1–What is the title of your latest release? THE HIKE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Four friends leave behind their everyday lives and stride out into the beautiful Norwegian wild – nothing between them and the mountain peak but forest, sea and sharp blue sky. But there’s a darker side to the wilderness. A woman went missing a year ago, scarring the mountain with suspicion and unanswered questions. Now the friends are hiking into the heart of the mystery. And waiting on the trail is someone who’d do anything to keep their secrets buried – and to stop the group walking away alive. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I wanted to examine how the wilderness can switch from being a place of beauty to a landscape raw with danger. Norway felt like the right setting to explore this because its sheer, rugged scale provides true isolation. It’s the perfect place to have an adventure – or to disappear. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? I would be strapping on my backpack and joining these four women in a heartbeat. They are complex and flawed and messy…

