Joy Lilley
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Alan Hamilton:
Hi Alan,good to meet you.I have 2 novels under my belt.Am now writing a murder mystery.Do you have any tips for crime writing? Have great weekend, Best wishes, Joy Gerken aka Joy M. Lilley
Alan Hamilton
Hi, Joy
The only crime fiction I've written is fairly untypical as it tells the story of the criminal and the police don't come out of it well. So I'm probably not the best person to ask about 'how to do it'. Look up Martin Edwards - he's written lots of crime stories and is thought to be one of the best at it. Tell me about the other two novels you've written. I'm trying to find an agent for my second novel which is a saga about a dysfunctional family in between-the-wars Britain - it does include a murder and a fatal accident, and now I'm writing a historical novel based on 'what if Richard III had won at Bosworth and it was Henry (VII) who was killed'.
Hope this helps.
Alan
The only crime fiction I've written is fairly untypical as it tells the story of the criminal and the police don't come out of it well. So I'm probably not the best person to ask about 'how to do it'. Look up Martin Edwards - he's written lots of crime stories and is thought to be one of the best at it. Tell me about the other two novels you've written. I'm trying to find an agent for my second novel which is a saga about a dysfunctional family in between-the-wars Britain - it does include a murder and a fatal accident, and now I'm writing a historical novel based on 'what if Richard III had won at Bosworth and it was Henry (VII) who was killed'.
Hope this helps.
Alan
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