What do scampi and chips, black coffee and a good pair of jeans have in common?

They’re just a few of author Rachel Amphlett’s favourite things.

Amphlett, whose new thriller Hell to Pay, the latest in the Detective Kay Hunter series, will be published on November 16, explains here why she loves a good cup of coffee and always makes a beeline for her favourite seafood dinner when she visits the UK.  Continue reading →

Author Carmen Radkte joins us today on the last stop of the blog tour for her new mystery novel The Case of the Missing Bride.

German-born Carmen claims to have spent most of her life with ink on her fingers and a dangerously high pile of books and newspapers by her side.  Continue reading →

Meet award-winning, multi-talented comedian Rosie Wilby, whose credits include BBC Radio 4, The Guardian and Glastonbury.

Born in Liverpool, but now living in Brixton, South London, she was a finalist at Funny Women 2006 and the following year was named the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year.

She’s been touring award-winning solo shows and steadily building a word-of-mouth army of fans ever since.  Continue reading →

Meet Sheryl Browne, whose psychological thrillers After She’s Gone and Sins of the Father, books one and two in the DI Matthew Adams series, are out now.

Find out about the holiday that never was, why there’s room on her sofa for George Clooney and why he can expect to be tempted with cupcakes.

My name: Sheryl Browne.

My family: consists of my son, partner and a selection of odd dogs (I foster disabled dogs and invariably end up keeping most of them).

I was born in… Birmingham, UK, but moved around Continue reading →

Meet  James L. Weaver, whose new novel Ares Road (published by Lakewater Press), follows the adventures of former mob enforcer Jake Caldwell.

Jake made his debut in Poor Boy Road, one of the best crime thrillers of 2016, which was named as a finalist in the IAN thriller of the Year competition.

Find out fun facts about Kansas City, why James believes in equal opportunities for potatoes and why he fears revealing his guilty secret will lead to a retraction of his Man Card.

My name: James L. Weaver. I was named after my dad’s best friend from his hometown who was killed in Vietnam.

This spring I took a business trip to DC and found him on the Vietnam Memorial wall.

My family: My immediately family consists of my wife of almost 20 years and my two
teenage kids, one of whom is scoping out colleges and making me feel really old.

Oh, and I can’t forget Dixon, our 8-month old festively plump beagle. Continue reading →

Meet Maura Jortner, whose first novel The Life Group is published by Lakewater Press.

New Hampshire-born Maura, who has a PhD in Theatre History, explains why she loves winters in Texas and eating breakfast.

And she finally owns up to denting the in-laws’ car… Continue reading →

Meet Kate Blackadder, whose debut novel Stella’s Christmas Wish is published by Black and White Publishing.

Kate, membership secretary of Edinburgh Writers’ Club, lifts the lid on a secret dream and why she got into Very Big Trouble when she decided to walk home from school alone.

My name:  Kate Blackadder – after thirty years of marriage I’m well used to getting comments on my surname! (No, my husband’s first name isn’t Edmund.)

My family: The aforementioned husband and I have a son, a daughter and a daughter-in-law.

I have a sister and a brother and a huge extended family with loads of first cousins and now their children and grandchildren.

I was born in… Inverness but my family moved around a bit. After Inverness shire we lived in Morayshire, Nairnshire, two locations in Sutherland, and the Isle of Arran.

When I left home I lived in Glasgow (two addresses), Edinburgh (two addresses) and London (five addresses). Phew. Continue reading →

Meet Kristen Bailey, mother-of-four, gin-drinker, binge-watcher, receipt hoarder, hapless dog owner, enthusiastic but terrible cook.

Kristen lives in Fleet, Hampshire, in a house overrun by Lego and odd socks.

Her debut novel, Souper Mum, was released by Accent Press in June and its sequel, Second Helpings, is released on 17th November.

My name: Kristen Bailey – hi!  Nice to meet you…

My family: I’m married to Nick and have four kids all ranging in age from two-ten years.

I never mention them by name but in my own blog, they are all named after characters from Game of Thrones: Jon Snow, Arya, The Hound and Daenerys. Continue reading →