Jan Field, nominated for Best Crime First Novel

About this episode

Erik D'Souza interviews Jan Field about her nominated novel, Yesterday Lies, exploring its unique crime scene and family themes.

Erik D'Souza interviews Jan Field about her novel, Yesterday Lies (published by La Cloche Publishing), which has been nominated for Best Crime First Novel, sponsored by Melodie Campbell. They discuss the novel's 1994 Northern Ontario setting, the unique crime scene involving a body in a tree, and the importance of family in the story. Jan explains her decision to keep the story in the 1990s era and describes her upcoming second book, Silence of the Deep, which is already written and heading t...

People in this episode

Host: Erik D'Souza

Guest: Jan Field

Topics covered

• crime fiction
• interview
• novel discussion
• 1990s setting
• family importance

Keywords

• crime novel
• Yesterday Lies
• Jan Field
• 1990s
• Northern Ontario
• family
• Silence of the Deep

Sponsors

Melodie Campbell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: La Cloche Publishing

Books & works: Yesterday Lies, Silence of the Deep

Places: Northern Ontario

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