Posts by Evie Hawtrey
AND BY FIRE is a Kindle Monthly Deal!
I am delighted to announce that Amazon has selected And by Fire as a Kindle Monthly Deal for September! That means that from now until the end of September you can purchase a Kindle eBook copy of And by Fire for just $1.99. What are you waiting for? If you’ve already read my twisty dual-timeline…
Read MoreWriting Mystery Using Research Methods Taken From Writing History
I am delighted to be a guest on fellow thriller writer Alison Morton’s* blog today. As I turned from writing history (as Sophie Perinot) to writing mystery, I discovered that being a historical novelist had given me a fierce research toolbox and that those tools can benefit writers in every genre! Interested in my shortlist…
Read MoreFinding Notes In Books—it’s not just a plot point
My novel, And by Fire, involves a collection of “case notes” discovered by my modern London detectives—DIs Nigella Parker and Colm O’Leary—but written by a pair of amateur sleuths more than three-hundred-fifty years earlier. Tucking things away in books not unheard of. I find everything from receipts to old school pictures tucked in mine. But…
Read MoreWhere in the World is AND BY FIRE?
And by Fire has been out in the world for a little over two months now. And when I say out in the world, I MEAN IT. I am getting jealous! My mystery novel is connecting with readers in so many great places—from the UK to Alaska! Thanks to the readers who have thus far…
Read Morel Smell Smoke! My Special Connection with DI Parker—Two Signature Scents
I suspect most mystery writers have something in common with their detectives. Multiple things actually. We can’t help it—real life informs fiction and leaches into it. Personally, I believe it’s necessary to connect with our main characters in deep and even intimate ways. Only then can we see and portray them as fully human. When…
Read MoreLooking for an Hour’s Worth of Bookish Fun to Watch?
Looking for an hour’s worth of bookish fun to watch this weekend? How about this . . . Goat communes, documentary film making, fire tornados, London’s 1-square mile and its 2 separate police forces, botany, women in academia in the 1920s, and how fully-formed characters have a life outside of detecting (even if some of…
Read MoreToo Damn Hot!—the Great Fire of London reached unimaginable temperatures
In And by Fire, Detective Inspector Nigella Parker has a fear of fire deeply rooted in her childhood. But even people who generally aren’t pyrophobic would be terrified by the heat generated by London’s Great Fire of 1666—legitimately so. How hot did things get inside London in September of 1666 when, in just under five…
Read MoreMore Reader Praise for AND BY FIRE
It’s been less than one month since And by Fire released and I continue to be awestruck by the reader love my novel is receiving. Today to celebrate, I am sharing some of my favorite recent review quotes, illustrated by yours truly. Pleasing the Anglophiles . . . As a Yank, getting the tone right…
Read MoreIt’s UK National Crime Reading Month!!!
Hey UK friends and readers—it’s time to CELEBRATE crime. Crime Fiction that is. Today, June 1st, marks the start of the United Kingdom’s annual “National Crime Reading Month,” an event spearheaded by the UK Crime Writers’ Association! National Crime Reading Month (and we REALLY need one on this side of the pond) “aims to bring…
Read MoreDr. Cassandra Kuba Interview, Part II: More Down and Dirty on Forensics Real-life and Fictional
So dear readers, have you seen my interview in CrimeReads with the amazing Doctor Cassandra Kuba, PhD biological anthropologist, university professor, expert on-call with police, and consultant on TV crime dramas? If not, run, don’t walk, to this spot right here (or maybe just click) and give it a read. My CrimeReads article is an…
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