Patricia Young’s Published Books
Available as paperbacks and ebooks
Incubus
Melissa’s marriage into a traditional farming family was a mistake. Mathew came from a line of men who had thrown physical fury at the land until it was tamed. His aggressive conservatism and the Deeps Farm culture are ubiquitous. Nobody meant to drive Melissa mad, but a bigoted husband and a mother-in-law with an incestuous agenda create the perfect conditions for the disease to take root.
To Paint the Wind
Two women meet on a Normandy beach. One an artist, there to paint the wind, the other a street performer, to entertain the visitors. But a darker truth waits behind the beguiling lifestyles.
From the Book of Dogs
“The Dog has had his nose up the crotch of mankind since the dawn of time, there’s not much he doesn’t know about human nature.” George and Nora were looking for a pet, not a freak that reads minds. However, their ambitions are aroused and in this darkly comic tale morality is sacrificed, even murder contemplated.
Luckless and the Traveller
With a backpack on his shoulder and a bulldog at his heel, a PhD student hits the road in search of a unifying theory of modern culture. Harold’s travels take him through a chaotic landscape to meet a producer of porn movies, the ruthless aims of humiliation TV, the wiles of female vigilantes and many other encounters, both funny and harrowing.
The Season of the Hedge Gypsy
Marriage to the chairman’s niece secured Richard Nye a position on the Board and a place in the country indulging his pleasures – hunting, shooting and whoring. His lifestyle remains unchallenged until he encounters an eccentric vagrant woman with a mission. Her violent and darkly humorous reckoning with this huntsman will surely end in tragedy.
Working for Charlie
Nobody knew Charlie had a fortune until he died leaving two million pounds for Casualties of the Industry. But who were these casualties and what was the industry? Not bricklaying surely but something more sinister. As if guided by the dark agenda of a dead man, The Herald pursues a story of crime and corruption which puts them seriously at risk.
