COLD BLUE

A propulsive locked-room thriller in the vein of THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley, COLD BLUE takes place in the most claustrophobic of settings two and a half miles beneath the ocean's surface, at a new luxury resort built around the wreckage of the Titanic. Perfect for fans of Amy McCulloch and Lucy Clarke.

Jane Barrington is young, hungry, untested - a journalist keen to make her mark. Then the opportunity of a lifetime arrives; for the first time in over a century, visitors can enter the RMS Titanic and stay at the luxurious underwater hotel that has been built around it. For a small fortune, guests can walk along the decks, view the abandoned rooms, and dine amongst the world's most famous wreckage.

When Jane wins a lottery to join and document the pre-opening voyage, she's determined to make this her ticket out of her small-town newspaper. But an unexpected storm means the guests are trapped at the bottom of the ocean, and tensions reach a fever pitch - then one of them is murdered. Suddenly, what began as a VIP trip rapidly becomes a claustrophobic nightmare.

Who is the predator among them? Why are the owners so enigmatic? What secrets is the Titanic hiding, two and a half miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean? And why, Jane begins to wonder, were they all invited there in the first place.

Patrick Walshe is an Irish writer who has had plays performed in Dublin, before turning his eye to novel writing. He is fascinated by worlds that largely mirror our own, with a twist. He is currently writing his second book, another thriller.