To begin at the beginning… Alison Layland praises the Prologue, with extracts from her novels. Crime Cymru In this series, we invite our Crime Cymru authors to showcase an excerpt from their books. This week, Alison Layland writes in praise of the prologue in crime fiction, with illustrations from her novels, Someone Else’s Conflict and Riverflow.Continue reading “BOOKCASE with Alison Layland”
Author Archives: thornemoore
JUDITH BARROW: The Heart Stone
I was fortunate, recently, to be able to interview Judith Barrow on Zoom and thanks to Showboat TV‘s assistance, we recorded it. In case you missed it, here is the transcript. ThorneI am chatting with my friend and fellow author Judith Barrow, who has published five books so far: the Howarth family trilogy with theContinue reading “JUDITH BARROW: The Heart Stone”
BOOKCASE – Falling Creatures by Katherine Stansfield
Crime Cymru In this series, we invite our Crime Cymru authors to showcase an excerpt from one of their books. This week, Katherine Stansfield offers a fascinating insight into beginnings and ends and their roles and the powerful relationship that exists between them. The first page: an end in the beginning The first and lastContinue reading “BOOKCASE – Falling Creatures by Katherine Stansfield”
Murder?
I’ve spent the last twenty years involved in murder. Writing about it, that is. Writing novels in which murders happen and lives unravel, never to be the same again. Murder is always an excellent subject for drama, whether it immerses the reader in the intricacies of detection or in the psychological impact. Murder sits likeContinue reading “Murder?”
BOOKCASE – Fatal by Sally Spedding
Another extract from a Crime Cymru writer: chilling Sally Spedding Crime Cymru In this series, we invite our Crime Cymru authors to showcase an excerpt from one of their books. This week, Sally Spedding gives us a taste of the thrilling opening to the fourth book in her Delphine Rougier series, set in France’s AriègeContinue reading “BOOKCASE – Fatal by Sally Spedding”
Quote Unquote
When I included a quotation from the Bible at the start of A Time For Silence, I wrote it without attributing it. I was told I really needed to, so “Ecclesiastes” was added. I suppose I could have attributed it to Pete Seeger instead, but the Bible seemed more appropriate. I was really thinking ofContinue reading “Quote Unquote”
BOOKCASE – Hide by S J Morgan
Another extract from a Crime Cymru author. This one is from HIDE by S J Morgan. Swansea and the Australian Outback – can there be a bigger contrast? Crime Cymru In this series, we invite our Crime Cymru authors to showcase an excerpt from one of their books. This week, S J Morgan paints aContinue reading “BOOKCASE – Hide by S J Morgan”
BOOKCASE – The Venetian Legacy by Philip Gwynne Jones
Crime Cymru In this series, we invite our Crime Cymru authors to showcase an excerpt from one of their books. This week, Philip Gwynne Jones tempts us with the M word while setting the scene perfectly for the fifth book in the hugely atmospheric Venice-set Nathan Sutherland series. Well somehow we’ve reached book 5! Nathan SutherlandContinue reading “BOOKCASE – The Venetian Legacy by Philip Gwynne Jones”
Welsh Murder Book. Thorne Moore
delighted to be a guest on Jenny O’Brien’s blog today.
Lit Fest On-line! And it’s free
Today, Saturday 16th January, Showboat TV is hosting a live-streaming on-line Literary Festival. There will be interviews with a host of authors, and you can watch for free by linking here:http://www.showboat.tv/2021/live.html The short sessions start at 10:30, with Judith Barrow interviewing Angela Johnson, Greg Howes, Alex Craigie, Colin R Parsons (Jake Ridge), Jan Baynham andContinue reading “Lit Fest On-line! And it’s free”
Thorne Moore 