Claire Douglas
Show Notes
On today's episode we visit with Claire Douglas, the author of The Girls Who Disappeared
Harper Collins (1/2023)
A car accident.
Three missing girls.
A twenty-year mystery.
A woman on the verge of discovering the truth . . .
In a rural Wilshire town lies the Devil’s Corridor—a haunted road which has witnessed eerie
happenings, from unexplained deaths to the sounds of a child crying in the night.
In this bucolic stretch of Southwest England famous for its otherworldly sites, nothing is more
puzzling than the Olivia Rutherford case. Four girls were driving home. After their car crashed
only one—Olivia—was found.
What happened to the girls who disappeared? On the twentieth anniversary of the tragedy,
journalist Jenna Halliday has arrived in Wiltshire to cover the case. The locals aren’t happy with
this outsider determined to dig into the past. Least of all Olivia.
Soon, Jenna starts receiving menacing notes. The locals have made it clear she’s not welcome.
But someone is going to make her leave one way or another. Jenna’s been warned: she must
get out of this town before she suffers a dark fate . . . and becomes another mystery attached to
this place.
Claire Douglas has worked as a journalist for fifteen years writing features for women's
magazines and national newspapers, but she's dreamed of being a novelist since the age of
seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award, with her first
novel, THE SISTERS. She lives in Bath with her husband and two children. You can find Claire
on the Harper Collins author's page.
TRIVIA
Last week's question was:
Which mystery author is famously quoted as saying :If it sounds like writing, then I rewrite it.”
a. Elmore Leonard
b. Dan Brown
c. Clive Cussler
d. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The answer is a. Elmore Leonard. Commended by critics for his gritty realism and strong
dialogue, Leonard sometimes took liberties with grammar in the interest of speeding the story
along. In his essay "Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing" he said: "My most important rule is
one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it." He also hinted: "I try to leave out
the parts that readers tend to skip
This week's question is:
How long did it take Mickey Spillane to write his first mystery novel?
a. 3 years
b. a month
c. 9 days
d. 3 weeks