Santas Elves spend their year making the presents for all the good girls and boys, but what about the very good girls and boys? Could they, perhaps, request that the elves whose toy production has been outsourced to factories all over the world, write a book personalised to the receiver. So, here are the elements that would feature in my dream book…
Urban Fantasy and Cosy Crime
These are my absolute favourite genres and I’d love to see them mixed together to make a cosy crime investigation in an urban fantasy world. I’m thinking a spree of vampire murders or werewolf bank heists solved by a main character that knits or volunteers at her local library. Heck, maybe she stumbles upon a skull while picking herbs for her witchy tinctures.
Remote Locations
Give me a small town in the middle of nowhere and I’m happy. Cosy crime needs a little bit of distance from big city policing and areas where everyone knows everyone are both claustrophobic and comforting.
Radio Hosts/ Pawn Shop Owners/ Motel Staff
There are some professions that I’m always interested in reading for some reason. I don’t know if it’s the influence of Frasier as a child but radio hosts are a must. Whereas pawn shop owners and small time motel staff probably have the most interesting stories from interacting with a random selection of the public that they rarely see again.
LGBTQ+ Romances
Sometimes I just want a cute lil romance with queer characters without having to read homophobia or transphobia. There’s enough of that in real life. Give me a chill relationship development that isn’t the focus of the story, but is treated like all the Hallmark-style straight romances.
Imogen's Typewriter. 