The inspirations behind Dead Language and Other Stories. Part 1  This 3-part blog is inspired by the talk I gave at the launch party for my new book Dead Language and Other Stories, one stormy night in St Leonards on Sea in November. As the waves crashed onto the shingle only yards from the jazzy venue, I condensed three years’…

To celebrate the launch of the website, Shedunnit has partnered up with the fabulous The Vintage Woman magazine for their forthcoming Issue 5 a cover star competition. You can out find out all about it here:

What is it about 1940s crime noir that is so irresistible and enduring? My love affair with the genre started in my early teens, watching movies like The Big Sleep, The Blue Dahlia, and The Third Man. I found them compelling; the high stakes, the larger than life characters and murky worlds in black, white and shades of grey. Not…