by Marnie Riches | Nov 1, 2022 | Features
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,...
by Liz Lawler | Oct 31, 2022 | Features
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...
by Halley Sutton | Nov 27, 2020 | Features, Five Things
When I was writing my feminist noir debut novel, The Lady Upstairs, I turned to other noir novels (and films!) for inspiration on crafting a character that I wanted to be both a throwback to the genre I love and also, her own creation. In The Lady Upstairs, my main...
by Sara Foster | Nov 13, 2020 | Behind the Book, Features
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...
by Peter Hogenkamp | Nov 6, 2020 | Behind the Book, Features
“What am I supposed to do in the meantime?” Dr. McGrath rubbed his long chin, pondering this question. He had just had the misfortune of telling me I wouldn’t be realizing my dream of becoming a doctor—not yet, anyway—advising me to take some time off from my studies...