Why your forties are Fabulous by Freya Kennedy

Why your forties are Fabulous by Freya Kennedy

Why your forties are Fabulous by Freya Kennedy As I write this the last book in my ‘Fabulous Forties Club’ series ‘Everything’s Grand’ is just about to be released, and my own fabulous forties are drawing to a close. My fiftieth birthday looms uncomfortably close and...
Who is Joe Clayton?

Who is Joe Clayton?

This year Boldwood will begin publishing my four-book series featuring Joe Clayton, a former undercover cop with a price on his head. The character of Joe was inspired by a real person. Years ago I had some friends who were getting married after twenty years together....
From the Yorkshire Wolds to the Hollywood Hills

From the Yorkshire Wolds to the Hollywood Hills

From the Yorkshire Wolds to the Hollywood Hills Being an author means I spend an awful lot of time in my writing shed on my own. I was therefore thrilled when I was invited to do a talk to a local women’s group about my books and the inspiration behind them. I called...
The inspiration for The Last Witness!

The inspiration for The Last Witness!

The inspiration for The Last Witness! I was a 23-year-old rookie reporter when I unwittingly found myself covering a major court trial, one that would go on to make front page news in the city where I worked, as well as hitting the headlines nationally too.  As I...
An Operation Berlin Reading List! 📚

An Operation Berlin Reading List! 📚

Here is a list of five of the best books I read and one film I watched when researching Operation Berlin, my detective novel set in Berlin in 1930.  By ‘best’, I mean most useful, or most entertaining, or both.   The High Sheriff by Henry Wade (1937)  One of my two...