JO BAVINGTON-JONES
GUEST POST FROM JO Crime pays, so they say. And, to a large extent where books are concerned, this is true. My crime novels far outsell my women’s fiction novels. So, having turned to a life of crime (fiction) in 2021, why am I still writing women’s fiction? That’s a good question! Crime and detective fiction are undoubtedly my first loves. From the moment I opened Richard Scarry’s The Great Pie Robbery at a very young age, I was hooked, and my reading taste has never really changed. At fifty-seven, you’ll still see me picking up the latest Robert Galbraith…
View PostWORLD BOOK DAY IN FOLKESTONE, KENT
World Book Day. If I were a child again, I would be so pleased to get a new book. I used to read so many of my books, plus I went to the library every Saturday afternoon with Grandad. They got to know me so well that they asked me to help on a Saturday, so I would put the returned books away. The best bit was stamping the books out and looking for a book or author through the small files. I made my own library at home with my books. I would not let them get rid of…
View PostFOLKESTONE BOOK FESTIVAL 2024
I went to an author event at the book festival last week as it was an introduction to some of our local authors, I thought I knew most of them but I was super surprised to see the line up and only knew three of them! Where have they been hiding, I made contact with most of them and waiting to hear from them about their writing journey and books. I will then do a series of posts about each author, I am excited to get to know them. It was lovely to catch up with Paul Robinson…
View PostBANG TO RIGHTS BY JO BAVINGTON-JONES – BOOK REVIEW
I read The Write Way to Die a couple of years ago and have been patiently waiting for the second book in this series, Bang To Rights. I thought the first book was good but this second one is even better, especially since it is set in Folkestone where the author Jo and I live, plus a few others from the books! This book has everything you require from a murder mystery, great characters of Amy and Jenny that you can relate to and enough mystery to keep you turning those pages. Are they going to catch who…
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