The Novel
My first novel is entitled The Big Yellows.
Set against the backdrop of the vibrant 1990s club scene in Leeds, London and Manchester, the novel follows Jess, a techno DJ, as she navigates toxic friendship, buried family secrets, and finally faces herself.
DJ Jessy-D has learnt to live with the lifelong stress attacks she calls the big yellows, escaping into the thumping rhythms of her music. But when a girl plunges to her death, a stranger starts stalking her, and her treasured record box disappears, the big yellows spiral out of control. The more Jess tries to ignore them, the more her life unravels.
As the threats mount, Jess discovers that the danger isn’t only coming from outside. Fragments of buried memory begin to surface as her stress intensifies. A past she’s never wanted to acknowledge is finally catching up with her. Will she have the courage to face it when it all explodes—and will those out to ruin her destroy the life she loves?