From serial killers and cold cases to hidden identities and dark secrets, these are some of the ingredients I love putting into my crime novels. If you’ve read more than one of my books, you’ll probably have noticed there are certain things I return to again and again. I love complicated investigations. I love secrets….
My Favourite Summer Tropes (Published in Writers’ Narrative Magazine, August Edition) One of my favourite parts of packing for a holiday is deciding which book to take with me. Sometimes it’s the latest Michael Connelly, sometimes it’s a Richard & Judy Book Club pick or sometimes it’s an irresistible Lucy Score romance. Whatever I choose,…
(Written for Writers’ Narrative Magazine, April 2026) By Biba Pearce You’ve just come back from an incredible trip. You know the kind, the one where you wandered the streets soaking up the sights, the sounds, the smells, the whole atmosphere of the place. Maybe it was a Greek island, where you explored narrow cobbled alleyways,…
Writing About Places You’ve Never Been (Published in Writers’ Narrative Magazine – February 2026) As strange as it sounds, some of my most successful series are set in places I’ve never physically visited. Miami. Colorado. Scandinavia. On paper, that sounds crazy. How can you convincingly write about a place you’ve never seen? Or smelled? Or…
Considerations for writing a long-running series (First published in Writers’ Narrative Magazine – March 2026) If you want to learn how to write a memoir, a literary novel, or a once-off, then this article isn’t for you. If you want to learn how to plot and build a series in a commercial fiction genre, then…
The Research Behind ‘Gilt Edge’ They say being a writer makes you an accidental expert at a thousand different things. But with my latest Kenzie Gilmore thriller, Gilt Edge, I think I may have finally pushed that definition to its limit. Writing a contemporary crime novel in 2026 means navigating a world that moves at…