The Divide is out now!
One dead girlfriend. One missing girlfriend. Who will believe he is innocent? My short story,...
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‘The Beautiful Game’ – Filled with dread
Sanjida Kay on 'The Perfect Crime' 'The Perfect Crime', a collection of crime fiction...
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The Writer as an Outsider
'As writers, we are all anthropologists, observing the natives and commenting on their customs. As...
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Rejection – Or How to Fail Better at Writing
'I tried to remind myself of the rejections other authors had faced. JK Rowling was...
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What no one tells you about getting published…
(A love story in twenty-five parts) SONY DSC When the Royal Literary Fund asked me...
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My desert island book
I’d want to read it on a desert island because it would remind me of...
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The Perfect Crime is out now!
22 bestselling crime writers. 22 deadly destinations. One deliciously sinister collection 🔪 I'm delighted that...
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One Year Later – How Somerset inspired my thriller
'The Pines is a rambling farmhouse that our parents, David and Eleanor, converted years ago,...
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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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