iStory
I’ve just submitted an iStory called The Swing to Narrative magazine. The challenge is to write a complete story which can be read on a phone. The limit is 150 words – an interesting challenge. I find that one of the most enjoyable tasks is editing my work – keeping meaning and sense yet conveying…
The Luxury of Murder
The Luxury of Murder is the second book in the Kitty Lockwood story and is out now on Rudham Books, (ISBN 9780993400308). I’d like to thank Rod and Fiona Veitch Smith for their generous support and hard work in publishing my first book, Cars Just Want to be Rust, on Crafty Publishing. My second book…
The Luxury of Murder
The wife of a nightclub owner is attacked by her pool. Kitty Lockwood becomes certain the wrong man is in custody. How far is she prepared to risk her own life to find the real culprit?
The Luxury of Murder
After a long period of writing and editing, the new Kitty Lockwood book, The Luxury of Murder, is published by Rudham Books. It’s available through Amazon or through the publisher – RUDHAMBOOKS@GMAIL.COM If you’re ordering online and need the ISBN it’s ISBN 9780993400308 The Luxury of Murder costs £7.99 in the UK plus £3…
Current Projects
At the moment I’m moving between four or five projects every day, which is the way I like to work. I’m writing a sequel to Cars Just Want to be Rust. The current title of that is The Luxury of Murder, though I’m also toying with The Dark Triad. I’m working on two film scripts.…
Cars Just Want to be Rust
I’m very chuffed to hear that Cars Just Want to be Rust has been included on the syllabus of a Language School in Buenos Aires. I can’t say that as I was writing the book I ever imagined that might happen.
Motivation, not murder.
In my crime writing, the aspect which fascinates me is the motivation, rather than the murder. The violence itself is dreary : any description of it is banal. People commit horrible crimes. We know this. They do terrible things to each other. I worked in a prison for eight years – I know the kind…
