The Last Winter of Dani Lancing

A hauntingly original literary crime debut - this year's S. J. Watson...

Brilliant! P.D. Viner's writing is audacious, clever and bold. I think he'll go far

An exciting thriller that is also deeply moving. A hugely impressive debut

An entertaining thriller, but also a moving examination of loss, memory and morality

THE LAST WINTER OF DANI LANCING marks the debut of a major new voice in crime fiction. P.D. Viner has crafted  a deeply textured psychological thriller that reveals, layer by tragic layer, the damage wrought by a single act of homicide. A remarkably assured debut and a thrilling read. Look forward to more

Inventive, clever, and beautifully written. This novel of a single crime's ripple effects on the survivors is told with ingenious plotting and rich, true characters. A bold and impressive debut

New York Times Bestselling author of The Broken Places

a chilly, emotionally charged page-turner... will hook readers with its intensity and puzzlelike plot

... an extremely deep and involved plot that jumps from character to character and keeps them on their toes at all times ... the solid writing from this new author will keep their target reader more than intrigued

A wonderful story, a superb debut... Whatever you do stick with it, this is a remarkable book and deserves to be read.

a superb &amp; accomplished debut, beautifully written &amp; with a heart of sadness ... Loved it! ... Great debut

P.D. Viner is an award winning film-maker and creator of the highly successful SmartPass audio guides. He’s married to an American Doctor of Linguistics and, along with their five-year-old daughter, he is her test-subject. He has lived abroad for ten years, working and studying in the USA, New Zealand and Russia, and has been a pretty bad stand-up comedian, produced mime shows for Japanese TV and written theatre for the Shakespeare festival, produced in London and Verona. 
 
His first novel The Last Winter of Dani Lancing is now in development with Warner TV, working with the creator of Dirty Pretty Liars and the head writer of Dexter. 
 
To find out more visit: www.pdviner.com

Something very bad happened to Dani Lancing. 
 
Twenty years later, her father is still trying to get her to talk. 
 
Her best-friend has become a detective, the last hope of all the lost girls. 
 
And her mother is about to become a killer… 
 
A hauntingly original debut that will stay with you long after the last page.

A Dani Lancing Story

The Ugly Man (Short Story)

A prequel novella from the acclaimed author of THE LAST WINTER OF DANI LANCING and SUMMER OF GHOSTS

The summer of 1976. 
 
The whole country baking in a heatwave. And in a sleepy Derbyshire village a man, known locally as the Ugly Man, walks into his local with a claw hammer and in front of everyone brutally murders the young woman behind the bar. 
 
For Patricia Lancing, juggling the demands of being a wife and mother alongside her desire to get recognition as an investigative journalist, this could be the case that makes her career... 
 
If she survives it.

The Sad Man (Short Story)

A free, stand alone,  digital exclusive short story set in the world of Dani Lancing

Police officer Tom Bevans is nicknamed the Sad Man by his colleagues. As a Family Liaison Officer he is always the bearer of bad news - it is his job to tell the friends and family of victims the fate of their loved ones. 
 
But Tom is weighted down by crimes both old and new - haunted by the death of his best friend Dani, whose murder has never been solved. 
 
When a rare opportunity emerges for Tom to take the lead in a horrific murder investigation, he is determined to get justice for the victim. A young girl has been found in her own home, cut so badly - and so carefully - that she has bled to death, leaving a deliberate pool of blood in the shape of angel wings....

P.D. Viner

This modern-day revenge tragedy is written in poetic style, yet is laced with grim wit.

It begins with a father calling his daughter, but whoever answers is not Pia but his daughter’s killer. He must listen, horrified, to the sounds of his only child being murdered, powerless to intervene as the killer utters two chilling words. 
 
‘Beautiful skin…’ 
 
Most men’s thoughts would turn to vengeance but Pia’s father is far more resourceful than most. And he is not the reserved businessman his daughter always believed him to be, but Franco, a notorious London drug lord who will call in all his debts to find his daughter’s killer. Including the one owed to him by DI Tom Bevans.

P.D. Viner

Praise for Summer of Ghosts

This modern-day revenge tragedy is written in poetic style, yet is laced with grim wit.

Brilliant! P.D. Viner's writing is audacious, clever and bold. I think he'll go far

An exciting thriller that is also deeply moving. A hugely impressive debut

This modern-day revenge tragedy is written in poetic style, yet is laced with grim wit.

Brilliant! P.D. Viner's writing is audacious, clever and bold. I think he'll go far

An exciting thriller that is also deeply moving. A hugely impressive debut

This modern-day revenge tragedy is written in poetic style, yet is laced with grim wit.

Brilliant! P.D. Viner's writing is audacious, clever and bold. I think he'll go far

An exciting thriller that is also deeply moving. A hugely impressive debut

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