STOURBRIDGE educated novelist SJ Watson, best-selling author of Before I Go To Sleep, will be celebrating the release of his second novel Second Life today (Thursday February 12).

The award-winning author, who grew up in the borough and studied at King Edward VI College, shot to literary stardom with the launch of his debut thriller in 2011 which was subsequently turned into a Hollywood movie starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth.

Fans have since been eagerly-awaiting Watson's second offering, entitled Second Life, which is due to hit the book stores today (Thursday).

Tipped as another page-turning psychological thriller - the new book centres on a married mum who begins living a double life when she becomes obsessed by a stranger.

For more on the author check out http://www.sjwatson-books.com/