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The Glass Bead Game
My favourite book in translation is ‘The Glass Bead Game’ by Herman Hesse. The Royal...
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Sleeping Beauty – How Somerset inspired my thriller, One Year Later
'The Pines is a rambling farmhouse that our parents, David and Eleanor, converted years ago,...
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Sugar Island is available to pre-order
I’m delighted to announce that one of my novels is going to be republished! ‘Sugar...
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The Stolen Child: A dark fairy tale
‘They stole you from me. They took you away for seven years. Your entire lifetime…Make...
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day! I had hoped to spend today being spoilt with prosecco and cake...
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Wuthering Heights – the novel that has influenced me the most
When I was a teenager, I steadfastly refused to believe that so-called ‘classical literature’ could...
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My Mother’s Secret – Location
There’s a thin band of cream silhouetting the cranes that hover over the half-built office...
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Life-changing literature
I have dreamt in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and...
Interview with Historical Fiction Reader
...one of the scenes I lost, which I pine for, is where Joseph is in...
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Marketing and Me
'I don't much like it. Marketing is about selling & writers, as we know, are...
Red Hot Chilli Writers Podcast
I had a wonderful chat with two of my favourite crime fiction writers, Vaseem Khan...
The best writing advice I ever received
Receiving criticism about your writing can be excruciating. It sometimes feels like a personal attack...
The Priest and the Lily – the inspiration for my novel about men and flowers
Many of our most common and beautiful garden plants have come from far-flung locations throughout...
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How to create the perfect villain!
https://youtu.be/SmP_Svt1Elo Today I ran a lesson about villains for homeschool with my nine-year-old daughter. She...
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One Year Later – Bethany
I recently saw a set of three mugs in one of my favourite shops. They...
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Labyrinth – the setting
Setting is so important to me. It's almost like another character, setting the tone and...
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Labyrinth – new thriller!
My exciting news is that I'm working on a new book. Provisionally called Labyrinth, it's...
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One Year Later – Italy
I’ve always loved Italy, so when I needed a seemingly idyllic holiday for my family...
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One Year Later – Dante
I did not die and yet I lost life’s breath… I always like to have...
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One Year Later on Bristol TV
Bristol TV has just put out a short film about my latest psychological...
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One Year Later – Book Club Questions
Is anyone in a Book Club? I must admit, I don't really have...
One Year Later – Nick Flowers
Here's an extract from One Year Later, told from Nick Flowers' perspective, the day his...
One Year Later – The Prologue
Here's the prologue to One Year Later. Let me know what you think! If...
One Year Later – Behind the Scenes
The inspiration behind One Year Later... https://youtu.be/hIazMxexyM8
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One Year Later – Behind the scenes: The Cottage
When we bought a large plot of land and a house that we were planning...
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One Year Later – Behind the Scenes: Somerset
I wrote my psychological thriller, One Year Later, in Bristol, but at the time we...
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