My Inspiration for Murder at Merewood Hospital
I've always wanted to write a mystery where the murders occur in an isolated location with only a small group of suspects. And Murder at Merewood Hospital is the result...
Read moreI've always wanted to write a mystery where the murders occur in an isolated location with only a small group of suspects. And Murder at Merewood Hospital is the result...
Read moreAt the start of the First World War, cocaine was given to soldiers by the army to increase endurance. By the end of the war, it was a banned substance...
Read moreMeet four of the leading characters in A Killing at Smugglers Cove...
Read moreThe Body at Carnival Bridge features four women who go against convention to enter professions previously barred to them. As a result, they make deadly enemies...
Read moreEarlier this year, I took part in an author panel with fellow crime writers T A Williams and Debbie Young to talk about writing cosy crime. Here are some of my answers to the questions we discussed.
Read moreHere's a brief introduction to some of the regular characters who feature in the Iris Woodmore Mysteries
Read moreInspiration for Death at Crookham Hall struck in the summer of 2018 on a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament...
Read morePercy Baverstock is a favourite character from Death at Crookham Hall, so when I was invited to enjoy a cocktail with one of my characters, he was the perfect choice. We meet Percy at the Tequila Mockingbird Cocktail Bar...
Read more100 years on, mystery still surrounds the death of Mabel Greenwood from alleged arsenic poisoning in 1919...
Read morePoison was a popular method of committing murder in 1920s and 1930s crime fiction. These are the decades considered to be the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, and cyanide, arsenic and strychnine were in plentiful supply in the novels of this period...
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