The Gated Trilogy

by Matt Drabble

  It was decided at the highest level that it was in no one’s interest to have a prolonged investigation into that night and that it would be best for people to move on and put it behind them.

  The sieges at the police station and Tolanson’s campaign headquarters were dubbed to be terrorist incidents and used to further the public’s security fears. Knowles made great hay of the instability in the following weeks and months and his hard line attitude towards national security was greatly welcomed by a scared population.

  The general election eventually went forward and Jonathon Knowles won in a landslide against a virtually unknown opponent who didn’t have the stomach for the fight. The man was simply seen by most observers as a sacrificial lamb put forward by the Progressive Party so as to not harm any future hopeful candidates they might have in the bag.

  Knowles’ approval ratings had never been higher after his much publicised heroics in leading people to safety out of the TV studios. It mattered little that, in reality, he had been hysterical and in tears when some of his aides had dragged him sobbing from the building and it was never made public that he had, in fact, been unable to speak for two days afterwards.

  Many people remarked that the events of that night had changed Knowles, but it was understandable given the extreme circumstances he’d been through.

  Several of his staff left quietly during the next formation of his government. Some were fired and some merely left to pursue other opportunities.

  One such man was Parker Craven who remarked to his wife late one night after he’d left the prime minister’s employment that the new Knowles was a hard man to work for. Where once he’d been undoubtedly cold and practical, there was now a new cruelness to him that he found hard to take.

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  THE MONTAGUE PORTRAIT

  Hugo Montague was a man of boundless cruelty that lived on beyond his mortal days. The portrait that he commissioned has hung on many walls but has always overseen tragedy and murder.

  The painting was long thought destroyed in a fire, but now there are those desperate to find the portrait, if it still exists

  Travis Parker was an insurance investigator, but now he is a widower trapped within his own pain and broken promises. When he is approached by the mysterious Telfer Vargas to track down the portrait, he reluctantly agrees to one last case.

  Charlotte Goode has a long personal history with the painting and will let nothing stand in her way to avenge her family.

  The race across Europe to find the painting soon becomes littered with death as dark supernatural forces converge and threaten to consume those foolish enough to look.

  "Once again, I was impressed with the rich background of each character in this suspenseful plot, never taking away, but always adding to the excitement. Matt is feeding my need for horror through the written word." SAGE ADDERLEY

  "Matt Drabble is immensely talented... Again & again he has provided his readers with exceptional content & books we cannot put down!...

  I literally flew through this one because I just couldn't put it down...

  It's definitely a 5 star novel"

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  ASYLUM – 13 TALES OF TERROR

  A US Horror Chart #5 best seller

  Voted #5 on The Horror Novel Review’s Top 10 Books of 2013

  & a 2014 Readers Favorite Gold Medal Winner

  Blackwater Heights is a building with a long dark history; some of it is well known but more is shrouded in myth and legend - none more so than that of its founding father, Horace Whisker.

  Martin Parcell is an ex-journalist with shattered dreams of an author's career. Sidelined through car crash injuries, he finds himself forced, through governmental austerity measures, to take a custodian’s position at a private mental health hospital. A writer with undoubted talent, but an author without a story.

  He begins his new job deep in depression and drowning under waves of his lost dreams. On his first night he meets Jimmy, his elderly supervisor, who has spent most of his life within the hospital walls. Jimmy is nearing retirement age and desperate to rest his weary bones. Jimmy offers Martin a way out for both of them, access to the background histories and stories of the hospital's patients.

  A collection of 13 tales from the darkly disturbed minds of the residents

  of Blackwater Heights.

  As the long night unwinds, Martin finds himself deeply troubled as the tales unfold before him and threaten to drag him down into their insanity.

  "Matt Drabble is nothing short of a genius when it comes to painting a picture of his characters. This novel was sensational! I started reading and couldn't stop"

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  "Turn down the lights, turn off the TV and cuddle up with these stories tonight - talk about being afraid of the dark!" BOOK FIDELITY

  ASYLUM II - 13 MORE TALES OF TERROR

  Welcome back to Blackwater Heights; it's time to take another tour.

  After a breakout and a devastating fire the private hospital is finally refurbished and opening its doors for business again.

  But the evil that has blighted this place runs deeper than the concrete foundations. Its very nature attracts darkness and now another storm is brewing.

  Some of the most disturbed minds sit within the padded walls of Blackwater Heights. Each has a tale to tell and each is more shocking than the last.

  Dr Hilary Meeker is about to take up her position on the staff. She is an ambitious woman looking to make her mark and climb the professional ladder with little regard to those she steps upon.

  Dr Elgon Perrin, an unusual man with a unique style, runs the hospital. But is he all that he seems? Are his methods too extreme? And is he more dangerous than the inmates that he stands guard over.

  "A perfect read for Halloween... A riveting and unmissable anthology"

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  "Matt Drabble doesn't disappoint when it comes to horror... Any horror fan will want to take the time out to read this book... Unrelenting suspense"

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  "The stories are gruesome, terrifying, and intelligent... This is a great horror book" ENTHRALLING DIMPLE

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  Winner of a prestigious Indie Book of the Day Award

  A 2015 Kindle Book Review Award Finalist. The 2016 Book Excellence Awards winner for Horror Fiction.

  Tommy, Dixon, McEwen, PJ, and Alison were always a close-knit group until Tommy's 12th birthday party. Tragedy strikes when a magic trick goes horribly wrong and a woman lies dead.

  A local magician, Albert Trotter, is railroaded during a rigged trial and locked away. Forever protesting his innocence, and after a vicious assault in prison, he is eventually sent to a mental institution in a catatonic state.

  Now Tommy is 36 and heading home for the first time in over two decades, but he's not alone.
Someone is slaughtering the residents of Denver Mills with magic trick themed murders and holding those involved with the Trotter trial in a steely grip of fear.

  Tommy will have to find the strength to bring his old friends together as secrets and lies are exposed throughout the small

  town of Denver Mills.

  Something evil is coming home, and it’s bringing a whole new bag of tricks.

  "The perfect slasher novel, someone make the movie! 10/10" SCARYMINDS.COM

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  "A suspenseful, on the edge of your sit, thrill ride. A great read that will leave you sleeping with the light one!"

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  AFTER DARKNESS FALLS

  VARIOUS VOLUMES

  10 tales of Terror & the Macabre

  A new horror anthology collection.

  Look out for future volumes.

  "Matt Drabble has come out with another winner. Ten terrifying tales guaranteed to make you shudder 5/5"

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  "Guaranteed to keep you awake at night, while fully entertaining you during daylight hours. 5 Stars"

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  VOLUME ONE

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  DOUBLE VISIONS

  Jane Parkes had always considered her ability a fine line between a gift and a curse. She calls it The Shadow World, a place where she can see through the eyes of killers and help bring them to justice.

  The country cowered in fear as the serial killer christened "The Crucifier" wreaked bloody havoc. Jane’s desperation to prove herself led to a basement confrontation that she wasn't prepared for. As a result, the detective that had allowed her to work on the case ended up dead alongside the killer.

  After that terrible night, her guilt caused her to put away the ability to see inside the minds of monsters, to try and lead a normal life. But now, someone else has taken up The Crucifier’s mantle. Someone is killing again, only this time The Shadow World is now a two-way street and he wants to play.

  Sucked into a desperate race for survival, Jane is going to learn that sometimes when you stare into the darkness, someone stares back.

  "I've read literally thousands of books over nearly six decades, but I'm hard pressed to remember any that kept me guessing as strongly. I want to give this book twenty-five stars rather than just five!" -MALLORY HEART REVIEWS

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  "My mind is still reeling over Matt Drabble's Double Visions. I have never read an author who is so flexible a wordsmith. Each piece of the puzzle is stylishly executed and controlled, a most difficult feat indeed. This is definitely a book that I would recommend to any reader or fan of the genre. 5 Stars." -

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  THE TRAVELLING MAN

  The small desert town of Granton is a typical slow boiling pot of unfulfilled hopes and dreams. Every hard working day is much like any other here, where little changes.

  Sheriff Cassie Wheeler runs a tight ship in the tradition of her late father. There is little serious crime to trouble her department, save for the local miners' occasional rowdiness after payday.

  But Granton has its share of secrets hiding behind twitching curtains and small town folks often have the biggest of ambitions.

  Now, the long dusty road into town has brought with it a stranger. A man of elegance calling himself Gilbert Grange has arrived. He brings with him a bag full of dreams and a silver tongue of promise.

  He can give you whatever you desire - all you have to do is sign

  on the dotted line.

  The residents of Granton are about to discover that dreams can come at a terrible price, and you should always be careful what you wish for.

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  THE LAST RESORT

  The Paradise Resort is the ultimate in exclusive luxury island resorts. A private haven for only those deemed worthy enough to attend.

  Landon Verger is a titan of industry, a man who casts a long dark shadow

  and founder of Paradise. The resort's opening weekend should have

  been a celebration of wealth and excess, but without warning the resort

  has gone silent.

  Sam Verger knows his father only too well; the great man casts a long and dark shadow. He also knows that Landon Verger's enemy list is long and varied, any one of which would love to see his father dead.

  Sam seeks to employ a professional to investigate the island, Mac is one such woman. An ex-military officer she works dirty jobs and doesn't ask questions if the money's right. With her like-minded team they travel to Paradise.

  Mac thought she'd seen everything that death had to offer, she was wrong. What started out as a simple mission will quickly become the most desperate fight for survival she's ever faced. There's only one thing that she's sure of, not everyone is getting out alive.

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  "This book is phenomenal... it will keep you on the edge of your seat... the world

  he paints is magical, the way your attention is captured is mind blowing, you will be

  kept rooted to your seat neither wanting to keep the book down nor wanting the

  story to end" EnthrallingDimple

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