by nikkicopleston | Mar 20, 2022 | Blog
Readers often ask what inspires me to write, and I have to confess that I’m not really sure. Certain places capture my imagination – houses I visited as a child, favourite towns or country villages. But the setting isn’t enough in itself. Every story...
by nikkicopleston | Sep 9, 2021 | Blog
The fourth book featuring Detective Inspector Jeff Lincoln, The Promise of Salvation, is set in February 2017, a few months after the ending of The Shame of Innocence. A gale has ripped the top off an old well that’s been used by fly-tippers for years. Barbara...
by nikkicopleston | Jul 9, 2021 | Blog
I’ve finished it! The fourth DI Jeff Lincoln novel is completed. I thought I’d rattle through it during Lockdown, with more time on my hands and, in theory, fewer distractions, but like a lot of people, I felt a kind of underlying anxiety that made it...
by nikkicopleston | Apr 23, 2021 | Blog
I haven’t written a blog post for ages, mostly because I’ve been concentrating on finishing the first draft of the latest DI Jeff Lincoln crime novel. I’ve now submitted it and I’m waiting for feedback – nervously, because you get so...
by nikkicopleston | Oct 3, 2020 | Blog
June and Marjorie don’t have much in common – apart from their mother-in-law. Imagine the fun and games when these two ladies of a certain age go on a mystery tour together! A bitter-sweet tale written during lockdown. Click ‘Download’ to read...
by nikkicopleston | Jul 5, 2020 | Blog
I hadn’t been well. ‘Walk every day, Brian,’ the doctor said, ‘as far as you can. You’ll be right as ninepence in no time.’ It was springtime, so being outdoors was no hardship. I walked as far as Manor Fields, what’s left of...