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 and Every Breath You Take.
The Road To Hell
Sheila has just sent us this exciting message about the next book in the series, the eagerly-awaited The Road to Hell):
Hello everyone, great news!
The Road to Hell comes out in hardback on November the fifth - just in time for your Christmas presents.
If you are dying to know what happened to Lorraine in her youth, why Dave Ridley is now as mad as a hatter, and how Jacko lost his eye - and how the whole business is tied up with an horrific murder today, then you can't afford to miss it!
Also a really exciting competion. The person who e-mails me ( ) with the best three song titles, to match the kind of books I write, gets a free hardback signed copy of The Road to Hell. Competition closes November 1st.
I am thrilled to be with my new publisher Tonto books; they are going far, and I am looking forward to the ride!
Come and see Sheila - sometimes teamed up with crime-writing friends Martyn Waites and Ken McCoy, otherwise known as Murder INK - at one of the events listed below, or use the map to explore the Seahills Estate:
- Monday 6th July 6, 2.00 pm
- Noise in the Libraries, Sunderland City Library, 38-40 Fawcett Street, Sunderland
- Tuesday 21st July, 7.30 pm
- Horden Library, Sunderland Road, Horden
- Saturday 10th October, 2.00 pm
- Murder Walk in Houghton-le-Spring, with local historian Paul Lanagan: read about previous walks, and solve the exclusive Houghton Feast murder mystery!
Walk departs Houghton Library, and is followed by refreshments and a sneak preview of Sheila's next book.
Telephone 0191 520 5092 to book; numbers strictly limited.
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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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