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 style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="font-weight:700;font-style:italic;">If you had the chance to remake the world, what kind of world would you choose?</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>When tragedy strikes Lucas Mack's young life, he desperately yearns to escape its sorrow, and takes an improbable leap through the mythical maelstrom. Rather than splashing down on the far side like his neighbors, he's transported to a magical realm where he has the power to redefine not only who he is, but the world in which he resides.</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>As he stumbles about trying to find his way, he meets Mia, an equally troubled fellow pilgrim. With the help of a mystical guide and an aging wizard, they navigate the enchanted land while learning to control their newfound powers. Yet this realm is more complex than they expected, with seasoned sorcerers who've been corrupted by the sinister side of magic.</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 14px;color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>Limited by natural law and seduced by magic's power, they are tested as never before. Will the gift of magic bring renewed hope or drive them to the edge of the void?</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.
