I was clearing some space on my ‘vanity shelf’ (thanks to Mike Stotter of Shots Mag for that term). I noticed in particular that I had quite a lot of copies of the hardback of the American edition of A Vengeful Longing. So I ran a little giveaway on twitter. The books got nabbed pretty …
Few people will ever see the body of someone who has been murdered. It’s possibly only the crime writers among us for whom this is a regrettable omission. The moment when your detective confronts the victim for the first time is, I think, one of the hardest to write. And sometimes I can’t help thinking …
I’ve just made a decision. I’ve decided where my victim is going to die. It’s been bothering me. I knew they had to die – and why (the motive). I knew how they were going to die (the method, or means). But I hadn’t quite worked out the where (which is mostly to do with …
This is the first in a new series of blog posts, exploring the process of writing crime fiction. To be honest, it will be my own peculiar process for writing my own peculiar crime fiction. And I’m not sure how regular the posts will be. This may turn out to be be the last as …
I was going to write a blog post in honour of my new book being published today but my brain is mush because of too much thinking and not enough sleep. So here is a link to an extract on my publisher’s blog.