Sunday
Apr072013

Craft-y Crime

Guest blog reprinted from SweaterCursed

Mysteries centred around specific crafts have a large and devoted following. I’m not a craft-y person myself (being left-handed is my excuse), but in researching Unholy Rites(TouchWood, March 2013), my husband and co-author Chris Bullock and I found ourselves deep in the mysteries of a craft called well dressing.

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Sunday
Apr072013

Water-Witching for Unholy Rites

Guest blog reprinted from Mystery Maven Canada

The idea of setting a book in England came years ago, when my husband Chris Bullock and I were at the Buxton Gilbert and Sullivan Festival to promote our first joint novel, A Deadly Little List. Chris is a man of many interests, however, and wasn’t ready to start a second novel right away. So I wrote Sitting Lady Sutra on my own, solving the problem of what to do with Chris’s main character by sending ex-patriate Arthur back to England to care for his ailing mother.

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Friday
Dec072012

Friday
Dec072012

The Next Big Thing: Unholy Rites

Welcome to The Next Big Thing blog series, where you'll find out about works-in-progress and the latest offerings from Canadian crime novelists.

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Monday
Apr162012

Arthur Ellis Awards Time!

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Arthur Ellis Awards, Canada's first and foremost prizes for the year's best in crime writing.

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