Spotlight: Suspense Author Helen A Howell
I'm delighted to welcome Australia-based author, Helen Howell . Helen's new suspense novella, I Know You Know , starts off with a shock - the cards don't lie... Here's what Helen had to say when I quizzed her... 1) What inspired you to use tarot cards in your suspense novella? I think the element of being able to see someone's past, present and future in the cards has always been intriguing. Having read tarot myself for a number of years, I thought wouldn't this make a great element to jump start a thriller with. I asked myself the question what if not only could the tarot reader see something terrifying about a client in the cards, but what if the client suspected she knew his secret - what then? It was easy for me to fictionalise the tarot readings, having an understanding of their meanings, I was able to use this in a very basic way to weave this story. So I guess my inspiration to use them initially came from the idea 'write about what you ...