Today I'm delighted to welcome
JESSIE KEANE
to share her BEST OF CRIME ...
... AUTHORS
This has to be Stephen King. Ever since I picked up Carrie, I’ve been a fan. I truly believe he’s one of our greatest living writers. My favorite book of his? Duma Key.
... FILMS/MOVIES
I’ve just seen The Irishman with Robert de Niro and Al Pacino. A genuinely great film, fantastic actors, loved it.
... TV DRAMAS
This will probably come as a surprise to my fans because of the gritty nature of the books I write, but I love Midsomer Murders. So gentle, so cosy (all right, a bit gruesome too), like an old comfy pair of slippers that I just love to slip into.
... FICTIONAL KILLERS
Have to hark back to Stephen King here, and his novel Doctor Sleep – Rose is truly terrifying.
... FICTIONAL DETECTIVES
I have to choose my own creation DI Romilly Kane. She appears for the first time in The Edge and gives Kit Miller quite a hard time…
... MURDER WEAPONS
The .38 revolver favored by Max Carter in Dirty Game.
... DEATH SCENES
The crucifixion in the DaVinci Code, just bizarre, loved that.
... BLOGS/WEBSITES
I rarely use the internet for research. I have a LOT of books to refer to instead.
... WRITING TIPS
Keep going! I cannot emphasise the importance of this too strongly. People will tell you that you’re a dreamer. That you’re mad. That you ought to get a proper job. Ignore all that. Persist.
... WRITING SNACKS
Got to be sherbet lemons!
About JESSIE KEANE
Jessie is a Sunday Times top ten bestselling author with 14 fiction books to her name - although her own life has been as eventful as many of her characters! Born in a caravan to a Romany mother, she has lived at both ends of the social spectrum. Her gritty hard-hitting books are centred around the darker side of London, in particular in Soho. It was a world that fascinated Jessie when she ran away to the capital as a teen, and was to provide her inspiration when she began writing years later.
Find Jessie Keane on her website and on Twitter - @realjessiekeane
About THE KNOCK
Publisher's description
Dora O’Brien had a good start in life, but things went bad when she began to mix with the wrong company. Pregnant by her gangster lover, she found herself on the streets and then in the grips of a bent copper called Donny Maguire.
When her daughter Angel is born, Dora is already under the influence of drink and drugs, and handed around to Donny’s mates. Growing up in the shadow of her mother’s abusive relationship, Angel is nothing like her mother, but when matters turn murderous, Angel is forced to grow up fast and survival becomes the name of the game.
For some, being on the wrong side of the law is the safest place to be...
The Knock was published by Pan Macmillan on 9 January 2020.
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