Browsing by Author "Monaghan, Nicola"

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    BARE: A screenplay
    (Council Child Productions, 2017) Monaghan, Nicola
    A short film script about a man's struggle to come to terms with his violent behaviour, and to rehabilitate after prison.
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    Dead Flowers, a novel
    (Verve Books, 2019) Monaghan, Nicola
    DEAD FLOWERS is the story of Sian Love, a DNA analyst who uncovers dark family secrets when she finds human remains in a pub she’s inherited from her uncle. It blends classic noir with an edgy contemporary thriller involving missing rock stars, corrupt police, gangsters and a hero German Shepherd called Elvis.
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    Farewell, my lovely
    (Independently Published, 2018-05-19) Monaghan, Nicola
    A collection of stories from writers on the MA Crime Fiction at UEA
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    The Killing Jar
    (Chatto and Windus, 2006-03) Monaghan, Nicola
    Five-year-old Kerrie-Ann Hill has an unusual neighbour. Mrs Ivanovich collects butterflies and she shows Kerrie-Ann how to catch them, take care of them, and evenhow to kill them using a jar and some funny-smelling liquid. Kerrie-Ann loves looking at these beautiful, delicate creatures, and imagines them flying free... This is Kerrie-Ann's story. She doesn't know who her father is, and her mother is a junkie. By the age of ten, she's selling drugs at school. By twelve, she's been beaten up by a customer, hidden stolen guns, done time in a girls' home, and already has a taste for whizz. And then there's Mark - her only true friend and the one person she can trust. Their friendship turns into a powerful love and together they are invincible. But in their world it's easy to lose control. On the drug-riddled estate with an atmosphere as lethal as a killing jar, it seems that Kerrie-Ann doesn't stand a chance. Unless she can make use of what Mrs Ivanovich taught her all those years ago.
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    Margie's Garden
    (Council Child Productions/Anderson Shelter Productions, 2016) Monaghan, Nicola
    Margie loves her garden; both the legal one, outside, and the one inside where she grows a different kind of crop. Her grandson Niall comes around regularly to take away the dried out crop and sell it on to friends. Neighbour Adam realises what’s going on, on his patch and can’t put up with it. He goes round and tries to intimidate her. She only smiles, and makes him a cup of tea, leaving Adam confused. But then things start getting pretty dark..
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    Memories
    (Independently Published, 2018-05-19) Monaghan, Nicola
    A flash fiction piece with crime related theme
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    The Nature of the Universe
    (Shoestring Press, 2019-10-28) Monaghan, Nicola
    A short story about grief and time travel
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    The Night Lingers and other stories
    (Blue Morpho Press, 2015-04-25) Monaghan, Nicola
    A singer waits for her big chance on a TV talent show, but will she go on? A teenager has a crisis while babysitting for her little sister. A call centre operative has a busy day, is accused of being Sanjay from India, and risks her job to go off her official script. These tales of modern urban life are all set in the City of Nottingham, in the United Kingdom. Nicola Monaghan is the award winning author of The Killing Jar, Starfishing and The Okinawa Dragon. She's been published in many different countries, and also writes scripts for films.
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    The Okinawa Dragon
    (Five Leaves Publications, 2008-06) Monaghan, Nicola
    Jack deals in cardboard, selling expensive and rare gaming cards to rich collectors. He makes plenty of money, travelling the world. He meets millionaire Henri, the man who has everything. Well, almost everything. Henri wants the elusive Okinawa Dragon, a one-off card given to a Japanese businessman who refuses to sell. Jack is soon on his way to Osaka to complete Henri's collection. There is only one way to get hold of something somebody doesn't want to give.
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    Psychos
    (Dawn of the Unread Project, 2014-08) Monaghan, Nicola; Ferencz, Judit (illustrator)
    Alma Lucy Reville, was an English assistant director, screenwriter, and editor who put up with Hitchcock’s tantrums and helped his films become classics. Born in St. Ann’s, Nottingham a plaque was placed on the library near her birthplace and immediately stolen! In this story a disused library is turned into an illegal rave and features Kerrie-Ann Hill, the main protagonist of Nicola Monaghan’s debut novel The Killing Jar. Here she meets Alma after ‘dropping a pill’ and the two share their experiences of their respective partners. Judit Ferencz uses a minimal approach that brings together illustration and design into a cohesive whole where colour and typography are integral aspects of her storytelling.
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    STARCROSS
    (Council Child Productions/Anderson Shelter Productions, 2015-03) Monaghan, Nicola
    Starcross is a story of doomed love in the 21st Century. When CONOR meets HOLLIE, they fall for each other. They feel like they’ve known each other forever. But there’s a massive reason why their love can never happen.
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    Starfishing
    (Chatto and Windus, 2008-03-28) Monaghan, Nicola
    It's 1997 and party girl Frankie Cavanagh has just started working in the City, experiencing life on the trading floor in all its sweaty, macho madness. She plunges headfirst into the frenzy of the financial markets as well as the drug-fuelled club culture: Frankie works hard, parties hard and gives as good as she gets.
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    The Troll book 1: The boy with the sliver of ice in his heart
    (Blue Morpho Press, 2015-07-17) Monaghan, Nicola
    Three friends. A dark secret from their past. An internet troll threatening to tell the world. Welcome to THE TROLL; the creepy, page turning psychological thriller series from the prize winning author of The Killing Jar. Perfect for fans of Gone Girl and CL Taylor’s The Lie. Louisa is an academic at the local University, Kelly is a radio presenter and Adam is a provocative modern artist. They’ve been friends forever and to outsiders, their lives look like the very definition of perfection. But they have secrets and a past they’d rather leave behind. When SickMan appears in their social media feeds, it’s easy to dismiss him at first as a jealous internet troll. But it turns out SickMan knows them. He knows what they did that summer. Can it really be Gary Bukowski, their old friend, back from the 'dead', the way it appears to be? Or is the truth even stranger than it first appears? A tense, gripping mystery that will keep you guessing right till the last page.
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    THE TROLL book 2: The girl who was eaten by stories
    (Blue Morpho Press, 2015-08-27) Monaghan, Nicola
    Welcome to THE TROLL; the creepy, page turning psychological thriller series from the prize winning author of The Killing Jar. Perfect for fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train. University lecturer Louisa, her friends Adam, an artist, and Kelly, a local radio presenter, have been targeted by an internet troll. SickMan knows everything about them. He knows that Adam’s still in love with Louisa, even though she’s married to his brother. He knows about Kelly’s weakness for a #5fingerbargain. And he knows what they did that summer back in 1991. He’s going to tell the world. It’s one thing SickMan making threats from the other side of the screen, but when he appears in real life, sending presents, watching them from across the street, paying for their drinks and leaving notes behind, it’s a whole different story. They’d go the police, if they didn’t have their own secrets to protect. They’d go and sort him out, if they were certain who SickMan was. Can it really be Gary Bukowski, their old friend, back from the 'dead', the way it appears to be? Or is the truth even stranger than it first appears? A tense, gripping read that will keep you guessing right till the last page.
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    THE TROLL book 3: The man with a tale to tell
    (Blue Morpho Press, 2015-09-21) Monaghan, Nicola
    Three friends. A dark secret from their past. An internet troll threatening to tell the world. The terrifying climax of THE TROLL; a creepy, page turning psychological thriller from the prize winning author of The Killing Jar. Perfect for fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train Radio presenter Kelly is beyond worried when her friend Louisa, a university lecturer, goes missing. She’s convinced her friend’s disappearance is all to do with an internet troll called SickMan who’s been targeting them for months. The same guy poisoned their artist friend Adam and broke into Kelly’s flat to leave a nasty surprise for her on the bed. At first they thought SickMan was an old friend, Gary Bukowski, back from the ‘dead’, but Kelly’s not so sure anymore. It could be Gary but it could be Louisa’s jealous husband, Jack. It could be the new man in Kelly’s life, Paul, who seems too good to be true. She even has crazy moments of wondering if her own alter ego is to blame, like the guy out of Fight Club. No one is above suspicion, not even herself. Sometimes the truth is even stranger than it appears. The rest is tears> A tense, gripping read that will keep you guessing right till the last page.