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Cookies Policy
It's pretty common practice for professional websites to use cookies, tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. The Suite of Websites listed here are all covered by Will Patching's Privacy Policy and all use cookies to some degree or other. In this Cookies Policy the term 'Website' or 'Websites' may refer to any or all of the following:
  • www.willpatchingauthor.com (Will Patching, Author)
  • www.remorselessthriller.com (The Remorseless Trilogy)
  • www.remorselessfiction.com (Psychopaths in Fact & Fiction)
  • wwww.thehacknovel.com (The Hack Trilogy)
  • www.novelchoices.com (The Hack - Free to Members)
  • www.remorselessnovel.com (Remorseless - Free to Members)
  • www.remorselessthrillers.com (Under construction)
  • www.willpatching.com (Diverts to Will Patching, Author above)
This page provides information on what the cookies gather, how the information is used and why these cookies may be stored. You may choose to prevent these cookies from being stored - however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites' functionality.

Cookies are used on these Websites for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to the Websites.

It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent cookies collecting your information by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this).

The Cookies on these Websites

These Websites offer private pages - these are for Readers Group Members and can only be accessed by password - and an opt-in Newsletter. Cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users/Readers Group Members.

When you submit data through a form such as those found on the contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

In some special cases cookies may be provided by trusted third parties. Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of these Websites to help provide engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit - information that helps to improve the Websites for you.

The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this suite of Websites:

Google Analytics and Google Adwords:

Google Analytics is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping webmasters understand how visitors use the Websites and discover ways to improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as the pages that you visit and how long you spend on them to enable the Websites to continue to produce engaging content.

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The Websites may feature advertisments from Amazon under an Associates agreement, and Amazon will use cookies to tailor any offers made in those ads based on your browsing history. None of this information is shared with or held by the Website Owner/Data Controller (Will Patching).

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You may see custom content based on information you have shared on the Websites about yourself either directly or indirectly by linking a social media account. These types of cookies simply enable you to see content that may be of interest to you.

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Simply Googling 'cookies' will provide far more information on this topic. Remember, the Website host is Will Patching, an author, not a computer technician, although he will try to answer any queries about cookies - or any issue related to these Websites or his writing - if you use the relevant contact form or the email address below.

Generally, it’s usually better to leave cookies enabled in case they interact with the features you use on these Websites.

Still baffled? Feel free to contact Will.

Email: will@willpatchingauthor.com
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​Novels
The Widow
The Veteran
Remorseless
Mutilated
Gaslighting
​The Hack
​The Hunter
The Hangman  
Short Shots
Blood on their Hands Featuring three short-form killer thrillers:
- Justice
​- Old Flame
- The Butcher


​​Audiobooks
​Deleted Scenes, Backstory & More
Killer Inspiration

A Unique Companion Guide to The Remorseless Trilogy featuring the author's personal insights into his killer characters, deleted scenes, character background and much more. 

True Crime Website
Criminal Psychopath Quotes
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