What Crime Dramas Get Wrong About Police Investigations

What Crime Dramas Get Wrong About Police Investigations I love crime dramas. I also spend a lot of my life shouting at the television whilst watching them. Whether it’s Line of Duty, Happy Valley or Broadchurch, crime dramas have given us some fantastic storytelling over the years. As a crime writer, former child protection social […]

The Moment I Realised I Wanted to Write a Book…

The Moment I Realised I Wanted to Write a Book… I’d love to say there was one particular moment when I realised I wanted to write a book. The truth is, it wasn’t a moment – it was an accumulation. By the time I sat down to write Care & Control, I’d been a police […]

Creating My Detective Louis Mortimer

Creating my detective Louis Mortimer Detectives aren’t made, they’re grown. That was the starting point for creating my detective Louis Mortimer, the protagonist in my crime fiction series (Care & Control and The Voodoo Room). Louis has occupied space in my head for the last decade, a bundle of energy and feelings, sometimes male, sometimes […]

‘The Voodoo Room’ Front Cover Reveal

The Voodoo Room’s front cover is revealed! It’s a milestone that I’ve approached with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Whether we like it or not, people do often judge a book by its cover! I want to tell you about the cover because it’s something I’m really proud of. You’d be forgiven for thinking […]