I’m thrilled to announce we have air dates in the UK for the Mastermind episode in which contestant Ken Owen has chosen my (first six) Roy Grace novel as his Specialist Subject. It screens on BBC 2 this Friday, March 23rd at 7.30pm everywhere except Wales, where it will be broadcast on Sat 24th at…
Thought you might enjoy this piece on my speech at the Romantic Novelists Association Awards this past Monday: The Gladstone Library at One Whitehall Place is not normally awash with glamorous ladies in full length, sequin-strewn gowns on a weekday afternoon but for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s annual awards on Monday it seemed entirely appropriate…
Hello, Hard to believe we are already nearly a quarter of the way through the year - and it looks like it will be an even busier one than last year! I am writing this on a Eurostar train on my way to Paris - one of my favourite cities - for four days of…
A couple of months ago a very smart envelope popped through my letterbox. Inside was an invitation to spend Valentines night with The Queen. Had I been selected to be Her Majesty’s Valentine, I wondered? Then, reading on, I saw the invitation was also from the Duke Of Edinburgh, and I realized he was unlikely…
On Sunday I was a guest on the BBC Sunday Politics show, talking about the current and future proposed Police budget cuts in Sussex (and throughout the UK). You can view this, about 35 mins in, on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01b4h6z/Sunday_Politics_South_East_29_01_2012/ Whilst I understand that there have to be cuts across all areas of life in these tough…
Ten of the world’s best crime writers are competing to have a state-of-the-art morgue named after them – and you can vote for me! The morgue is going to be a centre for scientific research and training, helping the next generation of scientists, doctors and dentists to become better at saving lives and at developing…
Here is a list of all the questions and answers… Roy Grace Christmas Quiz Answers & Notes
I’m delighted to announce the winners of the Roy Grace Xmas Quiz, compiled by Mastermind contestant Ken Owen, as well as the winner of the separate limerick competition. 5 entrants tied on 49 points, so we used the limerick tie-breaker. This was won by James Fitt who gets a magnum of Champagne and a signed…
I’m delighted to announce the results of the 2011 Hall Of Fame competition! Firstly, thank all of you who participated, the standard this past year has been incredibly high, given me a lot to smile about, and made the judging really hard! Our judging panel was headed by my “real life” Roy Grace, Retired Detective…
Hello again, Firstly a very Happy New Year to all of you! We were skiing last week in Val D’Isere in the French Alps, and because there was so much snow there was a high avalanche risk and the whole village was under a curfew - we were not allowed to leave our hotels. It…