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Killing it in Paris: The Killing Sense by Sam Blake

Jan 5, 2025 | writing.ie | Sam Blake

Researching The Killing Sense in Paris, bestselling author Sam Blake ‘went down into the sewers and not up the Eiffel Tower’ . . . Stephen King talks about great story being the collision of two unrelated ideas. At this stage, after twelve books (and a pile of unpublished novels and partials pre- my bestselling debut Little Bones), I’ve learned to tune into my subconscious so that when an idea arrives, I know that it is the start of something – or part of something.
Natasha Cooper - December 2024/January 2025 Crime Round-up

Dec 1, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Belinda Bauer |Sam Blake |Chris Hammer |Howard Linskey

December 2024/January 2025 Crime Round-up My Crime Novels of the Year Knife Skills for Beginnersby Orlando Murrin (Bantam Press). For fans of cosy crime with an edge, this novel is wickedly entertaining. Set in an upmarket cookery school in Belgravia, it includes among the murders some really helpful culinary advice by a chef who knows his stuff. The Long Waterby Stef Penney (Quercus). Stef Penney’s impressive and beautifully written The Long Water is set in a small community in the Norwegian...
The Killing Sense

Sep 4, 2024 | netgalley.co.uk | Sam Blake

Danger is closer than you think... Single Mum Kate Wilde has escaped an abusive marriage and hasn't had a holiday in years, so when she wins a five-day trip to Paris to learn about perfume - in a competition she can't remember entering - it's a dream come true. Or is it? Almost as soon as she arrives, Kate's ex texts with evidence that he's in Paris too. Kate can feel she's being watched, and she's sure someone has been in her apartment.
Something's About To Blow Up

Jan 31, 2024 | easons.com | Sam Blake

PaperbackCategories:Young Adult FictionFiction Young AdultTeenage Fiction 12 to 15 YearsWhen an explosion rips through the chemistry lab at Raven's Hill School and six girls are injured, the first thought is that it’s an experiment gone wrong. Then the guards start investigating and suspect a bomb. But if so – who was it targeting, and why?
Flying High: Three Little Birds by Sam Blake

Jan 4, 2024 | writing.ie | Sam Blake

Sam Blake’s new book Three Little Birds was inspired by a photograph but takes readers to the world of forensics and facial reconstruction. For me the start of a new year is all about possibility – my favourite quote is from Febvre:“there are no necessities, but everywhere possibilities; and man, as the master of these possibilities, is the judge of their use”. Every new book offers possibilities – for Sam Blake to reach new readers, and for readers to find me.
Buy Three Little Birds Book at Easons

Dec 21, 2023 | easons.com | Sam Blake

PaperbackCategories:Thriller and SuspenseClassic'Griptastic!' Liz Nugent Two decades of secrets. One shocking discovery... When a skull is found in Lough Coyne, facial reconstruction expert Dr Carla Steele is drawn into a fourteen-year-old case - but not all cases are cold, as Carla discovers when she and DS Jack Maguire find the brutally murdered body of a local woman close to the water's edge.
Three Little Birds

Nov 4, 2023 | netgalley.co.uk | Sam Blake

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Building young adult fiction requires a set of strong characters

May 21, 2023 | thejournal.ie | Sam Blake

THERE IS NOTHING more daunting for a writer – whatever stage you are at – than the blank page at the start of a story. I don’t sit down to start a book until I’ve got a strong sense of direction – an opening scene, a character, or perhaps a first line. Thinking, drawing plot mind maps, working out who my characters are and what’s going to happen is vital to avoid that big scary white space.
Sam Blake on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, an Agatha Christie classic

May 19, 2023 | independent.ie | Sam Blake

Knowing where to begin with an author who wrote 66 books and 14 collections of short stories, selling over two billion copies, is a conundrum. The best-selling author of all time, Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie’s career launched in 1920 with The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and she wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, as well as London’s longest ever running play The Mousetrap, which opened in 1952.
Something Terrible: Sam Blake's YA Debut

May 8, 2023 | writing.ie | Sam Blake

This novel is a YA debut for thriller writer Sam Blake, and it’s a great introduction to thriller for YA readers. It’s relatable, full of suspense, and gets the reader involved. I found myself having to fight to put this book down because it was so engaging, which meant I ended up finishing it in two sittings!At the start of the book, you’ll find a map of Katie’s house (this really helped me), so I genuinely felt as though I was watching a teen Netflix show as I read it.