Thank you! As with most things in writing it was a combination of books I was reading and situations I was thinking about. What gave you the idea to start writing about Crowther and Westerman? They are such an unusual investigative duo. So Imogen, I’m dying to know a few things about your books and in particular ‘Island of Bones’ – So, of course I join her and we soon get tucked into the goodies and of course talking about her fantastic series of books set in Keswick! We’ve had an emergency first cuppa as Imogen is parched just thinking about the tea and cake.
Several minutes later we’re sitting on the sofa, cake and tea all laid out nicely. Waiting for the icing to set so I’ve had a sneaky cuppa before Imogen arrivesĪah right that’s better, so cups clean and I’m all set now. This is thirsty work though this icing and cake baking lark – so much so that once I’ve got all the things in place and the table set, I have to make myself a sneaky cuppa before she comes here. I hope Imogen likes it, it’s the first time I’ve used this icing and decoration before.
Their secrets become hers, and soon she is caught in a scheme of betrayal and revenge that will plunge her into the darkness that waits beneath this glittering city of light.Well hello there – you catch me just getting the cake iced. As this dark and powerful tale progresses, Maud is drawn further into the Morels' world of elegant deception. Sylvie has a secret addiction to opium and Christian has an ominous air of intrigue. Christian and Sylvie, Maud soon discovers, are not quite the darlings they pretend to be. No longer hostage to poverty and hunger, Maud can at last devote herself to her art. With a clean room, hot meals, and an umbrella to keep her dry, she is able to hold her head high as she strolls the streets of Montmartre. Quietly starving, and dreading another cold Paris winter, she stumbles upon an opportunity when Christian Morel engages her as a live-in companion to his beautiful young sister, Sylvie. While her fellow students enjoy the dazzling decadence of the Belle Epoque, Maud slips into poverty. It took all her courage to escape, but Paris, she quickly realizes, is no place for a light purse. There is but one Paris.Vincent Van GoghMaud Heighton came to Lafond's famous Academie to paint, and to flee the constraints of her small English town.
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