CLARE CHASE

Clare Chase writes fast-paced romantic mysteries, having grown up on a varied reading diet which included Mary Stewart, Colin Dexter, Jilly Cooper and Sue Grafton. She was brought up in the Midlands, read English at London University, and went on to work in book and author promotion in venues as diverse as schools, pubs and prisons. More recently she’s exercised her creative writing muscles in the world of PR, and also worked for the University of Cambridge. Her current day job is at the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Her writing is inspired by what makes people tick, and how strong emotions, and character traits when taken to extremes, can occasionally turn everyday incidents into the stuff of crime novels. It would be impossible not to mix these topics with romance and relationships; they’re the stuff of life and central to all forms of drama.

In her spare time Clare enjoys reading, cooking and trips to the Lake District. Closer to home, she loves wandering round the pubs, restaurants and galleries of Cambridge, where she lives with her husband and two teenage daughters.