Nigel Lampard

Subliminal: Fantasy, Anxiety, Suspicion Nigel Lampard

Publisher Marketing: Frustrated with his marriage and his job, Peter Salter's view on the future is pessimistic almost to the extreme. But holding him back from doing something he might regret are his eight-year old twins, Laura and Matthew, on whom he dotes. In his more agreeable moments, Peter realises that if he and his wife, Angela, are going to have a future then change is necessary. On Angela's suggestion, a move from the anonymity of an estate in Daventry to a delightful thatched cottage in Ashby St Ledgers only five miles away, might be the first adjustment that could hold the otherwise idyllic family together. However, nothing prepares him or the rest of his family for the consequences of a very simple and innocent incident. Peter works in Manchester and commutes weekly between there and Northamptonshire. One Friday evening when he is on his way home, he offers a university student, Rebecca, a lift. This chance occurrence leads him down many unimaginable but provocative paths that in the end place his and his family's futures once again in the balance, or so he believes. Each path is very different but there is a common thread that Peter holds onto in the hope that it will eventually prove to be their salvation. 'Subliminal' is a deep psychological thriller steeped in fantasy that introduces incredible experiences into Peter's otherwise ordinary life. Contributor Bio:  Lampard, Nigel Nigel Lampard was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army and after thirty-nine years of active service he retired in 1999. Trained as an ammunition and explosives expert, he travelled the world and was appointed an Order of the British Empire for services to his country. As a second career he helped British Forces personnel with their transition to civilian life, and finally retired in 2007, when he and his wife Jane moved to Leigh-on-Sea in Essex. Married for over forty years, they have two sons and four grandchildren. Nigel started writing after a tour in Berlin in the early 1980s - he fell in love with what was then a walled and divided city. After leaving Berlin, the only way he could continue this love was to write about it. By the time he completed the draft for his first novel he was already in love with writing.