1--What is the title of your latest release?
THE CAT WHO CAUGHT A KILLER
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…
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]
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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