“Why must you always tell a story the instant you see something?” Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Two bestselling writers discuss creating memorable characters, the challenges of writing a series, and why the enduring appeal of crime fiction is rooted in substance as well as suspense.

Author of the popular Inishowen Mysteries series, Andrea Carter’s There Came A-Tapping is her first standalone thriller. Jess Kidd has written four standalone novels; Murder at Gulls Nest is the first in a sparkling new 1950s seaside mystery series featuring sharp-eyed former nun Nora Breen.

Jess Kidd has been nominated for the CWA New Blood Dagger, the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award. Andrea Carter’s Inishowen Mysteries novels featuring solicitor-turned-sleuth Ben O’Keeffe have been optioned for television.

In conversation with Edel Coffey, author and Books Editor, The Gloss.

Duration: 1 hour