The Hell of Corporate Retreats

The Hell of Corporate Retreats

The Hell of Corporate Retreats On paper it sounds great, doesn’t it? An all-expenses-paid trip somewhere nice, with a swanky hotel thrown in, and probably free food and drink to boot. Maybe even a spa. Or a pool. Or a jacuzzi! Like a holiday really. A lovely,...
The Pull of the Mountains

The Pull of the Mountains

THE PULL OF THE MOUNTAINS I am not a sporty person. I don’t run, I don’t play tennis, I don’t like anything physically competitive (scrabble on the other hand…) I do enjoy walking and swimming, and cycling in a strictly A-B sense, but anything...
Why I Love Locked Room Mysteries

Why I Love Locked Room Mysteries

WHY I LOVE LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIES Of all the well-worn tropes of detective fiction, the one that I have the greatest weakness for, both as a reader and a writer, is the locked room mystery. An actual literal locked room mystery is something of a rarity. Arthur Conan...