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Mord am Hellweg

Mord am Hellweg

I’ve been busy finishing The Scent of Death, the new David Hunter novel, this year, and to be honest haven’t been getting out much. So, in November it was a treat to make a flying visit to Kamen in the Ruhr region of Germany, to give a reading as part of Mord am...
Books That Sank Their Hook

Books That Sank Their Hook

Picking your favourite books is hard. We all change over time, and so do our tastes. I used to be a huge fan of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five, but outgrew those along with shorts and sandals. So, instead I’ve settled for compiling a list of books and authors – not all of...
Proofs

Proofs

Well, that’s it. The final comma’s been checked, the last i’s been dotted and t’s been crossed – metaphorically speaking, of course. This week I finished my read-through and revisions of The Scent of Death’s page proofs, and sent them back off to my publisher. Exactly...
Forensic Crime Writing

Forensic Crime Writing

Before I visited Tennessee’s renowned Body Farm in 2002, I’d never really given forensics much thought. I was making my living working as a freelance journalist, and although I’d already written several novels they were all psychological thrillers. So when I got off...