by Jo Monroe | Sep 19, 2014 | Crime fiction posts
Though the fourth season didn’t get off to the start that season three did (Nicola Walker’s performance would take some beating) I still have high hopes that the series will unfold in a satisfying way. Despite my misgivings about episode 2. Episode 2...
by Jo Monroe | Sep 11, 2014 | Crime fiction posts
And we’re off. Setting up some healthy rivalry between our two heroines from the opening scene, it seems like series four should more accurately be entitled Scott or Bailey. Interviewed by the promotions board, Rachel and Janet battle it out for the upcoming DS...
by Jo Monroe | Aug 29, 2014 | Crime fiction posts
(Or: You say tomayto and I say tomahto) My new(ish) series, Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thrillers, set in and around the American embassy in London features my first non-British main protagonist. The stories are told totally from Ingrid’s point of view – every line...
by Jo Monroe | Aug 24, 2014 | Crime fiction posts
When Steve Robinson (he of the ingenious Jefferson Tayte genealogical mysteries fame) asked me if I wanted to take part in a blog tour to discuss the writing process, I jumped at the chance. I could bore for England on the subject (actually that’s not strictly...
by Jo Monroe | Jul 30, 2014 | Crime fiction posts
This morning I made an important personal discovery. The drop off in sales of a new book release on Amazon after 30 days is like, A THING. I thought the 30 day cliff was a myth (no rhyme intended), mainly because I’d never experienced a good run in sales in the...
by Jo Monroe | Jul 7, 2014 | Crime fiction posts
Here in the UK we have World Book Night where 1000s of paperback books are given away to encourage people to read something they might not normally or even to read when they might be doing something else entirely. Unfortunately, in the US, the scheme has run out of...
