My standalone novel, Perfect Murder, was released last week. It’s a thriller about a female crime writer turned serial killer – just because she wondered if she could… I thought today I’d share the first chapter with you. Perfect Murder Could you commit the perfect murder? Alice Friend thinks you can, and she’s going to […]
What’s Your Revision Process Like? – A. D. Garrett
Today I’m thrilled to welcome crime author, A. D. Garrett to the blog to talk about her revision process. A.D. Garrett is the pseudonym for prize-winning novelist Margaret Murphy working in consultation with policing and forensics expert, Helen Pepper. Margaret Murphy has published nine internationally acclaimed psychological thrillers under her own name – both stand-alone […]
Welcome To My New Website!
I mentioned a while ago that I was going to build a website and incorporate the blog into it. I said it would happen quite quickly. The problem was, I hit a snag – I couldn’t build it! So, I sought outside help. My book cover designer, Design For Writers and now I’m thrilled to […]
How Will Your Body Be Identified When You Die?
This post comes courtesy of a personal conversation that we had in our house on Saturday afternoon and continued into a restaurant as we ate. Who knows what our fellow diners thought of us. The joys of being a crime writer! The subject left me quite perturbed as I realised that if I went missing […]
From Detective Constable to Crime Writer
I’ve struggled to write this post for the past couple of weeks because of the emotions that are raging through me as I transition through the changes that are happening in my life. I feel as though I am slowly, but gradually losing parts of myself to a disorder that is taking over my body. […]
Crime Writers Answer – How Much Research Do You Do?
As you know I have recently started a bit of a love affair with YouTube. It’s not a daily thing, but it is something I have found I can resource all sorts of snippets of interesting information from. This one is a short video if crime writers telling us how important they think research is. […]