Reviews:
‘Wonderfully evokes the English seaside and the eccentricities, sometimes lethal, of English life.’
Edward Wilson (The Whitehall Mandarin) on The Dangerous Truth about Mad Catwomen

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, with its captivating central character and gripping story. Couldn't put it down till I had finished it. Intzy
It is well-written, carefully structured and unpredictable. Jane N
A beautifully written and well crafted novel! a page turner with great descriptions, great characters, moments to make you laugh out loud with moments of suspense! JoJo RJ

How much can you ever know about the people you see every day? We all make assumptions based on a first glancing impression. If you were a killer, or a victim, or both – where would you hide? In the shadows, or in the full light of day where no-one feels a need to dig deeper to see the truth behind your public face.
A light hearted thriller with bite, The Dangerous Truth about Mad Catwomen introduces Winciette Jenkins to the list of Women sleuths.

Winciette Jenkins is an ice-cream lady, a middle-aged woman with a cat, polite, friendly, invisible. And that’s just how she wants to be. Because Winciette Jenkins is really Etta Bishop, ex-spy and trained assassin hiding in plain sight from the Met, from MI5, from the fear of vengeance creeping up on her in the dead of the night.

But the past is out looking for her, and when it traces her to her safe haven in Widegate Bay she must decide whether to leap to safety, or to turn and fight with out-stretched claws and teeth bared. En route she picks up unlikely allies. Danny, a teenage boy battered and abused by his drug-fuelled mother; Ted Hicks, chairman of the Beach Hut Association; Jack, a mysterious ex-soldier who runs a tea hut on the cliffs.

Together, Winciette, and the family that grows from the dysfunctional group of individuals that surround her, face the danger that threatens Widegate Bay.

Like Winciette Jenkins, and Widegate Bay, and the pussy cat curled up on the cushion in front of the fire, The Dangerous Truth about Mad Catwomen hides its dark side under a gentle and unthreatening outward appearance. But never trust what you see. Just as the panther lurks inside the domestic cat, waiting to strike with deadly precision, The Dangerous Truth will threaten your preconceptions. An ice cream lady who is really a spy; a scruffy teenager who goes without food so that his two little sisters can eat, because his mother has spent all the money on drink; a bumptious, overweight busybody who is the best person to have by your side in a crisis - people are not always who they at first appear to be.

Review:
Easy to read, the characters come alive and the lovingly detailed descriptions make you feel you know the places. I tried to read it slowly but finally there came a point when I gave up and just had to keep reading to the end. Jill Ashby

About the Author

J M Salisbury loves reading thrillers and watches far too much television. After gaining an MA(Dist.) in Professional Writing from Falmouth University she decided to concentrate on writing full-time, after 25 years in marketing.
The Dangerous Truth about Mad Catwomen is the first in a series featuring Winciette Jenkins and her dysfunctional family. Book 2 ‘The Dangerous Lies of Blue Eyed Boys’ is out in Spring 2014.

She is co-chair of The Penzance Litfest 2014, and involved with The Writers’ Café Penzance.
You can follow and get updates at her website is www.newagetv.co.uk/writing ; like www.facebook.com/winciettejenkins and follow on twitter @joyswords.