Often in a novel, alongside the protagonist, antagonist and a host of other characters, there will be an additional presence. I’m talking about the location. Sinclair Macleod’s series that started with The Reluctant Detective is based in Glasgow and that’s also the setting for Paul Vincent Lee’s debut novel, Defending Joe. I caught up with him …
Tag: thriller
The Geneva Connection by Martin Bodenham
Today I’m joined (virtually – use your imagination) by another Musa author, Martin Bodenham. He has kindly consented for me to put him under the spotlight and fire questions at him from across the desk. Let us begin… What is your book, The Geneva Connection, about? It is a financial crime thriller, set in the …
The Silent Hills has arrived!
The Silent Hills (ISBN: 978-1-61937-015-9) is out today, brought to you by Musa Publishing. It’s a short fiction ebook about a man who finally finds a reason to stop running from his past, himself and the truth. A story of responsibilities and consequences, The Silent Hills finds Peter Marlow ensnared in someone else’s drama, where …
Reader, I parried them!
Rejection, as every published author tells us, is part and parcel of the process from the first draft to that magical copy on the book shelf. While rejections can be galling, confounding and sometimes amusing, what matters most is whether there is anything we can learn from them to improve our work or our approach.Often, …