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Will Patching

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in London, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.willpatchingauthor.com

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Genre

Crime, Thriller, Suspense

Influences

Mo Hayder, Tess Gerritson, Wilbur Smith, Stephen King, James Patterson ...more

Member Since

March 2012

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/will_patching

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Will Patching's approach to writing

Will writes gritty crime stories that mix murder mystery, psychological suspense and intense thrills while offering unique insights into the darker side of human nature. His ‘pull no punches’ style and sparse but often brutal descriptive passages will not suit all readers, so if you are into cozy mysteries you might want to look elsewhere!

With complex plots and rounded characters, Will’s novels are necessarily longer than average, usually well over 100,000 words, so these are definitely stories designed for readers who like to really get their teeth into a good yarn!

Now considered something of an expert on psychopaths, thanks to his extensive research and personal experience of people with this personalit ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 5,160 ratings · 758 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	Remorseless (Doc Powers & D.I. Carver Investigate, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,765 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hack (Hunter/O'Sullivan Adventure, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 1,148 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Widow (Deadly Inspirations, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 509 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mutilated (Doc Powers & D.I. Carver Investigate, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hunter (Hunter/O'Sullivan Adventure, #2) 4.54 avg rating — 158 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaslighting (Doc Powers & D.I. Carver Investigate, #3) 4.47 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hangman (Hunter/O'Sullivan Adventure, #3) 4.43 avg rating — 116 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doc Powers & D.I. Carver Investigate Trilogy (Doc Powers & D.I. Carver Investigate, #1-3) 4.16 avg rating — 73 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hunter/O’Sullivan Adventure Trilogy (Hunter/O'Sullivan Adventure, #1-3) 4.29 avg rating — 62 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Veteran: A Psychological Thriller (Deadly Inspirations Book 2) 4.62 avg rating — 42 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Story Behind the Story

Well, it has been an eventful two months since I last posted here, with a lot happening since the official launch of the audiobook of Remorseless at the end of December. I decided to temporarily reprice the ebook to $0.00 to help boost the visibility of both editions, and also had this new cover design by Brian Krespan to make the image 'pop' more as the original was little dull. Thank you Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 24, 2016 21:39 • Tags: author-narrator, crime-thriller, the-rap-sheet, whispersync-deal

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Series by Will Patching

Doc Powers & D.I. Carver Investigate (4 books)
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Will Patching (Goodreads Author)

4.14 avg rating — 2,263 ratings

Hunter/O’Sullivan Adventure (4 books)
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Will Patching (Goodreads Author)

4.27 avg rating — 1,484 ratings

Deadly Inspirations (1 book)
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Will Patching (Goodreads Author)

4.22 avg rating — 509 ratings

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“But,’ she shook her head, firm in her view, ‘right now? There’s no woman that can replace the wife he still loves. Just like me with your dad.”
― Will Patching, Remorseless

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“A nasty piece of work. Clinical psychopath. Extreme. I had no doubt he remembered everything. He could lie though, very convincingly, and he displayed no feelings of guilt. But definitely sane. He’d just turned eighteen when he killed his parents.”
― Will Patching, Remorseless

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“She was a true English rose – beautiful to look at but prickly as hell. ‘Okay.”
― Will Patching, Remorseless

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Will’s Quotes

“We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere.

And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow.”
― Ted Bundy

tags: bundy, psycopath, serial-killers

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“There is nothing like a good negative review to sell a book.”
― Hugh Barbour

tags: critcs, reviews

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“A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.”
― Edna St. Vincent Millay

tags: publishing, writers, writing

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“Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an author. He invited publicity, and he must take the publicity that comes along.”
― E M Forster

tags: criticism, critics, reviews

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“A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling.”
― Thomas Harris

tags: cannibalism, doctor, hannibal-lecter, psychologist

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