I was recently invited to do a workshop on psychological thrillers. Which got me thinking about some of the main elements of the genre: close personal relationships, the betrayal of trust, emotional intensity, lies, unreliable narrators, deceptive memories, the "twist"... I could do a long list. But the one that jumped out the most was "lies".
I am delighted to announce the title of my next book: Magpie.
After doing up a room in our house, I now have a library! Well, the kids call it a media room, to me it's the library. It's got the essentials, a quiet off-corridor location, a big, squishy sofa and reams of shelves. This triggered the reorganisation of our books. Turns out we have about 1,200! Hubby said 'have a sort...
2018 has been quite a year! It saw me securing my first ever publishing deal and the book launch of Cuckoo. The book was selected as a Fern Britton pick and within three weeks of its launch had nudged into the top 100 Kindle chart, hit the Bookseller Heatseekers chart and was on the shelves in Tesco, ...
It's the day of the launch party. Tomorrow Cuckoo flies the nest and is officially on sale.
Cuckoo is about to spread her wings! It's been almost exactly two years since I started writing the book, and now Cuckoo launches in barely two weeks. It's officially on sale from Thurs 29th November and can be pre-ordered from various places, including Waterstones and Amazon.
To celebrate, on Wed 28th November there will be a book launch party...
So excited to reveal the cover for Cuckoo!
An article on memory and concentration caught my attention this morning. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/13/tips-on-how-to-improve-concentration-focus.
What are your favourite books? It's a question that immediately touches on who you are. Like your taste in food (homegrown) and music (contemporary folk), or the way you wear your hair (a 'don't know what to do with it' messy). It's a question my middle son asked me the other day. At...
The date's been set. The story is ready to be told... Can you keep a secret?