Well, I'm catching up on my blog posts here as I had a little internet problem yesterday (aka known as Donna Is Thick As Two Short Planks). So this post is about Wednesday's plane trip.

We got into the van on our short trip to the airfield, and Judy started handing out travel sickness tablets like a very maternal drug pusher ("the first one is on the house, lady"). I was popping those little suckers like smarties until… Continue

Well, for some reason I can't get into blogger to update my Alaska blog, so I thought I would put today's here on Crimespace in the meantime.

The big green blob who looks like Darth Vader really gone to seed is me on my ATV.

When our… Continue

My Mum has always said that I have a face that's most suited for radio and I'm going to get to test that theory out as I've been asked for an interview on Alaskan radio while I'm there for Bouchercon. Eeeeek! In my opinion I also have a voice that's most suited for mime, but there you go. I've set up a blog for while I'm in Alaska so that I don't have to load down Crimespace with photos. The address is:

http://alaskanmisadventures.blogspot.com/



But the radio thing reminded me of… Continue

DECLAN BURKE - THE BIG O



Protagonist: An ensemble cast

Series?: Standalone

Published: 2007

Setting: Ireland

Karen is a receptionist with bad PMT. She's also a stick-up artist with a .44 Magnum. Karen's boss is Frank - a slimy and distinctly rubbish plastic surgeon with money worries, two grasping daughters, a soon-to-be-ex-wife, Madge, and a dodgy lawyer who suggests that all Frank's worries can be solved by having Madge snatched. Enter Karen's new boyfriend, Ray,… Continue