Today I'm delighted to welcome
STEPH BROADRIBB
for her Deep Down Trouble blog tour
to share her BEST OF CRIME ...
... AUTHORS
Lee Child. Because his Jack Reacher series is the absolute gold standard of action thrillers.
Lee Child. Because his Jack Reacher series is the absolute gold standard of action thrillers.
... FILMS/MOVIES
Wonder Woman. Because isn’t it great to have an empowered female lead character who kicks ass!
Wonder Woman. Because isn’t it great to have an empowered female lead character who kicks ass!
... TV DRAMAS
Big Little Lies. Because of the great acting
and brilliant writing of multi-dimensional characters, especially the female
leads. These women are complex in their emotions and complicated in their
actions; they are light and dark and all the shades in between.
... FICTIONAL KILLERS
Dexter from the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay.
Dexter from the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay.
... FICTIONAL DETECTIVES
That’s a tough call – it’s between Thorne (Mark Billingham), Rebus (Ian Rankin) and Bosch (Michael Connelly). These great detectives are all super smart, a touch melancholy, and never likely to take the path of least resistance. Compulsive reading!
That’s a tough call – it’s between Thorne (Mark Billingham), Rebus (Ian Rankin) and Bosch (Michael Connelly). These great detectives are all super smart, a touch melancholy, and never likely to take the path of least resistance. Compulsive reading!
... MURDER WEAPONS
I was once told that if you inject pure pineapple juice into a vein it’ll kill a person. I don’t know if that’s true, but I’d quite like to try it out in a book…
I was once told that if you inject pure pineapple juice into a vein it’ll kill a person. I don’t know if that’s true, but I’d quite like to try it out in a book…
... DEATH SCENES
The scene in the film True Romance between Dennis Hopper (the good guy) and Christopher Walken (the bad guy). It’s clear that Walken’s character isn’t going to let Hopper’s character live, but even though he’s bleeding and has a gun pointed at him, Hopper’s character manages to gain the upper hand verbally, and when Walken’s character eventually pulls the trigger and kills him, somehow it’s still Hopper who is victorious – great writing from Tarantino, and superb acting.
The scene in the film True Romance between Dennis Hopper (the good guy) and Christopher Walken (the bad guy). It’s clear that Walken’s character isn’t going to let Hopper’s character live, but even though he’s bleeding and has a gun pointed at him, Hopper’s character manages to gain the upper hand verbally, and when Walken’s character eventually pulls the trigger and kills him, somehow it’s still Hopper who is victorious – great writing from Tarantino, and superb acting.
... BLOGS/WEBSITES
www.terribleminds.com - super sweary but utterly awesome, Chuck Wendig’s website and blog is packed with interesting articles and writing tips.
www.terribleminds.com - super sweary but utterly awesome, Chuck Wendig’s website and blog is packed with interesting articles and writing tips.
... WRITING TIPS
Keep going – the writers that get published are
the ones that refused to give up!
... WRITING SNACKS
Loads of coffee, hummus and crackers.
About STEPH BROADRIBB
Steph
Broadribb was born in Birmingham and grew up in Buckinghamshire. Most of her
working life has been spent between the UK and USA. As her alter ego – Crime
Thriller Girl – she indulges her love of all things crime fiction by blogging
at www.crimethrillergirl.com, where she interviews authors and reviews the
latest releases. Steph is an alumni of the MA in Creative Writing (Crime
Fiction) at City University London, and she trained as a bounty hunter in
California. She lives in Buckinghamshire surrounded by horses, cows and
chickens. Her debut thriller, Deep Down Dead, was shortlisted for the
Dead Good Reader Awards in two categories, and hit number one on the UK and AU
kindle charts.
Find Steph Broadribb on her website, on her Facebook page and on Twitter - @crimethrillgirl
About DEEP BLUE TROUBLE
Publisher's description
Single-mother Florida bounty hunter Lori Anderson’s got an ocean of trouble on her hands. Her daughter Dakota is safe, but her cancer is threatening a comeback, and Lori needs JT – Dakota’s daddy and the man who taught Lori everything – alive and kicking. Problem is, he’s behind bars, and heading for death row. Desperate to save him, Lori does a deal, taking on off-the-books job from shady FBI agent Alex Monroe. Bring back on-the-run felon, Gibson ‘The Fish’ Fletcher, and JT walks free. Following Fletcher from Florida to California, Lori teams up with local bounty hunter Dez McGregor and his team. But Dez works very differently to Lori, and the tension between them threatens to put the whole job in danger. With Monroe pressuring Lori for results, the clock ticking on JT’s life, and nothing about the Fletcher case adding up, Lori’s hitting walls at every turn. But this is one job she’s got to get right, or she’ll lose everything...
Single-mother Florida bounty hunter Lori Anderson’s got an ocean of trouble on her hands. Her daughter Dakota is safe, but her cancer is threatening a comeback, and Lori needs JT – Dakota’s daddy and the man who taught Lori everything – alive and kicking. Problem is, he’s behind bars, and heading for death row. Desperate to save him, Lori does a deal, taking on off-the-books job from shady FBI agent Alex Monroe. Bring back on-the-run felon, Gibson ‘The Fish’ Fletcher, and JT walks free. Following Fletcher from Florida to California, Lori teams up with local bounty hunter Dez McGregor and his team. But Dez works very differently to Lori, and the tension between them threatens to put the whole job in danger. With Monroe pressuring Lori for results, the clock ticking on JT’s life, and nothing about the Fletcher case adding up, Lori’s hitting walls at every turn. But this is one job she’s got to get right, or she’ll lose everything...
Read a snippet of my review
'I devoured Deep Blue Trouble in just a few hours (three short sittings overall), reluctantly having to put it down to go to sleep and then leave the house but diving straight back in as soon as I could do so.'
To read the rest of my review, click here.
To read the rest of my review, click here.
Deep Blue Trouble was published by Orenda Books on 5 January 2018.
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