Spotlight on Maureen Myant
Spotlight on Maureen Myant
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.
Maureen Myant has a MLitt and PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. She was an educational psychologist for over 25 years and taught psychology with the Open University. Perhaps not surprisingly, she writes gripping psychological crime thrillers.
I was privileged to read an early copy of book 1 in her Glasgow Southside series and provided a blurb quote: 'Maureen Myant blends Scottish police procedural with dramatic domestic noir, flips the mix upside-down and dishes up an original, readable helping of psychological thriller.'
The Confession (Glasgow Southside Crime Series Book 1)
When the police break into a house on a quiet street, there’s a surprise in store. They find Julie Campbell’s decaying body at her desk, her laptop open beside her. She’s a well-liked, respectable woman. On the laptop is a confession – to five murders. There’s one major problem though - only one of the victims she names is actually dead.
The Deception (Glasgow Southside Crime Series Book 2)
The Deception
Is DI Alex Scrimgeour responsible for a miscarriage of justice? A young woman contacts him with her story. If she is who she thinks she is, it could ruin his entire career. Despite their mutual antipathy, only by working together will they understand the past and finally put old ghosts to rest.
The Shame (Glasgow Southside Crime Series Book 3) – See my review here.
The Shame
During building work, a skeleton is uncovered in the cellar of a suburban bungalow. The remains have been there for sixty years. The owners of the house from that time are dead, but their daughter may still be alive.
Further remains are found at the bungalow, this time of a newborn baby. Is there a link between the two crimes? Is the answer staring police in the face or is there more to the mystery than meets the eye?
The Fallen
DI Alex Scrimgeour dodges a bullet on his way to work. Who would want him killed? Or was it perhaps a case of mistaken identity?
When his suspected attacker turns up dead, Alex is forced to look further back into the past to discover who is behind the vendetta. Can they be stopped before the next attempt is successful?
Coming soon… The Reckoning (Glasgow Southside Crime Series Book 5)
The Reckoning
When a successful businessman is left for dead in a tenement close, police in Glasgow are flummoxed. Who could want him dead? The decoding of a mysterious inscription on his forehead points to a motive of revenge.
Then a second body is found, horribly mutilated, also bearing a message. DS Mark Nicholson and DCI Alex Scrimgeour fear they may have a potential serial killer on their hands.
Can Mark keep his mind on the job for long enough to work out how exactly these deaths are related to each other? And now his boss Alex is edgy and distracted. He’s hiding something, but what?
Mark vows to catch the twisted killer before they strike again but is the killer hiding in plain sight after all?
What Lies Beneath – a standalone psychological thriller
The ‘too good to be Truetts’ are set for an idyllic Christmas in Northumberland. But whose footprints mingle with theirs in the snow around their cottage? Every family member is concealing something but it’s mum Lisa who hides a secret that could tear the family apart.
The Search was longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award and chosen to be read for the Festival du premier roman de Chambéry.
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Ten-year-old Jan embarks on a journey to reunite the family he has been violently torn from. The horror he faces during this desperate quest will change his life for ever.
Where to find Maureen
Twitter: @maureenmyant
Bluesky: @maureenmyant.bsky.social
Facebook: Maureen Myant Author
Amazon: Maureen’s author page
Maureen had this to say about An Ordinary House:
‘An astonishing and riveting exploration of childhood trauma and its aftermath. Stunning.’