Sunday, July 30, 2023

Book No.6 for Knaphill author, Mal Foster

Your blog admin, Mal Foster, has just released his sixth novel, The Story of Virna Babineaux, which he says he had to curtail a little as he was nervous about how his regular readers would react to its slightly more diverse subject matter. “Early reviews on Amazon, Goodreads and elsewhere have been encouraging, so perhaps, I needn’t have worried,” says Mal. 



          • Publisher ‏ : ‎ PublishNation (30 Jun. 2023)
          • Language ‏ : ‎ English
          • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 180 pages
          • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1916696252
          • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1916696259
          • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 0.97 x 21.59 cm


The Story of Virna Babineaux, tells the tale of a once famous glamour model/turned prostitute who is stabbed to death in a Southeast London brothel. Several years later, the corpse remains unclaimed until it is inexplicably discovered missing by mortuary staff. It all starts with mysterious goings at a deserted luxury house in Littlewick Road, Knaphill, near Woking in Surrey.

As the story unfolds, the case is dropped by Surrey Police before the initial investigation is completed - Had there been a possible connection with the missing body?

Investigating officer DI Sue Grendel is furious as she believes she was close to solving the mystery. Against her better judgement, she tips off her former lover, the wayward journalist Daniel Blue, urging him to bag a good story. 

Daniel feels he is on nothing more than a wild goose chase as he strives to solve the mystery. However, in a final twist, assistance comes from an unlikely source. 


Mal Foster

The Story of Virna Babineaux is available in paperback and e-book formats and can be ordered from any good bookshop and online. Website: www.malfoster.co.uk 

On the back of his most recent publication, Mal is already in the research phase of a seventh novel, Kind of the Rumbling Spires, which he describes as a modern-day psychological/paranormal affair set against a backdrop of popular 1970s music. The research has already taken him to Golders Green Crematorium and Camden Town in London.