 |
|||||
|
|||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|||
|
About PJ Quinn PJ Quinn is a collaboration between published novelist and poet, Pauline Kirk, and her lawyer daughter Jo Summers. When Pauline started suffering from 'writer's block', Jo challenged her to write a crime novel. A good old fashioned 'who dunnit', with interesting characters and a great plot. Then somehow Jo found herself co-writing with Pauline and the rest, as they say, is history. Enter DI Ambrose, a gentle giant of a police detective, and his colleagues DS Winters, WPC Meadows and others at the Chalk Heath police station. The first novel 'Foul Play' was published in 2011. 'Poison Pen' came out in 2012 and was followed by 'Close Disharmony' in 2014. 'Poetic Justice' was published in 2018. Work on the fifth novel in the series was hampered by Covid and lockdowns, but Jo and Pauline kept going. The occasional zoom session helped! 'Skull Days' was published in the Autumn of 2023. Meanwhile, Stairwell Books brought out a new, expanded edition of 'Foul Play' in 2020, following requests from readers. This included additional chapters about WPC Meadows and PC Sutton. Second printings of 'Poison Pen' and 'Close Disharmony' were also published in 2020. ***HOT NEWS*** Night Call and Other Stories Coming soon! Fighting Cock Press are publishing a collection of Jo and Pauline's short stories. Night Call and Other Stories is a collection of eighteen tales of murder and mystery, some new, some previously published in a wide range of journals, or broadcast on local radio. They are set in eighteen different times and places, but all are mysteries, or mysterious. Unexpected things happen. Gardeners disappear, ants invade houses and Morris dancing can hide a murder, Apparently normal events slide into the supernatural. As in their DI Ambrose novels, Pauline and Jo are interested in character and motive, as well as plot development. Each story creates its own world, often with a strong sense of place and period, or an imagined future. Dipping into this anthology is like opening a box of chocolates. If one isn't to your taste, try the next one. |
|||
 |
|||
| Site Map |