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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.
Tag Archives: Agatha Christie
Shelf notes – A is for Arsenic, the poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup
It is often said that poison is a woman’s weapon: a claim made from Sherlock Holmes to Game of Thrones. That may or may not be true – accurate data is hard to come by, especially when looking at historical … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Christie, crime, Golden Age detective fiction, Kathryn Harkup, non-fiction, poison
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Recent links I’ve loved…
Anyone with even half an eye on the media can’t have missed that it was the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s birth recently. This piece from the Irish Times which asked crime writers such as Sophie Hannah, Val McDermid, Linwood … Continue reading
Recent Links I’ve Loved
It’s time for a round-up of things that have caught my eye recently – an eclectic collection. Commercial women’s fiction, the much-derided chick-lit, is unfairly sneered at. As Lizzy Kremer, an agent with David Higham Associates, points out in this … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Christie, architecture, crime fiction, fiction, Kate Mosse, politics, Scotland, writing
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Sunday Words…
Words of wisdom from Agatha Christie…
