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Author · Storyteller
Louisa Hayes
@louisahayes
Independent writer working mainly in crime, with an interest in craft, books and the practical side of publishing.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Louisa Hayes writes across crime and thriller, with a particular interest in character, atmosphere, revision and the details that turn a manuscript into a finished book.
The best ideas rarely arrive in their final form.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Louisa Hayes
On the writing desk
Currently creating
First draft
The Quiet Room
When a forensic transcriptionist in Exeter starts finding small, deliberate errors in the audio she is paid to clean up, she realises someone is using routine police evidence to hide a killing. The deeper she listens, the more the case seems tied to a missing woman, a sealed room in a riverside house, and her own habit of noticing what other people smooth over.
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