Cari Hunter's Blog, page 13

Setting has always been a key feature in my books. Fromthe Cascade mountains and wilderness of Desolation Pointtothe small town in Maine that I created for Tumbledown, location has been as much a character as any of the humans in the cast. With No Good Reason and the Dark Peak series, I’ve come full circle back to the Peak District where my first novel Snowbound was set. Although I enjoyedevery minute of research I did for my two America-based books, returning to an environment I know and lov...

In preparation for the release of No Good Reason in June, the good folks at Bold Strokes Books have just published itsprologue and first two chaptersover on itspre-order page. If you fancy a taster of the book that’s “Brittier than Snowbound” (TM – my editor) then hit the link or continue reading this post.

There are big old spoilers in here, obviously.

Prologue

She hurt. She hurt when she opened her eyes, and she still hurt when she closed them. Her tongue felt thick, too big for her mouth,...

Ive worked for the ambulance service for thirteen years, eleven of those as a paramedic, and the last four of those leading a dual life as an author. My books tend to resemble my world medical themes, with police, doctors, chaos, and violence and Ive always tried to keep them on the right side of realism. Bearing that in mind, none of my leading ladies are uber-heroines, those striding, muscle-ripped superwomen so beloved of cop/doc fiction, and the central pair in the Dark Peak series are...

No Good Reason��(the first in the Dark Peak series of crime thrillers) isn’t out till June, but time waits for no woman and I’ve been hard at work both editing No Good Reason and trying to get its sequel – Cold to the Touch – ready for submission to BSB. I had originally thought March, 2016 for Cold, but was pleasantly surprised (and slightly panicked!) to be told that the book will actually be coming out in December, 2015. So, um, let me be the first to wish you all a Merry Christmas :-)

I’m...

Consider this a book-related round-up if you will…

No Good Reason- book one in the Dark Peak crime series – has been given a release date of June2015. I’ve been cracking on writing its sequel, and Bold Strokes accepted my proposal for that late last week. The contract is now signed and sealed, and a tentative release date of March2016 agreed. So, while No Good Reasonis coming out slightly later than I’d anticipated, book two will follow pretty hot on its heels. And no, I don’t have a title for...

Ooh, look what came through the e-mail this morning :-)

No Good Reason– the first in a Peak District-set crime/thriller series – is due out in spring 2015. For those of you who speak fluent Brit, I like to think of it as a sort of cross between Scott & Baileyand 24 Hours in A&E, only with more lesbians :-)

Its blurb goes a little like this:

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Detective Sanne Jensen (not blonde, not tall, definitely not Scandinavian) and Doctor Meg Fielding (scruffy, scatter-brained, prone to swearing at patie...

My UK LesFic blog buddyTig Ashton (AKAClare Ashton, best-selling author of new and very well-received RomCom release That Certain Something!) tagged me in the current authorly blog hop: The Writing Processes Blog Tour. Each Monday, willing victims answer four questions that focuson their current works in progress, genre, and how they actually go about putting pen to paper. So here goes!

What are you working on?

I’m currently about 16,000 words into a sequel to my fourth novel No Good Reason (d...

With the UK BSB bash just around the corner, it seems like a good time for a little catch-up news post…

First things first, I have been quite remiss in not mentioning this, but Desolation Pointhas made it through to the finals of the Goldie awards in the category of Romantic/Suspense/ Intrigue/Adventure (I love Goldie categories – they fit my stuff to a tee!) The award ceremony takes place on Sunday 13th July, and the category has some bloody big hitters in it, so keep your fingers crossed, eh...

I’m delighted (and not a little bit giddy) to be able to spill the beans and announce that my fourth novel No Good Reasonhas just been signed up by Bold Strokes Books.

Black Hill from Crowden, one of our favourite hikes and a major influence on the setting for this novel.

Set backinmy familiar stomping ground ofthe Derbyshire Peak District, the novel is a police procedural thriller, with romance lurking in the background. Its central characters are life-long friendsDetective Sanne Jensen (not b...

From the amount of shrieking being aimed in my general direction, I know that quite a few people have read Tumbledown by now. I wondered whether folk might be interested in some of the background research to the novel, so I put this handy pictorial guide together.

Also, if anyone wants to ask any questions about the book or leave feedback (good or bad) – pop your comments onto the end of this thread, and I will happily get back to you.

Bit of a warning: this post contains non-specific spoilers...