Author: Andrea Barton

Award-winning author, Andrea Barton, writes the Jade Riley Mystery Series. She is Managing Editor at Brightside Story Studio and Vice President of Mansfield Readers and Writers Festival. Her other writing credits include The Winding Narrative blog, short stories, picture books and stage productions about contemporary social issues. She has co-authored and edited two anthologies about expatriate life.
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P.D. McShane on Spies, Conspiracies and The Minerva Agenda

Pat is a successful business owner who specializes in strategic leadership and change. He works with a variety of organisations, assisting their senior leaders to develop innovative strategies for achieving success.
He has trained with British paratroopers, and travelled broadly, spending time in Russia, Scandinavia, Southeast Asia, the Nevada desert, and North Africa. His exposure to the military and intelligence sectors brings a disturbing reality to his debut novel The Minerva Agenda. Continue reading P.D. McShane on Spies, Conspiracies and The Minerva Agenda

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Writing a Mystery: Chapter Titles/Playlist A Killer Among Friends

In my debut novel, The Godfather of Dance, I used song titles to name each chapter, which suited a novel set in the ballroom dance world. Reader feedback about this was positive, so it made sense to continue the style for the second Jade Riley mystery, A Killer Among Friends. It also matched the story because the second point of view character is a drummer in a rock band. Continue reading Writing a Mystery: Chapter Titles/Playlist A Killer Among Friends