I have wanted to return to the Levels in Somerset for some time. When I began writing the “Alex Hastings” books in 2010 my tutor, Carol Clewlow, told me I needed to find a setting strong enough to be another character in the story and the Levels soon became just that. I left Somerset twenty […]
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Return to the Levels
Posted by Jennie Finch on July 9, 2015
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Somerset Levels : A Lost Landscape
When I began writing the Alex Hastings books I started with the setting. My tutor, the excellent Carol Clewlow, asked us to write a place as if it were a character, advising us that the landscape should be central to crime fiction. Reflecting on my experiences in different parts of the UK, it was the […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on February 10, 2014
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After long silence
So, a new year and a new book at last. I must admit, I was very despondent at the end of last year when despite all our efforts “The Drowners” failed to make the shops in time for Christmas. We were so close to a December release but – there were problems with the cover […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on January 29, 2013
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