Authors

National Crime Reading Month: Nadine Matheson

For National Crime Reading Month, we asked some of our authors to recommend some of their favourite crime fiction novels. This week we are joined by Nadine Matheson, author of The Jigsaw Man and The Binding Room, who also discusses her love for independent bookshops! Nothing beats reading in the… Read More

Look Both Ways, My Dad and Me by Linwood Barclay

Linwood Barclay’s new novel Look Both Ways is a slight gear-change from his usual thriller, but is still packed full of the suspense we all know and love. Read below to discover what inspired this genius idea! I grew up surrounded by car imagery.Back in the 1950s and… Read More

Sophia’s Summer Shopping List

We’re kicking off our Summer of Sophia™ with a list of must-haves from author Sophia Money-Coutts herself! Did You Miss Me? is available now in Sainsbury’s, so why not pick up a copy along with this list of summer essentials? La Roche Posay Anthelios SPF 50 What is the point… Read More

National Crime Reading Month: Kia Abdullah

For National Crime Reading Month, we asked some of our authors to recommend some of their favourite crime fiction novels. This week we are joined by Kia Abdullah, author of contemporary and gripping thrillers including Next of Kin and Take it Back. I was at a literary… Read More

How to Get Over Your First Love by Sophia Money-Coutts

We all know getting over someone is HARD, and nobody knows that like Nell Mason, the protagonist in Sophia Money-Coutts’ latest rom-com novel Did You Miss Me? That’s why Sophia has joined us to share her top tips to moving on, even when it feels like you never will. Read More

National Crime Reading Month: Neil Lancaster

For National Crime Reading Month, we asked some of our authors to recommend some of their favourite crime fiction novels. First up is Neil Lancaster, author of the highly addictive DS Max Craigie Scottish crime series… Aged about twelve years old, my dear old Mum threw me a copy… Read More

Author Q&A with Amanda Dewinter

We chat to Amanda Dewinter, author of The Success Code. Can you tell us about your book? The Success Code is not your usual book about success. Yes, it includes all the things you’d expect from a book on success, such as how to… Read More

Setting a New Direction

We’re delighted to have bestselling author Mary Burton on the blog to talk the importance of the various settings in her novels. Setting a New Direction Almost a year ago, the Burtons moved from Richmond, Virginia to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  Not a long distance by… Read More

Why do tales of tricky mother/daughter relationships continue to fascinate us?

We love a good story about a complicated mother/daughter relationship. But why is that? Louise Mumford, author of the new gripping psychological thriller The Safe House explores. Overbearing, controlling, unhinged and selfish – the Bad Mother still dominates our books and films. Examples are Mrs… Read More

Carrie Hope Fletcher’s Top Five Meet-Cute Stories

We all love a lovely rom-com where the couple is thrown together in the most wonderful of ways. And in an exclusive piece for the HQ blog, Sunday Times bestselling author Carrie Hope Fletcher tells us about her top five meet-cute stories from some of her favourite novels. Read Carrie’s… Read More

Read an exclusive extract from The Forever House

Escape with a feel-good romance that will warm your heart! Read an exclusive extract from Rachel Dove’s gorgeous new book, The Forever House, available here. CHAPTER ONE  The groom, looking resplendent in a hand-stitched Italian ivory suit, complete with gold waistcoat and elegant gilded cravat, was misty-eyed as he… Read More

On the other side of the crime tape with T. Orr Munro

We are thrilled to have T. Orr Munro, author of the incredibly gripping new crime novel Breakneck Point, on the blog to share her experiences as a CSI ‘SOCO’ – that’s Scenes of Crime Officer to you and me! – and how this influenced her writing. As soon as… Read More