It may not come as a surprise that I watch a fair amount of crime drama on television and love nothing more than having a good binge of the latest series of a great show. I tend to watch mostly home based shows as US ones tend to overstay their welcome and often have aContinue reading “Apr 2025 – My Top 5 Crime Dramas (This Year, So Far…)”
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Mar 2025 – Books of My Years
For my latest blog, I decided to take some inspiration from a radio show/podcast called ‘Tracks of My Years’ and take a bookish spin on it. The below list is not of my favourite books of all time (although some may fit into that category), but more the books that shaped me throughout my lifeContinue reading “Mar 2025 – Books of My Years”
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 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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