On the Run – By Douglas SkeltonI was once on the run from the law, a hunted fugitive, an innocent man jumping at every knock at the door, every footstep on the street… Okay, I wasn’t exactly Dr Richard Kimble but for a week or two...
The Quick and the DeadEvery other Tuesday we feature a publication from leading independent publisher Endeavour Press. The Quick and the Dead by Alison Joseph (Download for free on 11.08.15) Tell me more! Sister Agn...
Glasgow? By Douglas SkeltonOne of the questions I’m often asked about my crime fiction is, why Glasgow? It’s such a well-used backdrop for the genre, surely you could write about somewhere else? Of course I could but I’m a Glas...
A Well Pressed ShroudEvery other Tuesday we feature a publication from leading independent publisher Endeavour Press. A Well Pressed Shroud, Nicholas Rhea (Download for free today 28.07.15) Tell me more! Hardworking Detec...
I’ve been reading crime fiction since I was a child. When I give talks at libraries I like to mention the authors that have influenced me as a writer. I always start off with Carolyn Keene’s Nancy Dre...
My debut novel In Bitter Chill deals with the kidnapping of two young girls in the 1970s. It’s a distressing subject but I never considered the topic to be off-limits partly because it’s based on a ne...
What’s so attractive about a cold landscape? There are numerous great writers who set their crime novels in the Mediterranean heat (Andrea Camilleri, Petros Markaris) or the humidity of the American d...
Sarah Ward – When Two Is Better Than One: Dual TimelinesCrime fiction readers demand more sophisticated novels than the ones I read as a teenager. While the golden age mysteries that I devoured had complex plots full of twists and turns, the action was usu...
February 1947 was the coldest on record. Snow fell somewhere in the UK every day from January 22nd until mid March.There were fifteen foot snow drifts. Supplies had to be airlifted to villages and hou...
‘How’s the novel going?’ asked my husband. ‘Hard going,’ I said. ‘Why?’ ‘You know how when you’re writing something scholarly you have to decide what to...
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