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VERONICA HELEY started in crime…
…and has now happily returned to it with
not one but two series of gentle detective stories.
The Ellie Quicke Mysteries reached its ninth story at the end of last year with Murder in the Park, and I’m grateful to readers for helping me decide what should happen to Ellie’s dreadful daughter Diana in this book. The tenth title – Murder in House – will be published in June 09, and already I have been asked to think up another. I have a horrid feeling that Diana is planning to get married again. What do you think about that?
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Meanwhile the new series called The Abbot Agency is going well. Widowed Bea Abbot runs a domestic agency which does not, repeat not, deal with murder…but occasionally finds itself doing just that. The third story, False Step, came out at the end of 2008, and the fourth will be out at the end of this year.
My latest book (more info) to purchase:
If I’ve counted correctly, False Step was my 62nd book to be published, though they haven’t all been crime. Along the way I’ve written a quartette of contemporary romance/suspense stories in the Eden Hall series, some historical fiction and many books with a Christian background for children of all ages…including Stories of Everyday Saints, which has proved a useful resource book for people working with children. I’ve learned how to write playlets, story-boards for cartoons and of course how to produce book reviews, articles and the odd short story.
I enjoy giving talks and workshops about writing, and served time on the committee of the Association of Christian Writers. I attend Pitshanger Methodist Church, run their bookstall and am a member of their prayer group. I’ve been married to a probation officer for forty odd years, and we have one married, musician daughter.
For fun I read anything and everything. I’ve been a member of a book reading club for over thirty years. I enjoy meeting friends for coffee, I garden, I play patience with real cards…and think about stories I haven’t yet had time to write.