About
Jennifer Lee Thomson is an award-winning crime writer and journalist who has been scribbling away all her life. She also writes non-fiction as Jennifer Thomson and fiction as Jenny Thomson. Vile City (Detective in a Coma book 1) was published by Caffeine Nights in May 2017 and is her first book as Jennifer Lee Thomson in tribute to her late father who passed away after a long battle with cancer.
Jennifer is also an animal rights and human rights advocate and is owned by a rescue dog. She wrote Living Cruelty Free: Live a more Compassionate Life, Bullying A Parent's Guide and Caring for Your Dog: The Essential Guide.
As Jenny Thomson, she kills people for a living in the Crime File series of books for Limitless Publishing. Book 1, 2 and 3, are out now. They are in order, Hell to Pay, Throwaways and Don’t Come For Me and feature tough rape survivor Nancy Kerr and her ex-Special Forces boyfriend who fight crime together. In her spare time, she plans how to survive the zombie apocalypse and wrote Dead Bastards.
Description
<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">What happens when a king loses his prowess? The day Henry IV could finally declare he had vanquished his enemies, he threw it all away with an infamous deed. No English king had executed an archbishop before. And divine judgment was quick to follow. Many thought he was struck with leprosy—God's greatest punishment for sinners. From that point on, Henry's health was cursed and he fought doggedly on as his body continued to betray him—reducing this once great warrior to an invalid. Fortunately for England, his heir was ready and eager to take over. But Henry wasn't willing to relinquish what he had worked so hard to preserve. No one was going to take away his royal prerogative—not even Prince Hal. But Henry didn't count on Hal's dauntless nature, which threatened to tear the royal family apart.</span></p>
Story Behind The Book
Jennifer was inspired to write the novel after seeing a young couple get off a bus in Glasgow. “I came up with the idea for the book when I saw a young couple getting off a bus in Glasgow in Argyle Street and him going down an alleyway to answer a call of nature. I expanded the idea making the girlfriend worried when he doesn't return. When she finds him slumped down on the pavement, she gets kidnapped.” Jennifer explained the genesis of the book.
“Sometimes it is the most innocuous thing which can spark and idea for a novel. Setting is also primary and Glasgow is the perfect backdrop for a crime novel, rich in character and rich with characters,” Jennifer said.
Vile City is her first book featuring DI Duncan Waddell and his team, including friend and colleague DC Stevie Campbell who’s in a coma since he was attacked by a suspect. Only Waddell can still talk to him, leaving the under-pressure detective to question his sanity.
Jennifer lives with her rescue dog and her partner and is a member of the Crime Writers Association. She’s had a variety of jobs including a hospital laundry attendant where she nearly cut off her hand with a stray scalpel left in a doctor’s white coat, a film extra and a board game inventor.
Vile City is published in paperback and ebook.
