When rural banker Richard Harper is
reported missing, DSS John (Archie) Baldrick and DC Ben Travers are drawn into
the tangled details of the man’s life. Would Harper really have chosen to leave
his seriously ill wife, and abandon his pregnant girlfriend? Or is there a real
threat behind the abusive emails he’d been receiving from desperate clients in
the wake of the Global Financial Crisis?
On the home front, Archie’s marriage
is rocky and his two teenage daughters are giving him all sorts of trouble. The
frail but beautiful Helena Harper and her magnificent house offer an oasis of
calm as Archie struggles to discover who is responsible for her husband’s
disappearance. Has he really been abducted, tortured or killed? Or is Richard
Harper himself behind everything that has happened?
Archie and Travers ultimately face a
race against time as the case descends into a bewildering morass of obsession,
violence and murder.
Longlisted
for the 2019 Michael Gifkins Memorial Prize for an Unpublished Novel
Finalist
in the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards for Best First Novel
Purchase Links
US - https://www.amazon.com/Into-Void-Christina-OReilly-ebook/dp/B08529J3DY
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-Void-Christina-OReilly-ebook/dp/B08529J3DY
Or readers can email Christina via her website
www.christinaoreilly.com
or her Facebook page Christina O’Reilly
– Author for a paperback copy.
Author Q&A
1. If you could tell
your younger writing self anything, what would it be?
Never send out a manuscript to a publisher unless you’re
completely happy with it – and take your time! On at least one occasion I
listened to a manuscript assessor’s advice and made changes that I wasn’t
entirely happy with. Assessors are not always right. You have to trust your own
instincts.
2. Favorite childhood
memory involving books?
When I was in about year 7 at school the class got a
delivery of some brand new books and we could choose to read whichever one we
liked. The newness of them and the thought of all the wonderful stories inside
their covers was so exciting – and I still feel that way about brand new books
today. The best gifts.
3. Did you want to be
an author when you grew up?
I didn’t even think about it, to be honest. As a child I
used to write stories all the time and it was something that I did just for
fun. By the time I got into my teens that desire had worn off and it wasn’t
until much later in life that I rediscovered the joys of writing fiction.
4. If you had to
describe yourself in three words, what would they be?
Introverted, imaginative, kind.
5. How
long, on average, does it take you to write a book?
About a year. I spend quite a lot of time thinking
about it before I actually get started. Once I start, it progresses quite
quickly, but sometimes I need a break for a few weeks after about Chapter 4 so
that I can work out clearly in my mind where the story is heading.
6. How do
you select the names of your characters?
First I try to imagine how the character looks
and then think about their personality. Then either a name pops into my mind or
I look through a book of names or a telephone directory until something jumps
out at me.
7. What
are your top 5 favorite movies?
Four Weddings and a Funeral
The Full Monty
My Boy Jack
Sense and Sensibility
Billy Elliot
8. What
fictional character would you want to be friends with in real life?
Bridget Jones J
9. Do you
have any advice for aspiring writers?
Employ a good proofreader and copy-editor to
ensure that your manuscript is the best it can be before you consider
publishing. Too many books are let down by the number of errors in the text.
10. What
is your favorite genre to read?
Mysteries – so I suppose this comes under crime
novels – but I don’t like really gory or gritty reads. There has to be lighter
moments in the story, even if horrible things like murder are happening in the
plot.
Author Bio
–
Christina is an author and proofreader living
in the Waikato region of New Zealand. Several of her short stories have been
published in anthologies, most recently in Fresh Ink: A Collection of Voices
from Aotearoa New Zealand 2019. Into the
Void is her first crime novel and was longlisted for the Michael Gifkins
Memorial Prize in 2019. It is also a finalist in the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards
for Best First Novel.
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