DAVID The Penance List (2009) (edit title/settings)

Cunningham's writing is compared to that of Karen Rose, Martina Cole and Jilly Cooper. A skilled mix of fear, romance, intense sex, sinister tension and mischievous laugh out loud.

Beware, a Cunningham novel throws the 'book' at you, she has it all; fuelled tension, pulsating sex, twists, fear, dark humor and thought provoking questions that leave you wanting more. ‘American Psycho’ meets ‘Sex & The City’ meets ‘Basic Instinct’.

Having worked in the celebrity driven worlds of media, modelling, music and football, mixed with rock stars, royalty, footballers and maverick moguls, safely crossed the paths of a brutal attacker, an obsessive stalker and a few broken marriages, her diverse life affords her novels a level of authority and sincerity rare in fiction.

Check out recent 'candid' Bookcast Radio Interview to learn more;
http://www.thebookcast.com/fiction/mystery-thriller/american-psycho-meets-sex-the-city/

MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR:

''THE PENANCE LIST is the first of The David Trilogy. David is based on a character I met in my twenties, a serial attacker that haunted the streets of London. He triggered questions in me that asked how a person could become devoid of empathy, what made him so. He also drew attention to the fact that evil can step into our lives at any time, it sits on the sidelines, waiting to enter centre stage, we must always be aware of our surroundings and follow our gut, our angel, whatever instinct we have.

Coupled with the fun 'Sex and the City' knowledge gained through working in and observing the heddy worlds of football, music and fashion in glamorous London town, The David Trilogy was formed. Over the past 12 years I have been nurturing the beast. I have thrown everything at you, it has it all - sex, murder, laughter, romance, beautiful people, exotic settings, fear, arousal, thought provoking messages. You will romp with models, footballers, prostitutes and WAGS, you will hold anger for abusers and feel the revenge - you will have an understanding of the boy and a fear for the man.

If I can entertain you for a few hours, I am honoured, I hope you enjoy, love, laugh and get goosebumps from it. May I suggest you grab a glass of wine, close the bedroom door and read alone!

The hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook are available - I read the audiobook myself... it is me, warts, mistakes and all.

Finally, I am proud to say that award winning writer Rick Friend has adapted the novel to Screenplay... wow, the characters are coming to life!

A big thank you to all those who've sent such wonderful inspiring reviews, am honoured to have helped you 'escape' for a few hours... and I hope to do so for years to come. Enjoy!''

BRIEF SYNOPSIS;

Cunningham's debut novels usher in a high-octane world of glamour, obsession and pure evil in this most libidinous thrillers.

Life for a select group of London's glitterati is about to change forever. Their indulgent serenity will be torn asunder because of their unfortunate connection to a man called David. David will seduce them, ruin them and wreck the lives of their friends and family in order to satisfy his desire for revenge, at any cost. They will be lucky to escape with their lives.

David is a damaged idol, a vision of beauty and perfection that masks a dark heart and a tortured soul. Having been brutalised as child at the hands of his school headmaster, he has a distorted world view and a cold disregard for human emotion. He is also a sexual tour de force, bending his victims to his will through his salaciousness, while being consumed by an almost carnal need to exact his own brand of justice. Three 'Sex amd the City' Chelsea girls, a Premiership footballer, an ex-SAS chauffeur and 'just out of the closet' photographer will be his first victims in this warped quest to dominate those he meets.

S C Cunningham's provocative debut novel The Penance List is a graphically violent examination of the indiscriminate nature of evil and the abuse of the power of sex. It's a brave, terrifying and pulsating read fuelled by Cunningham's first rate storytelling, astonishingly intense sex scenes and a throbbing, sinister tension. S C Cunningham's own life experiences — she has crossed the path of a serial killer — afford David: The Penance List a level of authority and sincerity rare in fiction. This is the first book in Cunningham's The David Trilogy series, which will follow her captivating psychopath David as he stalks the movements of London's showbiz class, offering an ambitious and exciting thriller set to inject new life into the fiction market. She exposes the baseless lives of Londoners captivated by fame and fortune and shows how easily anyone of us can be seduced by money, sex and celebrity. David: The Penance List will be followed by Unfinished Business and For My Sins, which complete The David Trilogy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Cunningham is convent educated, British born of Irish roots. A former model, she was once married to acclaimed musician Raf Ravenscroft, whose stellar career included providing the saxophone solo for Gerry Raffertys 'Baker Street' and Pink Floyd, Marvin Gaye, Tina Turner. Cunningham has worked extensively in both the music and sport industries, notably for Chelsea Football Club and the celebrity management company responsible for the careers of David Beckham, John Terry, Michael Owen and Alan Shearer, and for Horseracing's elite at The Jockey Club. Cunningham lives in London with her artist daughter Scarlett Raven.