Mr G is asked 10 Questions...

I was recently been asked to take part in a new 'Blog Hop' thing by fellow author Glenn Muller...so here's how I answered the 10 questions put to me about my book 'Slow Poison'. Feel free to ask me anything else you'd like to know... (Glenn's link is at the foot of this blog)

So - here goes with the ten!

1) What is the working title of your book?

SLOW POISON - this has been the working title for a year or so. The original title was 'A Quiet Vengeance', but I think the current title has more menace.

2) Who or what inspired you to write the book?

I lived in Amsterdam for a quarter of a century but I was born and raised in The Cotswolds - a heady combination. Encountering a horde of football hooligans in the 80s, finding myself caught up with a near riot in the city,  a chance meeting (in Amsterdam) with an old school comrade plus my furtive imagination unleashed the book.

3) Where did the idea come from for your book?

I can add nothing more to the answer to 2.

4) How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?

The first draft was completed in around two months, the tweaking and heavy edits over the past couple of years. Are we there yet?

5) What genre does your book fall under?

Thriller, with some pretentions to literary fiction.

6) What is the one sentence synopsis of your book?

'From murder and mayhem on the streets of Amsterdam to quiet vengeance in the pastoral English countryside, Slow Poison is the silent assassin.'

7) What other books would you compare this story to?

Mrs. G. (who has read almost every book around...) thinks that it has echoes of Larsson and Nesbo. I've read neither, but I know the book is very dark and visceral.

8) Which actors would you choose to play in your movie rendition?

Unfamilar names and faces. A famous lead would give the game away too soon.

9) Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?

I took the plunge and self-published at the end of 2012. Amazon for Kindle for now. An agent and a publisher would be a good move, though...

10) What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?

Nothing and no-one in the book are quite what they might seem. The plot does keep you guessing and there is a twist in the last few pages. A little King-like frisson that changes the story in one fell swoop.

Slow Poison on Amazon

Slow Poison cover by www.rubenireland.co.uk

Glenn Muller's Blog

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