Three psychological thrillers on what happens when love and shame collide, where a line should not be crossed. The hostage and the captor; the voyeur and the performer; the teacher and the pupil. Note: these novels can now be found in a larger anthology: Eclipse Quartet: Four Psychological Thrillers. Novels also available singly and on audio.THE SHUTTERED ROOMLittle do they know their captive has a little secret.Jessica Fraser would appear to have everything: money, a devoted husband, a lively son and a fulfilling career. But her life takes a nasty turn when she is taken hostage and incarcerated in an upstairs room by three thugs demanding a huge ransom from her rich father. In a bid to escape, she cuts a hole in the bedroom floor with a cutlery knife. From there, Jess observes the three of them going about their everyday business. That's when she starts playing games with them. That's when her spying pulls her into a treacherous psychological game with her abductors.If only they knew what their hostage was up to. What would they do to her?FALLING AWAKEInsomnia can have the most sinister causes.Gemma's husband vanishes under mysterious circumstances leaving only a black contorted doodle and mysterious debts. But saving her home proves the least of her worries after Gemma earns urgent cash by performing routines for a mysterious chronic insomniac.Voyeurism never hurt anybody.The cause of his insomnia is another matter.As the horrifying truth about her husband unfurls, Gemma's paranoia about her voyeur takes its grip.A HARD LESSONSarah thought she was teaching a schoolchild a little English.How wrong she was.Not only is her subject a full-grown thug, he is dyslexic and part of a criminal gang headed by a psychopath. And this psychopath doesn't like people interfering with his business.Soon, she will learn the meaning of treachery.And fear.