Following on from yesterday’s post about my Top 5 fave crime fiction picks with male leads, here’s mine with FEMALE leads. Enjoy! 1) The Mistake I Made by Paula Daly. A single mother is offered a way out of debt by a handsome and well off older man in this story, but it’s DS Joanne…
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BEST OF 3: Mental Health Matters
Talking about mental health matters is so important in challenging stigma – so it’s no accident these issues are finding their way into fiction. Here are three novels I’ve enjoyed that deal overtly with mental health issues such as agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and self harm through cutting. Make sure you check them out and don’t…
Continue ReadingCRIMINALLY GOOD: Interview with Rosie Claverton, author and screenwriter
So, who are you & what have you written? I’m Rosie Claverton – screenwriter, novelist and junior psychiatrist. You might’ve caught me on Twitter banging on about mental health in fiction. I am the author of The Amy Lane Mysteries and my latest novel is Captcha Thief. Why do you write crime fiction? Because I…
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