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Fame. Lies. Small Town.

So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?

Shortlisted for the Stella Prize

Katherine Brabon's third novel, Body Friend, has been shortlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize!

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  1. Injecting humour into crime fiction by Aoife Clifford

    Injecting humour into crime fiction by Aoife Clifford

    Writing a crime novel is always great fun but creating a funny crime novel is a real challenge. Killing is the easy part, making a reader laugh about it is much harder.
  2. Abby Corson: How I got into the mindset of a seventy-three-year-old man.

    Abby Corson: How I got into the mindset of a seventy-three-year-old man.

    Hector Harrow is an almost-retired hotel concierge from Yorkshire who likes to drink tea and do newspaper puzzles in his cosy cottage. For me, he was the perfect protagonist for my murder mystery.
  3. Why Teach? By Yumna Kassab

    Why Teach? By Yumna Kassab

    I never meant to be a teacher. I, in fact, categorically 100% in no absolute way wanted to teach. My complete prejudice was the result of an adult ...
  4. Beauty is Only Skin Deep by Shankari Chandran

    Beauty is Only Skin Deep by Shankari Chandran

    My name is Shankari Nadanachandran, and I am a lawyer, a writer, and a mother of four. I am 47 years old. My body has grown older as it’s supposed ...