Sue Fortin is joining me today to talk about her love of mysteries as part of the blog tour for her new release The Girl Who Lied. Follow the tour to find out more about both Sue and the novel!
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My love of any sort of story with a mystery to
it has always been a prominent factor when choosing a book to read, a TV
programme to watch or a film to see at the cinema. I have to confess to being
an adventure junkie, thrill seeker, code breaker, mystery solver, in fact,
anything high-octane with suspense, but all from the safety of my armchair. In
particular, is my love for any sort of story with a mystery to be solved.
I blame Enid Blyton for this.
I’ve always enjoyed reading and, like many
people my age, I started with Enid Blyton, ‘The Mystery of …’ series being my
favourite. I then went onto discover, Agatha Christie, Dick Francis, Minette
Walters, Sue Grafton, James Patterson and so on. You can see the pattern.
This love of the mystery extended out into TV
shows from gentle Murder She Wrote, Columbo, screen adaptations of Agatha
Christie novels to Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, NYPD Blue, The
Professionals, Spooks, CIS and more recently Line of Duty, Hinterland and The
Bridge.
And, of course, the big screen, where I’m
probably more drawn to the action films like Heat, Ronin, Lawless, Last of the
Mohicans, Reverend … really the list is endless. Having said that, two of my
most favourite mystery films are Sleuth (1972) and The Last of Shelia (1973).
It’s probably not surprising that all these
different forms of storytelling have influenced my own writing. Although,
initially I wrote a romance, I still couldn’t help bringing in a bit of
intrigue and mystery and this is a trend that has seeped more and more into my
writing as time has gone on.
My latest novel The Girl Who Lied has lots of
secrets and suspense which filters through as the story unfolds. I thoroughly
enjoyed writing it and loved adding the twists and turns along the way.
The Girl Who Lied is out now, published by Harper Impulse.
Thank you, Katey for hosting me on your blog - much appreciated. x
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