My favourite stories in books and films are often the ones that contain a nugget of fact. I’ve just finished reading ‘Unsheltered’ by Bar...

Just discovered TripFiction - like a glossy holiday brochure for book loving armchair travellers! I love reading books set in places I ha...

During the Royal Entomological Society’s National Insect Week, who better to celebrate than Eleanor Glanville, who I came to admire so mu...

Near the top of my 'to be read' pile of books is 'Rodham' by Curtis Sittenfield, which asks, 'What if Hilary hadn't married Bill,' and I ...

I love the idea of Nick Cave's Red Hand Files. Fans just ask him a question and he answers. Very wisely and eloquently. I've not checked ...

Connections Two enjoyable things that are keeping me pleasurably occupied during this strange time are the Big Read’s Rime of the Ancient...

My two worlds collide: I’ve always combined writing stories with more commercial writing - brochures and catalogues, case studies, websit...

Combining Mystery with History My first novel, Isabella, was a straight historical story about the unsolved mysteries surrounding the mut...

Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans (1605-1684) created St James’s Square, Jermyn Street with its surrounding streets and the church of St Ja...

Fiona Mountain's historical mysteries, Pale as the Dead and Bloodline have been optioned by Leonard Goldberg's Mandy Films Inc. Leonard G...

The winner of this year's Mary Higgins Clark Award, part of the Mystery Writer's of America's annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards® (the "Edgars...