Today I'm delighted to welcome
LISA CUTTS
to share her BEST OF CRIME ...
... AUTHORS
Agatha Christie is my favourite author. Long before I joined
the police, I loved to read her books, now I appreciate them so much more. It’s
fantastic to leave behind the world of DNA, CCTV, smartphones and technology to
read about people and Christie’s wonderful perspective on what motivates people
to murder each other.
... FILMS/MOVIES
Murder on the Orient Express. Probably a little predictable that
I love this film. I’m eagerly awaiting this year’s release and one of the few
films I would make a point of seeing at the cinema.
... TV DRAMAS
Life on Mars and Ashes
to Ashes were genius TV dramas. I must admit, it took me some time to catch
on as I very rarely watch crime dramas, but I’m so glad I did. I loved
everything about them.
... FICTIONAL KILLERS
Sorry, I
don’t have one. It’s probably the job I do but I’ll never have a favourite
murderer, even a fictional one. It goes against the grain.
... FICTIONAL DETECTIVES
Briggs and Louis from The
Detectives. Jasper Carrott and Robert Powell portrayed the most realistic
detectives I’ve ever seen on television, and managed to make me laugh at pretty
much anything they said and did. I think part of the reason I like them so much
is because they were normal, and very daft.
... MURDER WEAPONS
An icicle would make a genius murder weapon. Stab your
victim, then one quick thaw and it’s gone.
Of course, to get an icicle of such size and durability, you would
probably need to take your intended victim to somewhere much colder than Kent.
... DEATH SCENES
Years ago I
read several Dick Francis books in fast succession. One of the characters was
killed off by wrapping paper mache around his head and leaving him to
suffocate. I can’t recall the title of the book as I read six or seven within a
month but the image has stayed with me for the last fifteen years.
... BLOGS/WEBSITES
Police Oracle is very useful for keeping up to date with some
areas of policing I’m a little out of touch with. There are always some funny
stories on there too that sometimes come in useful.
... WRITING TIPS
Sit down
and do it. There are days when I really don’t want to, just like any other job,
yet I find that those can be the most productive. If the words later on need a
rewrite, so be it.
... WRITING SNACKS
This usually comes in the form of a liquid snack. It’s when
I think I do my best work. This blog feature was brought to you with the
assistance of a g & t.
About LISA CUTTS
Lisa Cutts is the author of four police procedural novels,
based on her twenty-one years of policing experience. She works as a detective
constable for Kent Police and has spent over twelve years in the Serious Crime
Directorate dealing mostly with murders and other serious investigations.
An extract from her first novel, Never Forget, won the Writer’s Retreat competition in 2012 and was
published by Myriad Editions in 2013. The second in the DC Nina Foster series, Remember, Remember, was published in
2014 and her third book, Mercy Killing,
the first in a new series, was published by Simon and Schuster on 20th
October 2016. The second in the series, Buried
Secrets is out in ebook now and the paperback is to be published on 2nd
November 2017.
Her debut novel, Never Forget, won the 2014 Killer Nashville
Silver Falchion Award for best thriller.
She is also very proud to be the patron of the Rochester
Literary Festival and writes a monthly column in Writing Magazine. She has also appeared on ITV’s This Morning in
her capacity as both a crime writer and a murder detective.
Find Lisa Cutts on her website, on her Facebook page and on Twitter - @LisaCuttsAuthor
About BURIED SECRETS
Publisher's description
To most people, Detective
Inspector Milton Bowman appears to have an ideal life. But some secrets aren’t
buried deep enough. And Milton’s Monday morning will not follow routine as
he is caught in a major car accident on the way to East Rise incident room. His
friend and colleague DI Harry Powell is given the unenviable task of delivering
the message to Bowman's wife, Linda. Except she’s been murdered.
The team, including DC Hazel Hamilton, begin to
examine every aspect of their colleague’s life as suspicion and disbelief take
hold of those embroiled in the investigation. A web of deceit that fooled them
all for years means no one is to be trusted – the Bowman family, friends,
colleagues, even Harry Powell is under suspicion. Nothing is as it appears and
nobody seems to be telling the truth.
Buried Secrets was published by Simon & Schuster on 2 November 2017.
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