Podcast appearances and mentions of cathy ace

Cathy Ace's Cait Morgan Mysteries feature a criminal psychologist sleuth encountering traditional whodunits around the world (optioned for TV by Free@LastTV - Agatha Raisin); her WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries feature a quartet of soft poached female PIs solving cozy cases from a Welsh stately home. Her Welsh suspense novel, The Wrong Boy, has also been optioned for TV. Shortlisted for Canada's Bony Blithe Award three times, winning once, she's also won IPPY and IBA Awards; her work's been twice shortlisted for Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, and the CrimeFictionLover Best Indie Novel. She migrated from Wales aged 40, and now lives in Canada. She's a Past Chair of Crime Writers of Canada.Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCathyAceInstagram https://www.instagram.com/cathyace1/Other Social Media: https://twitter.com/AceCathyWebsite: https://www.cathyace.com/*****************About SinCSisters in Crime (SinC) was founded in 1986 to promote the ongoing advancement, recognition and professional development of women crime writers. Through advocacy, programming and leadership, SinC empowers and supports all crime writers regardless of genre or place on their career trajectory.www.SistersinCrime.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sincnational/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sincnational.bsky.socialThreads: https://www.threads.net/@sincnationalFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sistersincrimeTikTok:: https://www.tiktok.com/@sincnationalThe SinC Writers' Podcast is produced by Julian Crocamo https://www.juliancrocamo.com/

The Duke of Chellingworth's beloved butler is grieving his brother's death…but was it a really a tragic accident, or was it – as the man's widow believes – murder? Mavis and the dowager Althea offer the services of the WISE Enquiries Agency to investigate, which puts one of their team in a dangerous situation. Meanwhile, Annie and Tudor are puzzled by a spate of petty thefts at their new pub, and Alexander must confront his largely secret past – possibly endangering his new persona and his relationship with Christine…who has a secret of her own. All this while Carol heads up a case involving an aged business tycoon who's desperate to find the Welsh farming family who took him in when he was evacuated from London during World War Two.It's July in Wales…however, there's no break in sight for our four softly poached PIs, who are not only facing challenging cases, but also juggling complicated personal lives.The Case of the Bereaved Butler a cozy Welsh murder mystery full of twists (WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries Book 9) - Kindle edition by Ace, Cathy. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/houseofmysteryradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bonus episode! Recorded live at Bouchercon 2023. Author Cathy Ace joined me in the podcast studio to chat about crime--fiction, that is. Find Cathy at https://www.cathyace.com/ Help the podcast! Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app. Leave a 5-star rating or review. Web: ⁠https://thecozycornerwithalexiagordon.com/⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/thecozycornerpodcast⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/podcast_cozy/⁠ Pinterest: ⁠https://www.pinterest.com/alexia_gordon/the-cozy-corner-with-alexia-gordon-podcast/⁠ Find me, your podcast host, at: Web ⁠https://alexiagordon.net/⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaGordon.writer⁠ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexiagordonauthor/ Newsletter: ⁠https://mailchi.mp/alexiagordon/poc2pov

Bonus episode! Recorded live at Bouchercon 2023. Author Cathy Ace joined me in the podcast studio to chat about crime--fiction, that is. Find Cathy at https://www.cathyace.com/ Help the podcast! Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app. Leave a 5-star rating or review. Web: ⁠https://thecozycornerwithalexiagordon.com/⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/thecozycornerpodcast⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/podcast_cozy/⁠ Pinterest: ⁠https://www.pinterest.com/alexia_gordon/the-cozy-corner-with-alexia-gordon-podcast/⁠ Find me, your podcast host, at: Web ⁠https://alexiagordon.net/⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaGordon.writer⁠ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexiagordonauthor/ Newsletter: ⁠https://mailchi.mp/alexiagordon/poc2pov

Bonus episode! Recorded live at Bouchercon 2023. Author Cathy Ace joined me in the podcast studio to chat about crime--fiction, that is. Find Cathy at https://www.cathyace.com/ Help the podcast! Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app. Leave a 5-star rating or review. Web: ⁠https://thecozycornerwithalexiagordon.com/⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/thecozycornerpodcast⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/podcast_cozy/⁠ Pinterest: ⁠https://www.pinterest.com/alexia_gordon/the-cozy-corner-with-alexia-gordon-podcast/⁠ Find me, your podcast host, at: Web ⁠https://alexiagordon.net/⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaGordon.writer⁠ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexiagordonauthor/ Newsletter: ⁠https://mailchi.mp/alexiagordon/poc2pov

Crime Time FM the official podcast of CrimeFest 2023: Episode 2 - A Genre As Wide As A Sea. Victoria Selman and Paul Burke chat to CrimeFest David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Jo Furnish & Kate Simants, Cathy Ace, Jen Faulkner & Heather Fitt and David Penny about their novels, the festival and panels.For more information, tickets and news:CrimeFestParticipating AuthorsProgrammeProduced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimeCrimeFest is sponsored by SPECSAVERS (headline sponsors), Cause UK, CTFM, FREE@LAST TV and HW Fisher.Produced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023&CWA Daggers 2023

PART 2 WWAR:Tracey reported on “Operation Blackbird: A Cold War Spy Novel” by Ellen Butler. Ellen appeared onepisode 19 in August of 2018 on her book “Isabella's Painting.”October, 1952. The war is over, but for CIA officer Miriam Becker, memories of the horrors she witnessedremain jagged in her mind. While vacationing in Argentina, recovering from a mission that nearly killed her,she's seeing more ghosts from the past than the sights.When a longtime family friend and fellow operative, Jake Devlin, tracks her down, Miriam is forced to pusheverything to the back of her mind for the next mission: help a highly prized and heavily guarded rocketscientist defect from Soviet-controlled East Berlin—right out from under the KGB's nose.Well aware that one wrong move could spark World War III, Miriam, Jake, and the team plan their strategy tothe last detail. But when a betrayal brings everything crashing down, Jake's quick thinking creates thediversion to get Miriam out alive—but leaves him trapped behind the Iron Curtain.Unsure of whom she can trust, Miriam must complete the mission by relying on contacts outside of theagency, even though her heart longs to return to East Berlin to rescue the man who is the last link to hertroubled past ... before the KGB gets to him first.Last but not least, Misty reported on Cathy Ace, one of our favorite authros, whose first appearance on thepodcast was on episode 27 for her book “The Corpse With The Silver Tongue.” She has appeared severaltimes since then.Misty reported on “The Case of The Cursed Cottage: A WISE Enquiries Agent Mystery.” HenryTwyst, eighteenth Duke of Chellingworth, is convinced his mother is losing her marbles. The dowager claimsto have seen a corpse on the dining-room floor, but all she has to prove it is a bloodied bobble hat.A BODY IN THE DINING ROOM. A BEAUTIFUL OLD MANSION. FOUR LADIES WHO WILL SOLVE THEMYSTERY.Henry hires the women of the WISE Enquiries Agency. The duke wants the strange matter explained.But the truth of what happened at the Chellingworth Estate, set in the rolling Welsh countryside near thequaint village of Anwen by Wye, is more complex, dangerous, and deadly, than anyone could have foreseen .. .THE DETECTIVESThe WISE Enquiries Agency consists of Mavis, Annie, Carol and Christine. One is Welsh, one Irish, oneScottish and one English, hence the name. Drawn together by chance – and a killer – the women of the WISEEnquiries Agency turned their backs on their previous careers to work together to help others. Combining theirunique skills, and reveling in their differences, they're doing their best to make the business succeed. Butbeing private investigators isn't a bed of roses – there are bills to pay, clients to be managed, and dangers tobe faced. Can they manage to do it all, and survive?We thank our listeners and especially our patrons who support what we do and look forward to five moreyears of fun.TRIVIALast week's question was:P.D. James began her writing career while she worked where?a. A schoolb. a Law firmc. a factoryd. a hospitalThe answer is d. A hospital. She married Ernest Connor Bantry White (called "Connor"), an army doctor,on 8 August 1941. They had two daughters, Clare and Jane. White returned from the Second World Warmentally ill and was institutionalised. With her daughters being mostly cared for by Connor's parents,Jamesstudied hospital administration, and from 1949 to 1968 worked for a hospital board in London. She beganwriting in the mid-1950s, using her maiden name ("My genes are James genes")This week's question is:What is author Laura Lippmans family connection to “The Wire?”a. her brotherb. Her sisterc. Her cousinTune in next week for the answer.

ALIS HAWKINS (Not One of Us), GAIL 'GB' WILLIAMS (The Chair) & PHILIP GWYNNE JONES (Vengeance in Venice) chat to Victoria and Paul about all things Welsh crime fiction and the Gwyl Crime Cyrmu Festival - 27-29th April & 2-4th May. Featuring:The Daniel Morgan murder, Mark Billingham, Ann Cleave, Mark Ellis, Elly Griffiths, Cathy Ace, Vaseem Khan, Abir Mukherjee, Chris Lloyd, Matt Johnson and many more...For festival tickets:GWYL CRIME CYMRUhttps://gwylcrimecymrufestival.co.uk/For information on Welsh crime writers:CRIME CYMRUhttps://crime.cymru/Recommendations Wilderness - B.E. JonesThe Lake Vyrney Killings - Simon McCleave (DI Ruth Hunter series)Hard Return Rosie Claverton (Amy Lane mysteries)Fortuna's Deadly Shadow & Fatal Solution - Leslie ScaseVictoria Selman is the author of the Ziba McKenzie Serial killer novels and Truly, Darkly, Deeply coming in July.Produced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimePaul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover, NB Magazine and the European Literature Network.

Bonus episode! Cathy Ace, author of the WISE Agency Mysteries and the Cait Morgan Mysteries, stops by the Corner to share her memories, old and new, of a Welsh Christmas. Tune in to find out how tater tots and Brasso fit into Cathy's holiday. Find Cathy at http://www.cathyace.com/ Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode. If you enjoy the show, please leave a 5-star rating or review. Web: https://thecozycornerwithalexiagordon.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecozycornerpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/podcast_cozy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast_cozy/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/alexia_gordon/the-cozy-corner-with-alexia-gordon-podcast/ Support the podcast on Patreon! Gain access to patron-only posts, thank you gifts, and giveaways! A donation of as little as $3/month gets you a shout-out on The Cozy Corner. Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/AuthorAlexiaGordonand thank you for your support. Find me, your podcast host, at: Web https://alexiagordon.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaGordon.writer Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexiagordon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexiagordonauthor/ Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/alexiagordon/poc2pov

Bonus episode! Cathy Ace, author of the WISE Agency Mysteries and the Cait Morgan Mysteries, stops by the Corner to share her memories, old and new, of a Welsh Christmas. Tune in to find out how tater tots and Brasso fit into Cathy's holiday. Find Cathy at http://www.cathyace.com/ Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode. If you enjoy the show, please leave a 5-star rating or review. Web: https://thecozycornerwithalexiagordon.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecozycornerpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/podcast_cozy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast_cozy/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/alexia_gordon/the-cozy-corner-with-alexia-gordon-podcast/ Support the podcast on Patreon! Gain access to patron-only posts, thank you gifts, and giveaways! A donation of as little as $3/month gets you a shout-out on The Cozy Corner. Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/AuthorAlexiaGordon and thank you for your support. Find me, your podcast host, at: Web https://alexiagordon.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaGordon.writer Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexiagordon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexiagordonauthor/ Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/alexiagordon/poc2pov

Bonus episode! Cathy Ace, author of the WISE Agency Mysteries and the Cait Morgan Mysteries, stops by the Corner to share her memories, old and new, of a Welsh Christmas. Tune in to find out how tater tots and Brasso fit into Cathy's holiday. Find Cathy at http://www.cathyace.com/ Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss an episode. If you enjoy the show, please leave a 5-star rating or review. Web: https://thecozycornerwithalexiagordon.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecozycornerpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/podcast_cozy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcast_cozy/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/alexia_gordon/the-cozy-corner-with-alexia-gordon-podcast/ Support the podcast on Patreon! Gain access to patron-only posts, thank you gifts, and giveaways! A donation of as little as $3/month gets you a shout-out on The Cozy Corner. Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/AuthorAlexiaGordon and thank you for your support. Find me, your podcast host, at: Web https://alexiagordon.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaGordon.writer Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexiagordon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexiagordonauthor/ Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/alexiagordon/poc2pov

Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Kiffer Brown. Kathryn (Kiffer) Brown is the CEO and co-founder of Chanticleer Reviews and Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards (The CIBAs) that Discover Today's Best Books. The company differentiates itself with "under the hood" digital technology that increases the digital footprint of each book review and CIBA winner developed by her super-geek husband, Argus Brown.  Kiffer has presented at events such as: Writer's Digest Conference in NYC, IBPA University, Women in Publishing Summit, Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, RWA National Conference, Historical Novel Society, BEA UpubU, ALLi, Left Coast Crime Conference, and many more.  The annual Chanticleer Authors Conference held in Bellingham, WA features international best-selling authors such as Cathy Ace, Robert Dugoni, J.D. Barker, Ann Charles (and more!). The event focuses on marketing and book promotion, advanced writing craft, and Book-to-Film sessions.   In this episode Kiffer and I discuss: Why there has never been a better time to be an author than NOW. What makes something a review as opposed to a write-up and the four types of reviews. How advanced reviews help in promoting your book and when you should start getting them.   Plus, her #1 tip for writers. For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/378

Cathy Ace is an entertaining speaker; over the years she’s chatted engagingly, made complex Powerpoint presentations, and read her work or hosted and been Master of Ceremony for various events and conferences. She’s done this at venues as diverse as a plant nursery in Canada, a dazzling Livery Hall in the City of London, and a grade 12 schoolroom.

Author of the Cait Morgan mystery series, Cathy Ace, joins Donna to talk about her brand new book, The Corpse with the Crystal Skull. Prefer to watch the interview on YouTube? Subscribe to our Dead to Writes channel, and never miss an episode: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXq0Coz2TJHb71Q5n7GwMg?view_as=subscriber Are you a published author? Would you like to be featured on our podcast?… Continue reading Dead to Writes: S4 E81, Cathy Ace

Meet globetrotting psychologist and sleuth Cait Morgan. Cathy Ace had the great good fortune to travel the world during her corporate career. Which is lucky for us because her Cait Morgan mysteries are each set in a different location that Cathy has lived in or spent time in. The Corpse with the Crystal Skull is set in Jamaica and as we're all mostly confined to barracks these days, it's great to hear about sunny places far away, and vacationing with friends. In my interview with Cathy she mentions two mystery sites that she blogs for. 7CriminalMinds.blogspot.com features authors, including Cathy and two previous It's a Mystery podcast guests (Frank Zafiro and Terry Shames), answering questions about crime fiction, writing, publishing, and life. And KillerCharacters.com has a focus on cozy mysteries with a different author writing a post each day. Cathy posts on the 22nd of each month. This week's mystery author Cathy Ace’s Welsh-Canadian criminal psychologist sleuth Cait Morgan has encountered traditional, closed-circle puzzle plot whodunits in eight books, with a ninth being published in June 2020. This series of books has now been optioned for television by Free@Last TV, a UK production company. The plan is to present each book as a 90 minute made-for-TV movie, the same format used for the international hit ACORN series featuring MC Beaton's Agatha Raisin, which is made my Free@Last TV. Cathy's other series of books - The WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries - feature a quartet of softly-boiled female PIs who solve quintessentially British cases from their stately home-based office in rural Wales. Her standalone novel of psychological suspense, The Wrong Boy, is set in Wales, and became a #1 amazon bestseller. Shortlisted for the Bony Blithe Award three times in four years, winning in 2015, she’s also been shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award for Best Short Story. Cathy was born and raised in Wales, though she now lives in Canada.  To learn more about Cathy and all her books visit CathyAce.com Press play (above) to listen to the show, or read the transcript below. Remember you can also subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts. And listen on Stitcher, Android, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, and Spotify. Except from The Corpse with the Crystal Skull Breakfast and a Body  The conversation around the breakfast table was understandably muted; we’d all had a late night, and I, for one, was feeling the effects of a few too many G and Ts. My darling husband, Bud, surveyed the food arranged on the mahogany sideboard with bleary eyes. His more-salt-than-pepper hair was still damp from the shower, but he was already sweating through his shirt; May in Jamaica can be exhaustingly humid.  “Anybody want another mango? Or this last piece of banana bread?” Bud’s tone lacked enthusiasm.  John Silver shook his head above his coffee cup, then scrunched his eyes, suggesting he wished he hadn’t made such a rash move. “Thanks, no,” he croaked, with a polite smile I read as a grimace.  He looked tired; wiped out, in fact. I’d first met him when he’d helped out with a family matter in Amsterdam that Bud and I had been looking into, less than a year earlier; back then he’d looked vigorous, and in his prime. Now? He’d aged. A lot. I wondered why. Maybe it was work-related; I’m still not entirely sure what he does – he somehow provides coordination between a number of secret service operations around the world…lots of opportunities there for stress, I’d have thought. He looked as though he needed the week-long break he was just beginning with us.  “Anyone fancy a Caesar?” Bud’s other ex-colleague, Jack White, forced a smile; they’d served together in the Vancouver Police Department for years, forging a friendship that had endured beyond their respective retirements. Jack glanced at his wife with a wink, rubbed a hand through his rapidly thinning hair, and groaned. 

Host Pam Stack welcomes authors who are releasing books in the month of February 2020. Tonight Cathy Ace, the author of mysteries sits down to talk about her life around the world as her inspiration for her books. Author Alan Orloff came on board to discuss his new. Cathy and Alan are friends who blog at 7 Criminal Minds.

Last night I spoke to Cathy Ace and Alan Orloff on First Monday - my open mic night on Authors on the Air. Here are the things I learned about Cathy, who BTW, is just a hoot and has the best stories to tell. Her first piece of fiction was a short story that she wrote in a parking lot ono Baker Street near M&S (very well-known store in London). She had-wrote it on paper and her friend typed it up and she hand delivered it the next day - the deadline for contest entries. She won and was put into an anthology with some well-known authors like Dick Francis. Cathy has travelled the world and her characters in her mysteries reflect her world view. Cathy is warm, funny and so very friendly. Alan Orloff, who is releasing his new book I KNOW WHERE YOU SLEEP next week. We discussed his work and although I had a blonde moment and commented about Tara Laskowski, he promptly reminded me that it was Art Taylor that was married to Tara. Turns out Alan and Cathy know each other well and both blog for 7 Criminal Minds. I also gave some sage advice to Alan about moving to South Florida (avoid Palmetto bugs, falling iguanas, and other little quirky things that undoubtedly will be inspiration for many more books. Here is our podcast with my gratitude.

In which Cathy discusses her Cait Morgan series, WISE Enquiry series, and more.

We have a packed episode with a revisit from one of our favorites Cathy Ace. We discuss her new stand-alone THE WRONG BOY. Cathy Ace is the author of the award-winning Cait Morgan Mysteries and the WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries. Now she’s turned to the darker side of Welsh crime fiction with The Wrong Boy. Next, we highlight Ian Andrew's Wright & Tran crime trilogy. Kara Wright and Tien Tran, combat veterans of an elite intelligence unit, now make their living as Private Investigators. Often working the mundane, just occasionally they get to use all their former training.Then we highlight Roger Johns, RIVER OF SECRETS the 2nd in the Wallace Hartman mystery series. When a controversial politician is murdered in cold blood, Baton Rouge Police Detective Wallace Hartman struggles to find the killer amid conspiracies and corruption.

Part II of our catch up with the authors we interviewed this past year included- Alice Castle, T.G. Campbell, Hilder sif Thorarensen, Ellen Butler, Nick van der Leek, Cathy Ace, Dennis Palumbo and Desmond P. Ryan.

We interview Welsh Canadian author Cathy Ace and discuss her Cait Morgan mystery series. We also highlight Levis Keltner's book "Into That Good Night"

Cathy Ace jokes she followed the advice given to many beginner writers to “write what you know” and the result was her university lecturer sleuth Cait Morgan - a short, plus-sized Welsh-Canadian who's a bit bossy.”  Rather like Cathy herself! Hi there, I'm your host Jenny Wheeler and today Cathy talks about the personal loss that propelled her into writing fiction, why she loves puzzle mysteries and the one thing she would change if she was starting over. Six things you'll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: The jolt she needed to get writing All about her early and serendipitous success What she enjoys about being a Welsh Canadian The new domestic suspense that's getting her excited The writers she  most admires And what she'd change if she were doing it all over again Where to find Cathy Ace:  Website:  http://cathyace.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cathy.ace.author  Twitter @AceCathy What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to important mentions. Jenny: But now, here's Cathy. .  Hello there Cathy and welcome to the show, it's great to have you with us. Cathy: Thank you very much for inviting me along Jenny, it's a delight to be here. Cathy Ace - mystery author Jenny: Beginning at the beginning . . . .Was there a "Once Upon A Time" moment when you realised you had to write fiction or your life would somehow be incomplete? Was there a catalyst? Cathy: You know, that's a really interesting question Jenny. There was a point, and there was a catalyst. Unfortunately, it was the death of my father that was the catalyst. I think like so many people, the death of a parent suddenly makes us realise we're mortal. And if we're going to do something we feel passionate about, we should probably get off our backsides and do it. I had written one short story back in the 1980's and having had that published, and then having that recorded for BBC Radio - my parents and my family almost exploded with pride when it broadcast. The death of my father shortly thereafter did spur me on to say to myself, "if you're going to write crime fiction, get on with it". And so I did! Jenny: Yes, and it's a pretty remarkable success with that very first short story too, and the fact that it got such prominence- that must have been very encouraging for starters! Cathy: It was. To enter a competition with a short story, and to then have it published; it was fantastic. It then appeared on the GCSE English Language papers for British school students, which is what British school students do at 16 years old. It was just unbelievable. That was back in the 80's and the 90's, and it wasn't until 2007 that that it was picked up and broadcast on BBC Radio. Despite that large gap, during which I ran a business, that fictional thread was quite the magical thread I think. Jenny: You've now got two successful mystery series running . . . Cait Morgan, the academic with a photographic memory and a vulnerable past, and the WISE series – four women solving crimes from the office base of a Welsh stately home. Cait is an amateur sleuth and the WISE women are professional investigators. Can you talk a little about how these two different series originated. . A WISE agency mystery from Cathy Ace Cathy: What I wanted to do with these two different sets of characters was to go on the basis on what I know, and what I think most avid readers of crime fiction know. Agatha Christie, she's my favourite author, and she has Miss Marple, the cosy sleuth, and Hercule Poirot, the intensely intelligent private investigator. I sort of reversed those roles, in that my private investigators are much more cosy, albeit professional- and my cosy sleuth is much more brilliant. She's an academic, because at the time I wrote my first Cait Morgan mystery, I myself was teaching at a university and being a Welsh- Canadian and her...

Bestselling author Cathy Ace joins us in this episode of CrimeFiction.FM to discuss her new book, the first in her new WISE Enquiries Agency Mystery series, THE CASE OF THE DOTTY DOWAGER Show Notes Cathy describes the WISE Enquiries Agency as “Quintessentially British.” Cathy describes some of the differences between this series and her Cait Morgan series. The […] The post The Case of the Dotty Dowager with Cathy Ace appeared first on CrimeFiction.FM.

Bestselling author Cathy Ace joins us in this episode of CrimeFiction.FM to discuss her new book, the fifth in her Cait Morgan Mystery series, THE CORPSE WITH THE SAPPHIRE EYES. Show Notes Cathy is Welsch Canadian as is her heroine, Cait Morgan. When you hear Cathy’s voice in this interview you’ll know how Cait’s accent sounds. […] The post The Corpse with the Sapphire Eyes with Cathy Ace appeared first on CrimeFiction.FM.

From the seat of a concert hall piano, Pascal Rogé, one of the world's greatest interpreters of French piano music, leads us through a personal and musical journey of Erik Satie's Gymnopédies. You may not immediately know the title but in hearing just the first few notes you are most likely to know the music. Erik Satie's Gymnopédies are a collection of short, atmospheric pieces of which Gymnopédie No.1 is perhaps the most popular. Music historian and author Mark Prendergast has studied Satie's work and reveals the complex character of the man who revolutionised the 19th century classical music of Europe. Melbourne based artist Colin Duncan reflects on the music's 'physical form which takes you into space and time' and for him inspired a body of work created in brail. Murder Mystery writer Cathy Ace remembers how this meditative music could shut out the noise of the city as she sped around London in her old brown mini, whilst Mathematician and author Ian Stewart explores the mathematics of this special piece and how music can touch our soul.