When I set out to write my latest thriller A WOMAN ALONE, I found myself facing a unique challenge. I was absolutely stoked about the premise: a futuristic SmartHome that may or may not have killed its previous inhabitants. But it also meant that I had to incorporate the elements of sci-fi into my psychological suspense
I came across a video a while back about service dogs, I think it might have been a fundraising appeal, and because I’m of the opinion that dogs are the most amazing, intelligent and emotionally evolved creatures on this planet, of course I stopped to watch. ...
I like to think of myself as a happy person, and the vast majority of people I know would hopefully agree. I laugh a lot, admittedly at silly things because I have what my husband long-identified as a “quirky” sense of humour, and I have a stack of favourite jokes....
Since my childhood I had someone who constantly whispering in my ear, saying that what I was doing was not worth a bit. Everyone hears a similar voice in their worst moments, but in my case the voice was perennial. In my golden years, that voice made me jump like a...
Trying to write an original serial killer story is a nightmare. Thomas Harris’s novels of the eighties are a touchstone for this thriller sub-genre, and hundreds of authors have attempted to replicate his gothic formula of gruesome murders by deviant,...
Perhaps this column should really be called BEHIND THE BOOKS, as Many Rivers to Cross is the second in a proposed trilogy. Publishers are wary of promoting trilogies until they are finished for two reasons: first, the author might never finish the third book, and...
