Upmarket Espionage / Mystery / Thriller / Suspense
Date Published: January 15, 2016
In 1960s London, British Intelligence agent Peter Stoller is next in line to run the Agency. But when he falls in love with cab driver Charles, his life goes off the road. Charles is accused of being an enemy spy, and Peter is guilty by association. Though they manage to escape, the seeds of doubt have been planted, leaving Peter to wonder how much he can truly trust his lover. Is ignorance bliss or merely deadly?
Interview
What is the hardest part of writing
your books?
Getting
motivated. I have a difficult time focusing for any length of time. I’ll start
writing, and then I’ll get restless and want to check my email or get up and
move around. It’s tough for me to just sit down and write. Which is why it
takes me so long to finish anything.
What songs are most played on your
Ipod?
Oh, it
depends on my mood usually. I keep my iPod on shuffle anyway, so it selects my
music for me. I’d say the Rob Thomas and Matchbox Twenty stuff gets most
played, followed by The Script or Maroon 5. I like pop music.
Do you have critique partners or beta
readers?
I do. I
didn’t for a while, but I think it helps to have fresh eyes reading the work
and providing feedback. Things you think are obvious, that seem obvious to you
when you write it, may not be to a reader. And then sometimes you just make
stupid mistakes, and your critique partners and betas will find those for you,
too. It slows you down to have to build in those readers as part of the
process, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Nothing is perfect when it
first comes out. No matter how much you want it to be.
What book are you reading now?
I’m actually
re-reading Agatha Christie’s Death on the
Nile. I just finished Tana French’s The
Secret Place and wanted something lighter. Yes, I consider a murder mystery
light! But Christie’s books just snap along. They’re fast reads.
How did you start your writing career?
Ah, that
depends on where you start. As far as published works go, I started with my
Sherlock Holmes story “The Mystery of the Last Line.” I’d written it as part of
my graduate school admissions packet; it was one of my writing samples. And
years later I found it and decided to try self-publishing it. And it did pretty
well, so I went from there.
Well, my most
recent book came out in January. The Fall
and Rise of Peter Stoller was released by Tirgearr Publishing. It’s a 1960s
British spy novel in the vein of John Le Carré. As for my next release, I’m not
sure yet. I’m shopping a YA fantasy novel and writing a Regency romance. We’ll
see which comes out first.
M Pepper Langlinais is best known for her Sherlock Holmes stories. She is also a produced playwright and screenwriter. She lives in Livermore, California.
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