
Worse is to come when Sarah is told by police that as she and Mike are not legally married, and he is the children's father, there is nothing they or Sarah can do.
Then she receives a text message from Mike: Don't go home. It's not safe.
What has Mike been hiding? Where are their children? How can Sarah get her family back? Before it's too late...
Sheila’s social media links are:
Facebook: Sheila Bugler author page
Instagram: sheilabuglerauthor
Threads: sheilabuglerauthor
Substack @sheilabugler, where she writes the My Life in Crime Substack.
Sheila had this to say about An Ordinary House:
“A brilliant and deeply unsettling novel about memory and survival, An Ordinary House is an extraordinary novel. Claustrophobic, compelling and unforgettable, this is a book that will stay with you long after you finish it. An absolute tour de force.”