Spiked by the gifted author and storyteller KL Griffiths is a fun read and of particular interest to anyone who has been bullied and dreamt of revenge…Original, deftly crafted, offering a literary wealth of memorable characters and unexpected plot twists, Spiked is especially and unreservedly recommended for community library Contemporary Fiction collections. – Helen Dumont, Midwest Book Review Beer chemist Rory Harper loves his job and has the beer belly to prove it. He also has a problem. Named Arthur. With an endless barrage of fat jokes and obnoxious pranks, Arthur turns Telluric Lake Brew Works into Rory’s personal hell. Revenge fantasies are all Rory has to soothe his battered ego and during a company party, he decides to carry out the “perfect,” anonymous payback. But something goes wrong. Arthur, who should be home afflicted with explosive diarrhea, shows up the next day unscathed, and Rory’s seventy-year-old boss is dead in the taproom. The coroner rules it a heart attack, but Rory’s not convinced. Some careful digging confirms Arthur switched the beers. But is the spiked beer what caused the boss’s heart attack? Did Arthur know it was spiked? To uncover the truth about the night the boss died, Rory and Arthur play a clandestine game of cat and mouse. The more information that comes to light, the more certain it becomes that the only solution to Rory’s bully problem is another anonymous payback. This time, he’ll get it right. This time it won’t be an accident when someone dies. For anyone who’s been bullied and dreamt of revenge… For anyone who’s taken revenge and had it go all wrong… For anyone who’s had it go all right… SPIKED "Do you remember the first time you heard Steven King's name? Or JK Rowling's? Well, remember this moment. Griffiths is destined to become a household name. " - Nancy Beach, author and contributor for Chicken Soup for the Soul - " Spiked will keep you guessing at every turn. " - Cynthia Hilston, bestselling author of The Rock at the Bottom - " This is a great book. Perhaps the best I've seen from a debut author. In fact, while I read, I often queried whether it was actually written by a blockbuster author under a pen name like Stephen King did as Richard Bachman. Think King's or Shirley Jackson's writing and the internal psychological darkness of their characters, with a mix of Dan Brown murder mystery, and a sprinkle of Scott Turow crime-fic legal thriller. It's on par with the work of those greats but exceeding them as a unique blend of genres that will serve as catnip for all sorts of readers." - Michael Carter, author of Boneyard Tales - " Highly emotional thriller with just the right amount of humor and betrayal to ground it to reality. The logic of the narrative keeps the pages turning, right down to the gasp-inducing final scene." - Sean Seebach, author of The Buck Stops Here - " A fast-moving adventure ...Following Rory's journey—and one cannot help but like him even if he does mess up—takes us on one man's life lessons that, while they may be bloody and frightening, make for compelling reading." - Laura Kennelly, author and Reviewer for Cool Cleveland - " A story that will stay with you long after you've read it." - Book Sirens reviewer - "Darkly funny, sometimes gruesome, sometimes melancholy tale of revenge and its consequences... The ending will leave you speechless. " - Nitin Lalit, author Kelly hikes or bikes as often as the Northeast Ohio weather allows. Single-track mountain biking is her favorite because it's a terrifying ride that may or may not end with blood. Her fiction is similarly tense, lush, and full of twists and turns. Blood is a given. Strap on a helmet and take her debut off-recipe thriller, Spiked, for a ride.