Published by Titan Books, this time out, Reed Markham, FBI profiler is under the spotlight as he attempts to solve the mystery which has haunted him all his life-who killed his mother?
And who better to help him find out than Ellery, the girl he rescued from a serial killer when she was 13, and then grew up to be a formidable olice officer herself? I am a huge fan, so it was completely thrilling to be able to out the following questions to Joanna, as part of a publication day blitz! Hi Joanna, thanks ever so much for agreeing to answer some questions about your Ellery Hathaway series.
Yes, I figured it for a series. The pressure! You have to think up several! It took me a long time to find characters I could envisage tracking over multiple adventures, and thus, Ellery and Reed were born. I had certain ideas about where I wanted to take the characters, but they also take unexpected turns. Music and Silence-do you need absolute calm or chaos to work in? Is there a soundtrack that you have to get into the writing zone, or to connect with various elements of the story that you are writing?
The book came to be published through an annual contest run by the Mystery Writers of America and St. I entered but never in a million years expected to win. I was shocked to get the call! There are 10, new books published each month alone, so I am always humbled that a reader would choose one of mine. What is the book that you recommend above all others when asked for a book recommendation? There are simply too many amazing books in the world! Right now, I am very much enjoying the Jane Prescott series of historical mysteries by Mariah Fredericks.
Well, I was and so I am. There are millions of us out there. Then there was a USA reader who looked at the cover and decided the woman on the front looked pregnant. She took two stars off for the misdirection. Ellery, for me, has a completely unique perspective due to her background and I wondered if that would have affected her suitability to be a police woman. It was heartbreaking and offered such a deep insight into the character, and the nature of celebrity created by the media.
