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Why I Wrote No Accident
When you set out, you never quite know how things will turn out. I wanted to create something new, something different and exciting to entertain murder mystery readers. No Accident, the first book…
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Why do I write murder mystery novels?
The easy answer would be to say I love Agatha Christie, crime dramas and complex puzzles. I was huge fan of the Famous Five by Enid Blyton when I was a child. I…
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An Accidental Detective
How do you create something familiar, but different and less formulaic? Do you go for something original and distinctive – unique even? Perhaps, but you run the risk of alienating the readers you…
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A funny thing happened on the way to publication
You’ll never believe what happened when I wrote my first murder mystery novel. That’s right, I couldn’t solve the murder. Now, I don’t want you to think I’m jinxed or far too clever…
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Intense Feelings
Are you a reader who gets hot under the collar about tense? As a member of several crime fiction groups on Facebook, the question of tense crops up from time to time. Or…
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Moi? A cosy mystery author?
From the moment No Accident was released by a US publisher in 2016, I’ve refuted any claim that my novels are cosy mysteries. Why would I do this, you might ask? The cosy…
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Why murder mysteries?
The simple answer is I love reading crime fiction and watching crime dramas on the TV. You can blame my love of crime fiction and murder mysteries on a bungalow in the middle…