My copies of the Rainforest Writing Retreat’s Mystery and Murder Anthology arrived today. It’s exciting that three members of our writing group are all featured – myself, my sister-in-law Chris Childs and another friend Tania Cossich.
My story ‘Problem Solver’ is about a woman with an interesting approach to workplace harassment. This is not one I suggest you try – I write fiction after all!
For a great winter read, jump on to Amazon and pick up a copy.
I love to travel. I love to write. Why is it then I seem unable to marry them up – to whip up a travel blog while on holiday? Is it that I am incapable of sitting still while there are places to be and new people to meet? Or that when exhaustion sets in, I inevitably find myself immersed in a wonderful novel set in whichever country I’m visiting; reading about the locale rather than writing about it.
My sister-in-law, Christine Childs , however is one of those people who has managed to master the art of the travel blog. Feel free to read about her latest trip to Iceland, Norway and the UK.
Set in Christchurch NZ, Cemetery Lake begins in a graveyard where Theodore Tate (ex cop now a PI) is overseeing an exhumation. Doubts are raised about the identity of the body in the coffin and as more bodies start to float to the surface of the lake Theo finds himself unable to walk away. As he delves into the case, against the advice of his ex police colleagues, he uncovers a web of lies and deceit. As Theo’s not so pristine past and the present case start to merge, even Theo realises that he may be in too deep but his sense of justice will not let him stop.
Cemetery Lake is a crime thriller with a great flawed character, lots of clever twists and turns, and a pace that keeps you reading.