The Pact - Amy Heydenrych

Fiction

May 4

About the book

What if a prank leads to murder?

Published in 2019, The Pact is Amy Heydenrych’s second book. It is a gripping and chilling suspense novel about the deadly intentions of office life.

When Freya arrives at her dream job with the city's hottest start-up, she can't wait to begin a new and exciting life, including dating her new colleague Jay.

However, Nicole, Jay's ex and fellow employee, seems intent on making her life a misery. After a big deadline, where Nicole continually picks on her, Freya snaps and tells Jay about the bullying and together they concoct a revenge prank.

The next morning, Nicole is found dead in her apartment . . .

Is this just a prank gone wrong? Or does Freya know someone who is capable of murder - and could she be next?

About the author

Amy Heydenrych is a writer and book blogger based in South Africa. She has been shortlisted twice for the acclaimed Miles Morland African Writing Scholarship. Her short stories and poems have published in multiple anthologies including Brittle Paper, The Kalahari Review and the Short Sharp Stories anthologies. When she is not writing her own fiction, she ghost-writes books and columns for global tech and financial companies. Her debut thriller, Shame On You, was published in the UK by Bonnier Zaffre, January 2018. Her second novel, The Pact was published in November 2019.