As part of a series of blogs about crime and thriller novels, September’s blog focused on the top ten locations. This month I take a look at unusual narrative forms. While we probably all recognise the groundbreaking work of those writers from the Golden Age of...
I’ve had a productive few weeks which has resulted in me sending four completed projects to my agent – with profuse apologies, but she said something interesting. She said this time of year was often a ‘finishing off and unloading’ time of year...
Halloween is fast approaching, so why not get yourself in the mood by reading your way through my list of the scariest novels of all time? A few of these are supernatural, but not all; instead they are the kinds of books you just can’t put down and which are...
September – it’s all about place. Firstly apologies for the lack of newsletter in August. The book festival took over – in a good way! It was lovely to be involved in chairing events this time round, not least because of the lovely room we were...
Despite the fact that I read dozens of crime and thriller books every year, I’ve never done a top ten list, but as I started to remedy this, I realised it was going to be a really, really hard task! So instead I’ve broken it down to focus on different...
It’s August, it’s Edinburgh, so it’s festival time! If you need a bit of time off from the mad dashing around, here are my top ten bookshops to visit while you’re here. 1. Portobello Bookshop – 6 Portobello High St, Portobello, Edinburgh...
