I’m so thrilled to see that The Lost Ones is Number 93 in the Amazon Kindle Crime Charts this week!
The book is available for purchase here (both for Kindle and as a paperback).
An evening with Victoria Blake and Vena Cork @Amnesty bookshop
Looking forward to chatting with Victoria Blake about our latest novels at the Hammersmith Amnesty Bookshop (181 King Street, W6 9JT) on Wednesday 15 February from 7pm onwards. It’s a free event and everyone’s welcome.
You can find out more about the event here.
See you there!
My Reading Corner blog post
I was really pleased to feature on Karen’s blog My Reading Corner talking about my standalone novel Toxic.
You can read the post here.
‘PLAYING DEAD’ New Rosa Thorn novella is now out
I’m very excited about my new Rosa Thorn novella which came out online this week. Revisiting Rosa several years on has been lovely!
VICKY BLAKE’S CRIME Q&A
I did a Q&A earlier this week with Victoria Blake, who is the author of the Sam Falconer series. Her new book Titian’s Boatman will be published early in 2017.
Please read the post below.
I’m delighted to welcome the crime writer Vena Cork to the blog. She is the author of the Rosa Thorn trilogy (Thorn, The Art of Dying and Green Eye). Her most recent books are The Lost Ones set in Notting Hill and Toxicset in Willesden. This Q&A is about Toxic set in Yew Court, a block of flats in North West London where dark forces are unleashed.
Q. I loved the Prologue and it reminded me immediately of Alan Garner’s books. I wondered if you’d read them and been influenced by them at all? That feeling of there being something ancient in the land just waiting to burst out!
A. I read The Weirdstone of Brisingamen many years ago, but I can’t remember anything about it except being totally gripped. So if there’s an influence it isn’t a conscious one. I love Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, though, which…
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Twitter Q&A on Wed 12 Oct
As part of the Endeavour Press crime fiction festival I’ll be answering your questions on Twitter next Wednesday 12 October at 12pm. Click on @venacork to follow me and to post anything you might want to ask!
You can see the full schedule of all Q&As here.
An author’s journey
To celebrate the CWA Daggers Awards 2016, ENDEAVOUR PRESS is running a virtual crime fiction festival. From October 10 – 14 2016, there will be author interviews, live Q&As, and writing tips, and they will be running competitions and giving free eBooks to everyone who participates.
I was also asked to contribute, and my blog article was published on the festival website a couple of days ago. You can read it here.
New Rosa Thorn novella
After an exciting summer with both The Lost Ones and Toxic coming out, I’m now putting the finishing touches to a novella, working title Rosa and Revenge.
It’s been fascinating for me to revisit Rosa Thorn ten years on and now a successful actress. As ever, her life does not go according to plan.
Vena Cork 