Today I'm delighted to welcome
SARAH WARD
to share her BEST OF CRIME ...
... AUTHORS
Is John Le Carre crime? Possibly not but spy fiction has often been discussed alongside other crime genres and Le Carre is just one of the best writers around. It was difficult for me to read his biography by Adam Sissman because I didn’t want the mystique taken away from his novels. I’ve reread the George Smiley books so often over the years and the pleasure hasn’t dimmed.
Is John Le Carre crime? Possibly not but spy fiction has often been discussed alongside other crime genres and Le Carre is just one of the best writers around. It was difficult for me to read his biography by Adam Sissman because I didn’t want the mystique taken away from his novels. I’ve reread the George Smiley books so often over the years and the pleasure hasn’t dimmed.
... FILMS/MOVIES
I’m not a huge movie watcher but I love The Day of the Jackal. Michael Lonsdale is one my favourite actors and I love the absurdity of Edward Fox disguising his gun as a crutch.
I’m not a huge movie watcher but I love The Day of the Jackal. Michael Lonsdale is one my favourite actors and I love the absurdity of Edward Fox disguising his gun as a crutch.
... TV DRAMAS
I’m so tempted to say Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but I’ll mention Death of A Pilgrim which I’ve just watched. The series is based on books by one of my favourite Nordic writers, Leif G W Persson and dramatizes the investigation into the shooting of Swedish PM Olof Palme. The four episodes are compelling.
I’m so tempted to say Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but I’ll mention Death of A Pilgrim which I’ve just watched. The series is based on books by one of my favourite Nordic writers, Leif G W Persson and dramatizes the investigation into the shooting of Swedish PM Olof Palme. The four episodes are compelling.
... FICTIONAL KILLERS
I find Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley completely chilling. Lack of remorse is frightening to behold and Highsmith documents this so well.
I find Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley completely chilling. Lack of remorse is frightening to behold and Highsmith documents this so well.
... FICTIONAL DETECTIVES
I’m rather fond of CJ Samson’s Matthew Shardlake, the stopping Lincoln’s Inn lawyer. He’s both clever and frustrated and makes for a wonderful character.
I’m rather fond of CJ Samson’s Matthew Shardlake, the stopping Lincoln’s Inn lawyer. He’s both clever and frustrated and makes for a wonderful character.
... MURDER WEAPONS
The joint of lamb in Roald Dahl’s short story Lamb to the Slaughter still makes me laugh. It’s such a perfect solution.
The joint of lamb in Roald Dahl’s short story Lamb to the Slaughter still makes me laugh. It’s such a perfect solution.
... DEATH SCENES
The dentist’s chair in Agatha Christie’s One Two Buckle My Shoe. I can’t be the only one who thinks of death while at the dentist.
The dentist’s chair in Agatha Christie’s One Two Buckle My Shoe. I can’t be the only one who thinks of death while at the dentist.
... BLOGS/WEBSITES
I find naming characters so difficult as I like to make sure first names are age appropriate. In www.britishbabynames.com I can search the most popular names in a particular year which helps.
I find naming characters so difficult as I like to make sure first names are age appropriate. In www.britishbabynames.com I can search the most popular names in a particular year which helps.
... WRITING TIPS
Finish what you
start. You learn so much from finishing a piece of writing, even if it’s just
that endings are really hard!
... WRITING SNACKS
I drink endless cups of tea but I try to get away from the
computer to eat otherwise I’d never leave my desk. But I am fond of digestive biscuits…
About SARAH WARD
Sarah Ward
is the author of two DC Childs novels, In Bitter Chill and A Deadly Thaw set in
the Derbyshire Peak District where she lives. Her third book in the series, A
Patient Fury, is out in September. On her blog, Crimepieces,
she reviews the best of current crime fiction published around the world, and
she has also reviewed for Euro Crime and CrimeSquad. She is a judge for the
Petrona Award for Scandinavian translated crime novels.
Find Sarah Ward on her website, on her Facebook page and on Twitter - @sarahrward1
About A PATIENT FURY
Publisher's description
When
Detective Constable Connie Childs is dragged from her bed to the fire-wrecked
property on Cross Farm Lane she knows as she steps from the car that this house
contains death.
Three
bodies discovered - a family obliterated - their deaths all seem to point to
one conclusion: One mother, one murderer.
But D.C.
Childs, determined as ever to discover the truth behind the tragedy, realises
it is the fourth body - the one they cannot find - that holds the key to the
mystery at Cross Farm Lane.
What Connie
Childs fails to spot is that her determination to unmask the real murderer
might cost her more than her health - this time she could lose the thing she
cares about most: her career.
A Patient Fury was published by Faber on 5 September 2017.
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