Paul Howard Surridge

The Storyteller's Mistress Paul Howard Surridge

From the moment we are born, we are wired to survive. For some, survival is tested minute by minute, hour by hour. When the basic needs are implicit; power, sex, and ego become the commodities of craving, driving some people to go to any lengths to achieve their desires. In partnership with his wife, Penny, Tom Taylor has been a successful publisher for over 20 years. He is an attractive man in his early fifties. Despite a happy marriage, Tom is addicted to younger women and throughout his marriage, he's cheated on his wife. Susie is Tom's latest mistress and his personal assistant, someone he thought he could control, but she fell in love with him. Being his mistress was no longer enough for her. Fearful his wife would find out about the relationship, he continually lied to her claiming he would divorce Penny and marry her. One day, after a row with Tom, and fearful he will end their relationship, she tries to frame Penny for a murder she commits. A fire at Tom's offices exposes the frailties of his business, his relationship with Susie, his wife and his brother...