Wings ePress Author - Joan Hall Hovey


General Fiction Suspense	Romantic Suspense

As well as penning suspense novels, Joan Hall Hovey's articles and short stories have appeared in such diverse publications as The Reader, Atlantic Advocate, The Toronto Star, Mystery Scene, True Confessions, Home Life magazine, Seek and various other magazines and newspapers. Her short story, Dark Reunion was selected for the Anthology, Investigating Women, published by Simon & Pierre.

Joan Hall Hovey second passion is acting, and she enjoys narrating books and scripts for herself and others. She lives with her husband and pets - cat, Sasha and poodle, CoCo in a modest, but comfortable home on the banks of the beautiful Kennebecasis River, in New Brunswick, Canada.

“If you are looking for the suspense thriller of the year-look no further…you will find it in Nowhere To Hide...” --Jewel Dartt, Midnight Scribe Reviews

“Joan Hall Hovey clearly takes her place among today’s contemporary writers as this page-turner can compete with any mystery/suspense novel on the bookshelves. --Linda Hersey, Fredericton Gleaner

“This one is a chiller - you won’t be able to put it down - guaranteed!” --Rendezvous Magazine

“...Not since Silence of the Lambs have I slept with my lights on. Buy it! Read it! (But not in a house by yourself).” --JD Masters, booktree.com

“...will scare the wits out of an audience that suddenly will have keen hearing and hear every bump in the night...an exciting work starring a brave yet vulnerable heroine.” --Harriet Klausner

“…a thriller release from the pen of the very talented writer, Joan Hall Hovey, who once again demonstrates her ever-increasing skill at designing tales of psychological suspense and terror.” --Jill M. Smith, Rave Reviews

“Wow! NOWHERE TO HIDE held this reviewer riveted from the prologue to the hair-raising conclusion… Highly Recommended.” --Cindy Penn, Wordweaving.com

“...Hovey is a mistress at description and in bringing characters alive. This is a chiller of a book, and falls in the “I don’t want to put it down” category. Unless the reader has very strong nerves, this is not recommended as a bedtime story.” --Shirley Truax, Ivy Quill Reviews

“... a taut, edge of the seat thriller. A chilling tale… certain to inspire readers who love the thriller genre to demand more from this writer.” --Patti Nunn, Charlotte Austin Review

“...makes the reader glance nervously over her shoulder when the house gets too quiet. Start reading this book on a Saturday morning. That way, you’ll have all weekend to read it, since you won’t want to put it down.” --Martine G. Bates, Inscriptions magazine

“Extremely well structured, good plot, realistic and credible characters. It is the ordinariness of the actors in the play that make this book excellent. ...Nowhere to Hide is impossible to put down until the last page is reached.” --Bastulli Mystery Library

“...highly professional thriller... more than a series of twists and turns, Joan Hall Hovey weaves in scenes which show us the background of this crime and how the killer got started. She deftly develops this aspect of the plot right up to the last scene, which is too ironically good to reveal here...” --E.E. Cran, Telegraph Journal

“Goosebumps are the very least you’ll experience while travelling with Ellen through a murderer’s hell.” --VAD

“A fast moving suspense thriller, it will keep you up all night to finish it. ..will leave you turning all the lights on and locking your doors as you breathlessly await the outcome. Hovey has created a disturbing look into the mind of a serial killer that will send chills up your spine.” --Kathy Thomason, Book Reviewer, The Butler County Post

“...a riveting thriller that will leave you breathless as psychologist Ellen Morgan puts her own life at risk, playing a dangerous cat and mouse game in order to ferret out the murderer of her younger sister. Hovey is a master of this genre- her fast-paced writing style escalates the tension, compelling the reader to keep turning pages. serial killer - no matter what risks she has to take. Nowhere to Hide is a book I highly recommend…” --Deborah Shlian, Author of Wednesday’s Child, Shou

“Joan Hall Hovey clearly takes her place among today’s contemporary writers as this page-turner can compete with any mystery novel on the bookshelves. ...a gripping style that wrings emotions from everyday settings that toy with the fragile line separating insanity and tolerable normality. Oh and by the way ...is your door locked?” --Linda Hersey, Fredericton Gleaner

""LISTEN TO THE SHADOWS has shades of the old gothic stories, complete with the scary old house. Joan Hall Hovey's characters are life-like and you can actually feel the fear the heroine is experiencing. Hovey's descriptions make the story jump out at the reader in this compelling, page-turner. This story has the makings of a classic."-- Reviewer, Yvonne Hering

"...This one will put goosebumps all over you...chilling. I read it during a thunderstorm and found myself jumping several times. Excellent!" *** Huntress Book Reviews

"Written with the finesse and grace of a master, Joan Hall Hovey's first novel, LISTEN To THE SHADOWS, is an engrossing tale of fear and danger certain to keep the reader awake, turning pages long after bed time, and listening carefully to everything around them. ... a powerful new voice in the world of suspense and mystery. I certainly look forward to more novels by the promising author with great eagerness..."-- Cindy Penn -Wordweaving.com

"Have you ever read a book that grabs your attention by the first sentence and never lets go? Well, LISTEN TO THE SHADOWS is an excellent romantic mystery that is exciting, tensed, and the elements of mystery, fear, and courage so masterfully woven in one masterpiece that I can't believe this is the author's debut! Grab a copy now, or you'll be missing a great read..." -- Defelah Morgan – Reader’s Choice Award

"In Listen to the Shadows, Ms. Hovey gives us a chilling, and very believable, insight into the mind and motivations of a true sociopathic killer. Obsession, icy lack of emotion or real feeling for another human being, and more. To say this book is a spine-tingler of the first order, is to do it a grave injustice. It is a brilliant novel that portrays just how wrong a human mind can go; to the limits of insanity." -- Sharpwriter.com -Novelist, Ariana Overton ...Author of Tapestry

... "plenty of suspense ...I had to ask my husband to accompany me to the bathroom that night! Finished it in one sitting. It had a great plot, realistic characters and a surprise twist at the end. ..." -- Reviews by Sandi Cummins

"...This is a book that will stick with me for a long while, as I was reading it my heart would beat fast and the hair on the back of my neck stood straight, and to me that is the true sign of a good thriller. When you read this one make sure that the lights are on and that all your doors are locked..." -- Myshelf.com-Pam Stone

"...a work so accomplished, so fluid and so suspenseful it is difficult to believe it really is a first novel!" --Felix Griffin - Rave Reviews, NY