The Crime Warp

Today we welcome Emma Kavanagh to The Crime Warp. My fellow blogger Liz Mistry described Emma's novel Falling as “a welcome alternative to the usual Police Procedural, with the writer using a quirky style to tell the story” particularly the way that the novel delves deeper into the human aspects of murder. Liz really enjoyed the way that the story was told from different viewpoints, so we asked Emma to come on The Crime Warp to talk a bit more about the four main protagonists of the novel – Tom, Celia, Freya and Jim, all of whom have something to hide in this tense psychological thriller…   Tom is a detective. Married to a flight attendant, he has a young son, and works hard to keep all the plates spinning, even though deep down he knows that many of them are already cracked. He is a good man, dedicated to his son, and trying to make his marriage work. On the day following the crash that almost killed his wife Cecilia, Tom is called in to investigate the murder of a PCSO. The y...

Many thanks to the delightful Elizabeth Haynes for contributing this article to Crimewarp.  Elizabeth is the brilliant author of several  best-selling psychological thrillers such as:- What stands out for me in Elizabeth's novels are the incredibly strong, unique and often quirky characters which invariably keep me hooked throughout the dark plots.  I asked Elizabeth if she would pen us a piece on how she went about developing these characters and she very graciously obliged. This is Elizabeth's article:- ----------<>---------- Author- Elizabeth Haynes I am of the opinion that characters need to evolve quite happily by themselves – you just give them a task or two to get things started, and after a week or so of writing they take over and start to do unexpected things. Once you believe that your characters are real people (it’s something you have to go with, both as a writer and, to be fair, if you’re going to read this blog post), then the writing ...