Someone Else's Skin - new review

Excuse the silly photo of myself aged eight; I thought it was time for a change from the cover of the book. It's such a relief and a pleasure when a reader grasps exactly what you're trying to achieve as a storyteller. I'm delighted with this new review, thanks, Mrs K!

While, as readers, we are trying to discover the truth, what is underneath the skin of the characters, I feel the same could perhaps be said of the book as a whole. We gradually peel away layers, finding surprises, twists and turns, and the truth underneath.

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Someone Else's Skin : What's My First Draft Like?

Here's an interview I did for Rebecca Bradley's crime blog. The eagle-eyed among you can spot clues to Marnie Rome book two in my notes... This is one of several interviews where I'm asked about my rituals or superstitions when writing. I don't have any, but am starting to think I should acquire some, to give less boring answers. Suggestions on a postcard please (or in the comments box below).


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Someone Else's Skin - the quotes poster

Crime writers are the best. Never let anyone tell you otherwise. This made me tearful today. So many writers I love and admire on here. Thank you!

And here's an interview I did recently about Marnie Rome and the planned series.


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Bristol Post interview

Chuffed to open today's Bristol Post expecting to have to search for a tiny snippet resulting from a phone interview earlier in the week (about how I love writing in cafes), only to find most of page 8 taken up with an article about Marnie Rome and my Adventures So Far in getting published. You can read it online here. The reporter took some years off my age, in case you were thinking that all that coffee has aged me terribly.

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Flashbang 2014

Three years ago, I came up with the idea of a crime flash fiction contest to see whether anyone could pull off a great crime story in just 150 words. They could, and they did.

Our first ever winner was Iain Rowan, who wrote what is still one of my favourite pieces of flash fiction, the stupendous Search History. Then we did it all over again, and more gems emerged, like this by Debra Ramsdale.

Now it's time to knock our socks off for 2014. The prizes include a pair of weekend passes to Crimefest and other festival goodies. I'm still stupidly pleased with the strapline I dreamt up, during a fit of insomnia: "Bang, Bang. You're Read."

Get flashing!

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My new Facebook Author Page

With thanks to my lovely team at Headline, who did something very clever with the cover of Someone Else's Skin so that Marnie Rome's feet are walking on the other side of the page, so to speak. Did I mention how much I love Marnie Rome's feet on my cover? They're exactly right.

Now the FB page just needs lots of "likes" please. Click here? Thank you!

Ninety-nine days to go until publication. And there are still 15 days left to enter the Goodreads Giveaway and win one of fifteen proof copies. There's a link to the right for anyone who wants to enter, or click here. The deadline is 5 December.

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Someone Else's Skin - Goodreads Giveaway

My lovely UK publishers, Headline, are giving away 15 proof copies of Someone Else's Skin to readers in the UK.

There's a link to the right for anyone who wants to enter, or click here.

The deadline is 5 December.

Good luck!

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