When I was developing the idea for a crime thriller series led by a female detective, I decided early on that I didn’t want her to have a fractured home life – there […]
Category Archives: Behind the scenes
Why change a book cover?
You may have noticed that I’ve recently rebranded one of my standalone crime thrillers, Look Closer and wondered why authors and publishers do this from time to time.I thought I’d share a few […]
One to Watch: how a mystery novel grew from a photograph
I can still recall the exact moment the idea for One to Watch sprung to mind. In fact, here’s a photograph from my notebook. As you can see, the Kay Hunter series was […]
Will to Live cover reveal
It’s been a difficult few weeks for me, having to keep this under wraps but I’m chuffed to bits to share with you today the new cover for Detective Kay Hunter’s next investigation, Will […]