Prologue “I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio” IвЂTMve never forgotten that quote, IвЂTMd read it in one of my mothers magazines, it was Joan Rivers and I had spent hours admiring her photograph believing that this was what I should look like, be like. I was about thirteen at the time. She, Joan Rivers, had the same kind of mother as I had. I no longer felt so alone in the world, knowing there were others just like me. One day I will be famous I had thought, and I will say things like that, let them know exactly what my mother was – a whore, a child abuser and a nonentity, at least she was now. IвЂTMd had dreams, dreams that never came true, my life, and my waking hours had been one long nightmare and my sleep had been my respite where I could wish for happier times, when I could dream about blissful times, about becoming someone like Joan Rivers. My dreams are what kept me sane, kept me from wanting to die, when I awoke from the dream I would want to sleep again to go back into the dream that helped me to escape my miserable life. Being born is like a lottery, you donвЂTMt know which mother you are going to get. I was number 326 lining up waiting to be embedded in some womanвЂTMs womb; ironically 325 didnвЂTMt feel well on the day of my consummation so was made to sit out. If he had been well then my life might have been so very different, I would have got a nice mother then. Instead I got †Have you ever thought about the consequences of several depraved human beings paths crossing? Has it ever scared the life out of you when you think about society today and the consequences of some of its citizens? Gut Instinct brings to life the often horrifying results.A serial killer contrary to the norm, a psychotherapist that runs away from her own murky history like she is fleeing a tsunami. A murder squad team with dark memoirs and hidden secrets and an egotistical head of homicide that needs his teams adulation and relies on a rapidly becoming dysfunctional gut. Thats not forgetting the deprived lives of the vulnerable victims. This is an exciting and fast paced thrill ride with a sequence of amusing, sadistically sad and alarming events that lead to an unexpected twist in the tale. Gut Instinct is a psychological thriller with a unique and daring twist. Its characters are sympathetic and believable. It is an unforgettable novel which will leave you pondering the outcome for some time after putting the book down.With this authors professional background, keen insight into human nature and ability to surprise the reader she is able to deliver. Stephen Roberts is the head of the Homicide division in Leicester and a serial killer is on the loose; unfortunately Stephen's mind is elsewhere. When the team makes an arrest and a man is charged, the killings continue. Have they got the wrong man?
