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Christina James


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I was born in Lincolnshire and grew up in the market town of Spalding. Though I now live in the rugged landscape of the Pennines, with their heather moors, stone walls and the bubbling cries of curlews in the springtime, I shall never lose my love of the Fens, with their lovely, evocative place names like Quadring Eaudyke and Gedney Drove End and their deep dykes full of water wildlife, like herons, frogs and dragonflies. There the skyscapes are huge and powerful, dwarfing humans and reminding them of their insignificance in the scheme of things. I decided to use the Fenlands as the setting for my novels, where Detective Inspector Yates has a heron's eye for detail and a keen understanding of the ways and minds of the inhabitants of the are ...more

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Some lovely comments about 'In the Family'

"I'd like to describe this as a page turner, but I read it on a Blackberry, so there were no pages to turn. And it's really hard reading a novel on a Blackberry. But I did and I finished it which should tell any potential reader how good it is." Richard Charkin, Executive Director, Bloomsbury

“It has the feel of a literary novel with the constant disquiet of a sinister undercurrent. It is a study i Read more of this blog post »
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Published on January 21, 2013 11:00
Average rating: 4.01 · 430 ratings · 115 reviews · 11 distinct worksSimilar authors
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Almost Love (DI Yates, #2)

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