Meet Patricia Marques, creator of Inspector Reis, with The Colours of Death and House of Silence already on our shelves, and Broken Oaths, the third novel in the series, due September '24. We chat about getting a university assignment published, the advantages and disadvantages of crossing genres, and how life can impact the writing process as she struggled to complete her latest instalment.

Learn what it takes to be an author, the lack of sleep that comes with writing around work commitments, and the pressure from positive reviews rather than negative.

Get to know Patricia better with our New2theScene presenter, and hear about the sometimes toxic relationship authors have with writing... but they wouldn't have it any other way!

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