Guest Blogger - Hannah Dennison

A warm welcome to my writerly friend Hannah Dennison. Hannah is the author of the fabulous Honeychurch Hall series and today sees the launch of book 11!! A Fatal Feast at HoneyChurch Hall. I asked Hannah to pop in to talk a bit about the story behind the series, what inspires her to write. Here's what she had to say:Thank you to Helena for hosting me today! Writers are often asked where we get our ideas—and whether we’re ever afraid we’ll run out of them. I think I can speak for my fellow scribes when I say: ideas are everywhere. What I do worry about is running out of time. I’ll never write all the stories I want to before I either drop dead or become completely senile. That said, writing a long-running series—A Fatal Feast at Honeychurch Hall is book 11—comes with challenges. It’s harder than you’d think to come up with new and inventive ways to bump someone off. I’ve had more than one idea only to remember, “Oh no, I already did that in book three.” And don’t get me started on cliff-hanger moments… there are only so many times my heroine can get lost on Dartmoor. The spark for this new mystery came with our village flyer announcing the annual safari supper fundraiser. Instead of traveling across the veld to spot exotic animals, guests would enjoy a progressive dinner party, to enjoy a different course at a different home. What an excellent setting for … murder. Still, the seed (no pun intended) of a new story is always out there. In fact, just this morning I stumbled across an article about rare snowdrops and the fierce rivalries between collectors— galanthophiles, as they’re known. Let’s just say... book twelve may involve something far more dangerous than a gardening trowel.

About the book! When Eric Pugsley, who runs the unsightly scrapyard on the Honeychurch Hall estate, brings home his Turkish fiancée, everyone is delighted - even if the marriage does seem to include her outrageously feisty mother. A Safari Supper at the Hall is held in their honour, but trouble begins when, somewhere between the first course and dessert, one of the villagers goes missing and is later found drowned in the estate's ornamental lake. Rumours of foul play abound, given that competition is fierce to clinch a trophy at the upcoming Flower and Produce Festival, where sabotage had already come into play when someone released a herd of goats into the village allotments and one of the planned entries was eaten. But things take an even more sinister turn when Eric asks our heroine, Kat Stanford, to value the bride-to-be's 19th century Etruscan engagement ring, only to be told that historically it was used to carry poison - hardly an appropriate choice for love, but Eric is adamant it's what his fiancée wants. And then a second body is found... unearthing a hotbed of sabotage, blackmail, and old grudges. Grab a copy Kindle or order HERE with free shipping! Hannah Dennison is the author of the Honeychurch Hall Mysteries, the Vicky Hill Mysteries, and the Island Sisters Mysteries. You can find Hannah on Facebook Instagram and on her website