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Book trailers and the farm

This week has flown by and, I have to admit, I've hardly spent any time on book stuff. Instead, I've been having quality mother-daughter time with my 2yro. Had a lovely visit to the Collingwood Children's Farm today…but you probably don't want to hear about the delight on my little girl's face as she held a guinea pig and patted baby goats (kids).

So, the book stuff. It's not like I haven't done anything…this week I've been investigating book trailers. What do you think of them? Email me at

Could crime fiction incite someone to kill?

Having done lots of research on murder and criminal psychology, my belief is that if someone is going to take another human being's life, reading fictional accounts of murder is not going to push them over the edge. Having said that, we do live in a world where we're increasingly exposed to violence and graphic crime-scene depictions.

Take the many successful (and entertaining) shows on TV: CSI, Bones, Law & Order…and then, of course, there's Dexter. But have we really been de-sensitised?

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The Murderers' Club meets Turkey

Seen the news about the women who were rescued by the Turkish police yesterday? Remind you of anything? Like The Murderers' Club perhaps? Please note, if you haven't read The Murderers' Club yet, the rest of this blog contains some spoilers!

So, I got a phone call from my husband today asking if I'd seen the news about the women who'd just been rescued in Turkey. Turns out they thought they were part of a Big Brother-style TV show, only to find out that the whole thing was a scam. Instead of b...

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Is it okay/acceptable for a blog to just have this?

Ahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I mean, I could continue the exclamation marks for a few lines, if it'd make you feel better. You know, you think you've signed up for something substantive and you get a blog that just has one word in it. I mean, that'd be pretty crap, right? A violation of the unwritten author-reader code of conduct.

Anyway, you're probably wondering why I'm screaming. And yes, it's a full-throttle ...