Dovetail

Tim is emasculated by a gang of bullies at the age of fifteen and devotes his life to revenge. He plans to build a machine that will kill each member of the gang one by one. Each death must be aesthetically beautiful, and so Tim apprentices himself to a brilliant craftsman to acquire the skills he needs. Then he begins to practice the perfect murder. A psychological thriller set in Spain and south east Wales, focused on obsession and the far-reaching evils of perfectionism. Jeremy Hughes was one of the first students to study for the Master's in writing at Oxford University, from which he graduated with distinction. He is an award-winning poet and Dovetail is his first novel.