Thrilled to hear that TABULA RASA is included on Nancy Pearl's list of reads for 2015! You can see the full list of recommendations here. Also, warm congratulations to Mick Herron, another British crime writer who's doubly honoured by having TWO of his books on the list - a real achievement! All this is rather … Continue reading An honour!
The best of 2014…
I'm delighted and honoured to find that Tabula Rasa has snuck into the Best Books of 2014 list on Declan Burke's "Crime Always Pays" blog. It's alongside several books that I've been meaning to read, and some that I didn't know I wanted to read, but now do. Clearly there's going to be a lot … Continue reading The best of 2014…
Blog tour: My writing process
Thanks to Judi Moore, multi-talented author of “Is death really necessary?” for inviting me to join the blog tour that hunts out the answers to four questions. Mercifully, "Is death really necessary?" isn't one of them. Judi’s answers can be found here. Mine are below. I'm charged with handing on the baton, and have contacted … Continue reading Blog tour: My writing process
A sad loss
We woke this morning to the news that James Gandolfini had died. It felt like losing an old friend of the family. We came late to The Sopranos in our house. We missed the start of the first episode and it was a while before we realised that behind the violence and the overweight men … Continue reading A sad loss
Murder in the Library
I've been saving this one for now because it wouldn't do to post two exhibitions at once, even though we did rush from one to the other on the same day. The British Library isn't far from the British Museum, so we hurried up there to have a look at their Murder in the Library … Continue reading Murder in the Library
One for the Brits, one for everyone…
Two good things to pass on today. Good news for those of us in the UK - Jane Finnis's first Aurelia Marcella novel finally launches here next month. It's been available as an import from the US for some time, but it's finally got its very own British edition with a new title (Shadows in … Continue reading One for the Brits, one for everyone…
Postmortem on Bodies
No report on the very enjoyable Bodies in the Bookshop day here, because it's over at the Mystery People website, complete with photos. Incidentally, what an august venue the Cambridge Union is! And how glad and guilty I felt to be there, while only fifty miles away, tougher members of the Historical Writers' Association were … Continue reading Postmortem on Bodies
Reshuffling the Bodies
A few changes to the programme for Bodies in the Bookshop, so here's the official email, hot off the internet this morning - Bodies in the Bookshop 2012 Saturday 14th July from 10am The Cambridge Union Society, 9A Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UB (link to: http://www.cus.org/about/where-find-us) Join us in the Cambridge Union for our biggest … Continue reading Reshuffling the Bodies
Bodies – Beyond The Bookshop
They've already demonstrated how a huge number of crime readers and writers can cram themselves into one shop on a summer evening. Now the organisers of the annual 'Bodies in the Bookshop' extravangza have decided it's time for a new challenge. On Saturday 14 July they'll be showing us all how to move a whole … Continue reading Bodies – Beyond The Bookshop
Greenbelt, and the strange passing of time
I've been trying to think of something clever and entertaining to say about the Greenbelt Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, but it was just... too big. Too exhuberant. Too thought-provoking, and too gloriously diverse to pull together in a few words. (Which is a poor show for someone who calls herself a writer, I know.) At … Continue reading Greenbelt, and the strange passing of time
Ruth Downie 