Monday 11 November 2013

Writers keep it in the family

Novelists Claire Moss and Bud Craig will remember November 2013 for a very long time. It’s unusual enough for a father and daughter to have novels published; even more so when it’s in the same month.

“I’m sure this has never happened before,” says Bud
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Married with two children, Claire Moss lives in Thirsk. She was brought up and went to school in the village of Hurworth near Darlington, where her parents still live.

Bud’s crime thriller, Tackling Death, was published on 3rd November by Not So Noble Books. Carina UK will bring out Claire’s modern romance Who Do You Think You Are? on 28th November, but it can be pre-ordered now. Both are e-books, which can be downloaded via Amazon.

Tackling Death is set in the city of Salford, where Bud was born and bred. In Tackling Death ex-rugby league player turned social worker Gus Keane is closing up his case files in preparation for retirement, but a bruising encounter with a client sets off a chain of events in which he finds his boss murdered. Now turning private eye to uncover the truth, as more murders occur Gus himself comes under suspicion in a thickening plot involving blackmail and a missing girl. When he closes in on the killer will Gus come out on top or fall victim to the murderer’s desperate moves?

Bud, a member of Inkerman Writers in Darlington, hopes this will be the first in a series and has already started on the next one.

In Who Do You Think You Are? Tash is back in Doncaster from the Big Smoke, leaving a broken marriage behind her. Her parents killed in a tragic accident, she’s left rudderless and alone. So when sexy features writer Tim arrives back on the scene, she’s sorely tempted. But what if journalist Ed, rootless and troubled, is The One?

Ed’s been enjoying the expat high life, but now he’s back in Doncaster, haunted by the past he’s never quite been able to leave behind. His brother disappeared at the height of the miner’s strike never to reappear. It’s even harder now that he’s surrounded by painful reminders. If the only way to lay his brother to rest is to find out what really happened all those years ago, who better to help than sexy librarian Tash?

Claire’s first novel Northern Soul Revival was published in 2010 and is still available in paperback and as an e-book. Writing has been a big part of her life for some years and she currently runs a Writing Group in Thirsk.

What does Claire think of her Dad’s book?

“A gripping story, it deals with tough issues with a light touch. The characters are believable and sympathetic and I was gripped from the first page.”

“I loved Northern Soul Revival,” says Bud. “It kept me reading, there were nice flashes of humour and the characters were great. I have already pre-ordered Who Do You Think You Are? and can’t wait to read it.”
Publishers links: http://www.radicaleyes.it/notsonoblebooks/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Who-Do-You-Think-Are-ebook/dp/B00FMZW2PE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383852028&sr=8-1&keywords=claire+moss+who+do+you+think+you+are

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