Nicola Rayner, who was born in Abergavenny, is the author of The Girl Before You, a psychological thriller published by Avon Books, which was runner-up in the Cheltenham First Novel Competition in 2018.

It was picked by the Observer as a debut to look out for in 2019.

And next month her second novel will be published with Nicola celebrating with a virtual event at Book-ish in Crickhowell.

Nicola works as a freelance journalist, specialising in dance and travel and lives in London with her husband and Jack Russell, Chota and members of her family still live in Abergavenny.

Her second novel, You and Me, will be published by Avon this month.

Nicola’s celebration launch of her second novel was a virtual event organised by Book-ish in Crickhowell.

Critics have described Nicola’s second book at ‘the perfect gripping, twisty suspense for fans of Netflix’s You and Lisa Jewell’s Watching You’

The synopsis is as follows: This is not a love story…

Watching sunrises together should have been romantic.

But you were always inside with your wife, and I sat in your garden, in the shadows.

I thought you’d never know how I felt about you.

Until one night, I witnessed a terrible crime.

I wanted it to bring us closer together.

But now the secrets are tumbling out.

And they could tear everything apart…

A breath-taking suspense full of twists and turns – if you think you know how this ends, think again…

YOU AND ME

Nicola Rayner

1 October 2020

Paperback * £7.99