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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: crime
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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Kerry Wilkinson, author of the Jessica Daniel crime novels – interview and book giveaway
Although I read a fair amount of crime novels, the Jessica Daniel series by Kerry Wilkinson had rather passed me by until Kerry’s publicist sent me a copy of Scarred For Life, the latest title in the series. I really … Continue reading
Twelve Books of Christmas – Simon & Schuster crime fiction
Some of the best crime fiction around is published by Simon & Schuster and they’ve very generously sent me quite a bundle. Firstly, there are three proofs of forthcoming titles: Orient by Christopher Bollen (April 2015), The Mountain Story by … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Bollen, crime, fiction, Lori Larsens, Sascha Arango, Simon & Schuster, Tom Rob Smith
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Shelf Notes: The Long Fall by Julia Crouch*
The Long Fall is the fourth novel by Julia Crouch and I must read more. I have a feeling that there’s a copy of Cuckoo kicking around somewhere… *waves hand vaguely in direction of double-stacked and disorganised wall of books … Continue reading
