The Magpies

Publisher Marketing: Meet the neighbors from hell, in the gripping thriller that reviewers and readers describe as fast-paced, chilling, and impossible to put down. When Jamie and Kirsty move into their first home together, they are full of optimism. The future, in which they plan to get married and start a family, is bright. The other residents of their building seem friendly too, including the Newtons, a married couple who welcome them to the building with open arms. But then strange things start to happen. Dead rats are left on their doorstep. They hear disturbing noises, and much worse, in the night. After Jamie s best friend is injured in a horrific accident, Jamie and Kirsty find themselves targeted by a campaign of terror. As they are driven to the edge of despair, Jamie vows to fight back but he has no idea what he is really up against "The Magpies" is a gripping psychological thriller in which the monsters are not vampires or demons but the people who live next door. It is a nightmare that could happen to anyone. Praise for "The Magpies" Mark Edwards achieves what other writers yearn for, by creating characters that genuinely feel like real people, individuals you know personally and then puts them into the scariest of situations so that we cannot help but suffer with them. Edwards takes the places that should feel safe and subverts them, shifting the ground beneath our feet, until we re left clinging to the book, hoping against hope for a positive conclusion. There s something deeply unsettling about "The Magpies" and that s exactly as it should be. Elizabeth Haynes, author of "Into the Darkest Corner" "The Magpies" is absorbing, claustrophobic and terrifying. Read this book! Then get a top notch alarm system fitted in your house. Helen Fitzgerald, author of "The Cry" " Contributor Bio:  Edwards, Mark Mark Edwards, Ph. D. has authored both a business and science best-seller and Green Algae Strategy was awarded the 2009 IPPY Gold Medal for the "Best Science Book." Mark serves as professor strategic marketing and sustainability at Arizona State University. His training includes engineering, oceanography and meteorology, U. S. Naval Academy and a MBA and PhD in marketing. Mark invented a series of advanced metrics including 360 Feedback and has worked with senior executives at many of the largest food, transportation and utility and energy firms over the past three decades. Mark serves on several boards of directors for green food and energy firms and writes and speaks on sustainable and affordable food and energy production. He also leads the Green Independence Alliance which is dedicated to three freedoms: hunger, oil imports and climate change.