1–What is the title of your latest release?
2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
A cozy crime story featuring Conrad, a talking calico cat.
3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
I have set it in and around Little Venice in London, where I live.
4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life?
OMG yes. Who wouldn’t want to hang out with a talking cat?
5–What are three words that describe your protagonist?
Charming, Charismatic, Calico.
6–What’s something you learned while writing this book?
That lilies can be poisonous for cats.
7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
I edit as I go. Very little rewriting is necessary when I get to the end.
8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
A great British fried breakfast – eggs, bacon, sausage, baked beans, mushrooms, black pudding, fried bread.
9–Describe your writing space/office!
On a sofa, in front of a coffee table, facing a big screen TV, close to a window.
10–Who is an author you admire?
Agatha Christie. So prolific, and such great mysteries.
11–Is there a book that changed your life?
Answer: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre. It made me want to be a writer.
12–Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)/Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
It was an email from Alex Saunders at Macmillan. I opened a bottle of rose wine to celebrate with my three cats. And no, they don’t talk.
13–What’s your favorite genre to read?
Crime.
14–What’s your favorite movie?
Pulp Fiction
15–What is your favorite season?
Spring.
16–How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
With friends in a nice restaurant.
17–What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
Spare (Prince Harry’s book. I loved it!)
18–What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
English. Fish and chips. Liver and bacon. Tripe and onions. Steak and kidney pie. Sunday roast.
19–What do you do when you have free time?
Try to play the saxophone.
20–What can readers expect from you next?
Book two in the Conrad series, The Cat Who Solved Three Murders and future stories are in the pipeline…
THE CAT WHO CAUGHT A KILLER by L T Shearer
Conrad the Cat Detective #1
Curl Up With Purr-fect Cozy Crime Fiction for Cat Lovers
The Cat Who Caught a Killer by L T Shearer is a charming cozy crime read for fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club and S. J. Bennett’s The Windsor Knot.
Meet Conrad. Conrad is a cat. You’ve never met a detective like him before.
Neither has Lulu Lewis, until he walks into her life one summer’s day. Mourning the recent death of her husband, the former police detective had expected a gentle retirement, quietly enjoying life on her new canal boat, The Lark, and visiting her mother-in-law in a nearby care home.
But when her mother-in-law dies suddenly in suspicious circumstances, Lulu senses foul play and resolves to find out what really happened. And a remarkable cat named Conrad will be with her every step of the way . . .
Mystery Private Eye | Humor [Macmillan UK, On Sale: October 10, 2023, Hardcover / e-Book, ISBN: 9781529097993 / eISBN: 9781529098020]
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About L T Shearer
L T Shearer has had a lifelong love of canal boats and calico cats, and both are combined in their one-of-a-kind series of crime novels featuring Conrad the cat and Lulu Lewis: The Cat Who Caught a Killer, and its sequel, The Cat Who Solved Three Murders.
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