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Jeffery Deaver and the art of the crime novel
25th August 2010 | 2 comments | 2 people like this
I’ve admitted it before and I’ll admit it again. I’m ridiculously squeamish and recoil from reading anything gory. But after reviewing books by writers like Ian Rankin, Peter James and Stuart MacBride over the last few months, I’ve begun to get a taste for crime novels. Why? Because when it comes to writing cleverly-plotted story-lines and razor-sharp dialogue, crime writers are second to none.
Reading a string of Jeffery Deaver’s novels... -
Proenza Schouler and the Wish Tree
18th August 2010 | 0 comments | 2 people like this
If the arguments were anything to go by, finding a holiday that suited both my 18 year old fashionista daughter and my bike-mad 16 year old son seemed impossible. She craved sunshine, art galleries and shops while he wanted high-octane action and excitement, preferably somewhere outside Europe.
In the end there was only one place that fitted everyone’s requirements. New York. Even so, the pair of them had to agree to compromise.... -
Snowflakes in Manhattan
10th February 2010 | 0 comments | 2 people like this
“Where d’you wanna get to?” asked a woman as I puzzled over my subway map. It was my first ever trip to New York and I couldn't figure out how to get from my hotel to Madison Avenue. In London stony-faced commuters would have rushed by without a word, but New York is the friendliest place I’ve ever been.
It was also one of the coldest. The sub-zero temperatures and bone-chilling... -
Tall orders and school dinners
22nd October 2009 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this
Journalism is a fantastic job - but unless you're Emily Maitlis or Natasha Kaplinsky the one thing it isn’t is glamorous. One minute you're reporting a grim murder trial at the Old Bailey, the next you’re up to your knees in mud writing about an eccentric recluse living on a Thames houseboat.
When I worked in hard news I’d arrive in the news room at 7am in the full knowledge that...
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Emma Lee-Potter
Emma Lee-Potter is a journalist and author of four novels. She has two teenage children and spends her spare time worrying about the ramshackle farmhouse she bought in the south of France. The wreck has half a roof, assorted wildlife and an alarming damp problem but her friends assure her it all be perfect by 2020. She writes a weekly blog for Easy Living magazine.
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