Behind the Book: The Silent Dead

Behind the Book: The Silent Dead

For a long while now, I’ve been toying with several ideas for stories. The first was about femicide – how many murders of women have gone unreported and/or unprosecuted over the years? Around the time that I was reading Caroline Criado Perez’s brilliant book,...
Behind The Book: The Nurse’s Secret by Liz Lawler

Behind The Book: The Nurse’s Secret by Liz Lawler

Without a story to write I’m in limbo. But I have to wait a while before starting a new one else I’d never be long enough in my real life and that would be selfish to others. The Nurse’s Secret is now out of my hands and will soon be book five. It still doesn’t feel...
Behind the Book: The Hidden Hours

Behind the Book: The Hidden Hours

In many ways my novel The Hidden Hours is a classic mystery suspense: a woman’s body is found in the River Thames after the office Christmas party, and the last person to see her can’t remember a thing.  However, at the heart of the book is the exploration of a...