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Hi, I’m Vanessa and welcome to my site.
In 2015, I won Bloody Scotland’s Pitch Perfect event and my first novel, Death Will Find Me, was published in February, 2019. The second Tessa Kilpatrick book will be out early next year and in the meantime, I’ll soon be launching a series of art crime thrillers.
You can find out more about me and what I’m up to by following the links at the top, and there are contact details below if you want to ask me any questions or invite me to talk at your bookshop, library or festival.
Category Archives: Books
Shelf Notes: The Late Scholar by Jill Paton Walsh (based on the characters of Dorothy L Sayers*
After the successes of her previous additions to the Sayers canon, Jill Paton Walsh has revisited Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane in the 1950s. Now Duke of Denver, Peter has also inherited the post of Visitor at St Severin’s colleges … Continue reading
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Tagged crime fiction, Dorothy L Sayers, Golden Age detective fiction, Jill Paton Walsh, review, Shelf Notes
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I was this kid…
I remember summer evenings where I’d still manage to read even after I’d been told to turn out my light. Probably why I wear glasses – or at least that’s what I tell my son….
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50 Shades and Me
With the release of the screen adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey, I’ve been thinking about our decision not to stock the trilogy despite its breath-taking sales back when The Husband and I owned The Edinburgh Bookshop and the various … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, bad writing, independent bookselling, principles
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Are you a book-finisher?
The Husband always finishes a book once he’s started it. He moans and criticises sometimes but always sees it through to the bitter end and then chucks it aside with a ‘well that wasn’t worth the effort’. I, on the … Continue reading
