A buried past. A dying wish. And a reckoning no one saw coming.

Five years after escaping to Thailand, Simone is pulled back to Willows Ait. She thought she was just visiting, but the island’s dark secrets are preparing to drag her under.

Two decades ago, her family’s secluded home on a River Thames island in Teddington (Richmond upon Thames) was celebrated on national television as a sustainable, eco-friendly masterpiece. But behind the secure cable ferry and high stone walls, that "home of the future" is a decaying illusion. With the TV network arriving any day to film a massive anniversary retrospective, the threat of public exposure drives Simone’s mother to desperation.

Her solution? Blackmail Simone into staging an intricate insurance fraud scheme, right before disappearing on a sudden flight to Asia.

Within twenty-four hours, the scam spirals out of control. Simone's sister, Tori, is found dead following a night out in Kingston upon Thames. Stranded on a rotting island with no one to trust, Simone pivots to a dangerous new plan of her own. To survive, she will have to outmaneuver a compromised police unit, ruthless crime syndicates, and a volatile, Viking-obsessed enforcer known as "The Norseman".

Interspersed with raw, unfiltered emails to her missing mother, the brutal truth of Simone's past on a toxic reality TV show slowly comes to light. On Willows Ait, loyalty is a myth and everyone is lying.

How far would you go to honour a dying wish when nothing is as it seems?

Set against the atmospheric backdrops of Teddington, Kingston, Richmond, and Rugeley, Willows Ait is a relentless, multi-layered psychological thriller delivering sharp dark humor, jagged twists, and an unforgettable climax.

Why thriller readers will love Willows Ait:

• A Chilling, Isolated Setting: A crumbling Thames island accessible only by a private ferry.
  
• A Gritty, Multi-Faceted Protagonist: An anti-heroine with a dark history in reality TV mixed martial arts.
  
• Unforgettable Antagonists: Original, menacing villains led by a reality-show-obsessed enforcer.