Well, this blog brings us to the fourth and final weekly update regarding the books that I have published thus far. Lightning Bolt is the third in the current DI Jo Christie series and it was good to get back to these characters after a few years away working on other stories and a coupleContinue reading “Book Blog 4 of 4 – Lightning Bolt”
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Book Blog 3 of 4 – Five Against One
Following the release of ‘Christie’s Early Cases’ (see previous blog), I now had my main characters written and developing nicely to attempt a full novel. Most of the feedback I had received from the first book was very positive, but as often the case with short stories, the readers wanted more (e.g. a novel). IContinue reading “Book Blog 3 of 4 – Five Against One”
Book Blog 2 of 4 – Christie’s Early Cases
It was around 2014 when the idea for DI Joanne Christie started to develop. I had been writing some short stories with the character DI James Slim, set in Glasgow, but I was worried that he would end up being a ‘Glasgow Rebus’ type character, even if they are very different. I knew that IContinue reading “Book Blog 2 of 4 – Christie’s Early Cases”
Book Blog 1 of 4 – Alive
So, the plan is to write four blogs in February to tell you a bit about the creation of the four novels that I have written thus far. I have written about some of this before, but I’ll try and add some new interesting titbits if I can along the way. We start at theContinue reading “Book Blog 1 of 4 – Alive”
Book of the Year – A quick blog
Having just completed reading my 20th book of the year, now comes the time to pick my book of the year. I know that I’m about 200 books short of being a proper Book Blogger or be in a position to become a BookTuber, I have many other commitments, a full time job and IContinue reading “Book of the Year – A quick blog”
Desert Island Poirot
One of my most listened to podcasts of 2023 is the excellent ‘The Labours of Hercule’ where Frankie and Adam discuss the episodes of the Agatha Christie’s Poirot series starring David Suchet. Although there is a long way still to go before they complete the whole series, it has certainly inspired my latest ‘Desert Island’Continue reading “Desert Island Poirot”
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