In our first ever episode, Jessica sits down with Irish thriller writer Tríona Walsh, the author of The Snow Storm and The Party, to discuss a book Walsh used in her query letter: Ruth Ware's debut novel, In a Dark, Dark Wood (2015). Topics covered include
How to make a locked-room thriller claustrophobic without it getting tiresome
Why the advent of smartphones has made crime and thriller writers' lives harder
Why a detective character's savviness or daftness doesn't matter so much as their level of consistency.
Ep. 001: Irish Thriller Novelist Tríona Walsh