{"id":51725,"date":"2020-09-25T14:10:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T13:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/?page_id=51725"},"modified":"2025-11-04T18:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:19:17","slug":"joy-kluver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/joy-kluver\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy Kluver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"large\"><strong>Joy Kluver<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/joy_kluver_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/joy_kluver_600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/joy_kluver_600-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agent: <a href=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/anne-williams\/\">Anne Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joy Kluver\u2019s first novel, LAST SEEN, was published by Bookouture in March 2021.<br>\nSet in rural Wiltshire, and the first in a series starring Detective Bernadette \u2018Bernie\u2019 Noel, LAST SEEN opens with the abduction of a young girl, Molly, from a park. What follows is the nailbiting race to find her alive \u2013 while it soon becomes clear that the local community see this as punishment for a terrible wrong committed in the past.&nbsp; Her second novel, BROKEN GIRLS, also featuring Bernie Noel, was published by Bookouture at the end of July 2021.&nbsp; &nbsp;LEFT FOR DEAD, the third to feature Bernie Noel, was published by Bookouture in January 2022.&nbsp; &nbsp;REWIND, the fourth Bernie Noel novel, published in 2024, is also available on eBook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joy Kluver has been an avid reader and writer since childhood. A book blogger, she\u2019s also part of the First Monday Crime team and organises author talks for her local library. Joy lives in South West London with her husband and three children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53209\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/xlogo-black_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"33\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoyKluver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoyKluver<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-khla-grey-background-color has-background has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\u2018I am blown away by this book, the twists and turns are mind boggling!\u2026 BRILLIANT\u2026 if I could I would give it more than 5* Excellent.\u2019 Goodreads reviewer (of LAST SEEN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/joy_kluver_leftfordead.jpg\" alt=\"Left for Dead\" class=\"wp-image-52748\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/joy_kluver_brokengirls.jpg\" alt=\"Broken Girls\" class=\"wp-image-52153\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joy_kluver_lastseen.jpg\" alt=\"Last Seen\" class=\"wp-image-51841\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joy Kluver Agent: Anne Williams Joy Kluver\u2019s first novel, LAST SEEN, was published by Bookouture in March 2021. 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