Welcome to the Seahills Estate, the fictitious estate in Houghton-le-Spring in North East England which provides the setting for Sheila Quigley's action-packed thrillers: Run for Home, Bad Moon Rising, Living on a Prayer, Every Breath You Take and and The Road to Hell.
A message from Sheila
A message from Sheila (pictured, right, at the launch party for her latest book, The Road to Hell) -
The Road to Hell has been selling brilliantly in the book shops and on line sites. the first printing nearly sold out in a few weeks. I am thrilled with the book my new publisher (Tonto Books) have produced, and the cover is fantastic.
The paperback - with another excellent cover - is due out in June.
Some more great news: I am now a columnist for the Sunderland Echo, and really excited about it. My column was launched on New years Eve and will be out every other Thursday: topical everyday things and book reviews.
Thorn In My Side is at the final stages and will be out in September.
Thanks for all your great comments on my books.
Read a new interview online in the Sunderland Echo to find out about what else Sheila is writing, about her plans for a whole new series of novels, and how the Sunderland Echo helped her to learn to read from !
Sheila has a busy diary for the New Year, so there will be plenty of opportunities to come along and say 'hello' - and get your copy of The Road to Hell signed by Sheila herself! Find her at:
- Monday 8th February, 2.00 pm
- Ferryhill Library
- Tuesday 9th February, 2.30 pm
- Belmont Library
- Tuesday 9th February, 7.15 pm
- Newton Hall Library with Matt Hilton
- Wednesday 24th February, 2.00 pm
- Willington Library with Matt Hilton
- Monday 1st March, 7.15 pm
- Dunston Library
- Tuesday 2nd March, 2.00 pm
- Shotton library
- Thursday 4th March - National Book Day! - 7.15 pm
- Durham Clayport Library
- Monday 8th March, 5.00 pm
- Murton Library
- Tuesday 9th March, 5.00 pm
- Seaham library
- June 23 (time to be confirmed)
- Acklam Library
And keep watching this space for information about future events, sometimes solo, and sometimes teamed up with crime-writing friends Matt Hilton and Ken McCoy, otherwise known as Murder INK.
Competition results!
Fans have noticed a theme running through Sheila's choice of titles for her books, and to celebrate the launch of The Road to Hell she challenged them to e-mail her with the best three song titles, to match her kind of books. And the winner is:
Alison Brown, with:
- In The Midnight Hour
- Heart Of Glass
- Nowhere Man
Sheila says: "It was very difficult to judge, as there were so many really good titles. Quite a few had two titles that I liked, but the three above really set my mind off thinking of story lines."
Congratulations to Alison, who wins a hardback signed copy of The Road to Hell. And Sheila promises that there will be other competitions in the future, so don't forget to check back here.
More about The Road to Hell including details of how to buy a copy!
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Visit Sheila's Picture Gallery, or read what Sheila has to say about the Durham Santa Stroll 2008.
What's Sheila reading?
At a lot of library events one of the most asked questions is: what do you read? Mostly I read horror or fantasy, with the odd crime novel that takes my fancy - these must be fast paced with not a lot of procedural work thrown in.
The other day I called to pick my twelve year old granddaughter Shanine up, to take her and her six year old cousin Leah up to Holy Island where the new book, Thorn In My Side, is set. While waiting for her, I picked up her latest book, Wizards' Kingdom, by Colin R Parsons and could not put it down. She also raved about it, and was eager to get her hands on the next one. I was so pleased that she had finished it so I could take it home. A great read.
Check out his website - and some other great authors - on my links page.
Welcome to the Seahills Estate...
"You have to have hope, else there's no point in going on, is there?"
"Hope." Kerry spread her arms wide. "Around here? Yer fucking kidding, aren't yer?"
"Now it's not that bad."
"News flash, Sandra... it is that bad."
"No, Kerry pet. This is home. It's my home, it's your home. It's where we belong." She spread her own arms wide in imitation of Kerry. "Where else can yer get a cuppa free when yer need it, an ear when yer need it? These people won't walk past yer in the gutter, they'll pick yer up."
"Aye, maybes, but they'll pick yer pocket while they do it."
"No they won't. No one ever gets mugged or burgled on the Seahills."
Kerry folded her arms across her chest. "Have you flipped yer lid? Nobody's burgled around here, Sandra, cos this is where the burglars live. And the muggers, and the car thieves. There's one just gone in my house."
"Cal! He's a nice lad."
Extract from Run for Home
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