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Interview with Scott Hunter

 

Scott Hunter writes crime fiction and has also written a couple of YA books.


1 What is the last gift you gave someone?

A bucket list map of the world for Mrs. H.


2 If a film were made about you, who would you want to play you?

Someone better looking


3 What would you choose as your last meal and why

Something Italian - maybe a Michelin-starred Bolognese with Tiramisu for pud


4 Cats or dogs

Dogs … but I like cats too.


5 What one thing would you remove from your daily routine and why

Getting up


6 Tea or coffee

Coffee in the morning, Tea in the afternoon (best way, imho)


7 Describe yourself in one word

Determined (erring in direction of stubborn)


8 If you could change one thing about your personality what would it be 

Losing some of that English reserve …


9 What is your favourite colour

Tartan …. No? OK, Red.


10 What car do you drive

Anything that’ll get me where I’m going

 

11. You are marooned on a desert island with unlimited food and drink. You have a copy of the Bible and the full works of Shakespeare. You can also take 8 pieces of music, one other book and a luxury item which isn’t a person, a way of escaping the island or a way of communication. What would you chose as music/book/luxury item


Music:


Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd


Book:


Three Men in a Boat, JK Jerome


Luxury Item:


Self-replenishing chocolate machine


Means of Escape:


A Supermarine Spitfire


(I’ve always wanted to fly – if the island had an airstrip I’d probably fly around and keep coming back…)

Crime fiction:

Black December
Creatures of Dust
Death Walks Behind You

The Irish Detective Omnibus (all three above) Vol. 1

Silent as the Dead
Gone Too Soon
The Enemy Inside

The Irish Detective Omnibus (all three above) Vol. 2

When Stars Grow Dark
The Cold Light of Death
Closer to the Dead

The Irish Detective Omnibus (all three above) Vol. 3

In the Key of Death (Publication May 31st 2024 - available to preorder now.

 YA:

The Ley Lines of Lushbury

The Winter Solstice

 Links and details of his other books can be found over on his website HERE

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