I just want to say a quick comment before I talk about today’s book, The Hope That Kills by Ed James. At the end of last year, I wrote a post saying that I was going to stop book blogging. I thought it would take me a couple of months to get through the books […]
Made To Be Broken Launch Day
After a stressful year, it’s finally here. Made to be Broken is released into the wilds and people can read it at will. I found it an incredibly difficult book to write and wanted to give up on it so many times, but I believed in the story I was trying to tell so I […]
Sneak Peek First Chapter of Made To Be Broken
The second book in the DI Hannah Robbins series is released in Thursday. I have huge book two nerves, but regardless, I’m letting it go, out into the world. And today, I’m providing you with a sneak peek, with chapter one on the blog. It’s currently available for preorder on Amazon but the “look inside” […]
What’s Your First Draft Like? – R C Bridgestock
Today I’m pleased to welcome RC Bridgestock to the blog to talk about their First Draft process. This is a fascinating one as it is the first writing collaboration we’ve had on the blog. RC. Bridgestock is the name that husband and wife co-authors Robert (Bob) and Carol Bridgestock write under. Between them they have […]
Writing Crime – Do Detectives Carry Handcuffs?
I know, I know, I’m hopeless. I say I’m going to do these policing posts in a more regular format and what happens? They disappear from the face of the earth. Not particularly helpful is it? I apologise. I’ve been busy and ill, but it’s what I said I’d do so it doesn’t reflect well […]
Shallow Waters Is Out In Audio Format! #WIN A Copy
I’m really excited to announce, that the audio version of Shallow Waters has been released! I’m also thrilled with the narrator that Audible chose for the book, Colleen Prendergast. She has narrated books for crime authors, Mandasue Heller, Louise Douglas and Belinda Bauer to name but only a few. She is absolutely brilliant and I am […]