{"id":1040,"date":"2018-07-04T22:18:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T21:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/?page_id=1040"},"modified":"2025-11-07T12:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T12:13:45","slug":"victoria-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/victoria-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Victoria Jenkins<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Agent: Anne Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Victoria Jenkins’ most recent novel, THE PLAYDATE, a Kindle top twenty UK bestseller, was published by Bookouture in May.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victoria is in her thirties, and lives in Caerphilly, Wales, with her husband and two daughters. She is a published poet, has been a prizewinner in the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition and is married to a national table tennis champion who is also a Commonwealth Games medallist.    Her first novel, THE GIRLS IN THE WATER, (2017) introduced DI Alex King and her young prot\u00e9g\u00e9 DC Chloe Lane, and was a top 30 UK Kindle bestseller and top 5 US Kindle bestseller. THE FIRST ONE TO DIE (2017) featured several times in the Amazon UK top 100.   NOBODY’S CHILD, her third, was published in June 2018 and A PROMISE TO THE DEAD, the fourth King and Lane novel, was published in early 2019.    Her first standalone psychological thriller, THE DIVORCE, was also published in 2019 as was THE ARGUMENT, which reached #17 in the Kindle bestseller list and was in the top 100 for over a month, as well as being  a Kobo #1 bestseller.   THE ACCUSATION was published in 2020, THE PLAYDATE and THE NEW FAMILY in 2021, THE BRIDESMAIDS in 2022, HAPPILY MARRIED and THE MIDWIFE in 2023, with YOUR PERFECT LIFE published in January  2024.   All her novels have been published in eBook by Bookouture.  Victoria Jenkins is published in a number of languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Praise for Victoria Jenkins:
\u201cWOW! This book was fantastic, I loved it. I literally binge read it because I couldn\u2019t put it down\u2026 if I could give it 6 stars I would\u201d Bonnie\u2019s Book Talk<\/em>
\u201cI can\u2019t wait to follow this author\u2019s journey. I love the main characters\u2026they complemented each other perfectly\u2026The story is full of twists and turns\u2026leading to an ending that was both thrilling and filled with tension\u2026 An exciting and dynamic new crime series\u201d Angela Marsons, Good Reads<\/em>
\u201cOne of the best crime novels I have read \u2013 and I read many. I raced through this book, reading it in a breath-taking, heart-pounding rush\u201d Renita D\u2019Silva
\u201cI loved this book!\u2026 more twists and turns than a roller coaster\u2026 An absolutely brilliant crime book which I would 110% recommend to everyone! Fantastic!\u201d Stardust Book Reviews<\/em>, 5 stars
“Had my brain rattling in my head!\u2026 genius\u2026 Sometimes my mouth fell open and a few OMG\u2019s escaped\u2026 I loved it!” B for Bookreview<\/em>, 5 stars<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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