The following is the foreword from the latest Granny Smith book, The Welsh Connection - AVAILABLE NOW
I needed to tell this story in
order to flesh out Granny Smith’s world and bring the characters to a certain
point. The book concerns not only a mystery but also the wedding of Granny’s
son Gerald to his long time partner Wayne – the latter being an event that
Granny thinks of as, ‘The Royal Wedding.’
As I say this story had to be
told.
I knew it didn’t warrant a
full-length novel but that the long short story format, a novella if you like,
would better suite the story. And that’s one of the strengths of the Granny
Smith character – she lends herself to all kinds of stories, many different
formats. She and the world she inhabits is fluid enough to accommodate all
kinds of stories. Granny can be hard-boiled, funny and even romantic. One story
may be a straightforward crime mystery; another may be a cozy mystery and yet
another may be a breakneck thriller.
The Grannyiverse lends itself to
all of these genres.
This entire
story takes place over three days and packs a lot into such a small space of
time. So I hope you enjoy this little adventure featuring our intrepid
pensioner sleuth, and that you will return for Murder Plot, the next in the
Granny Smith series, which will see publication in summer 2014.
Enjoy.
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