My books are set in real places. You can walk the streets the Gunns run, stand in Thornhill Square, and look through the gates of the cemetery behind the Driscolls’ home. Here’s a little tour.
Islington and Hackney
This is Gunn territory. In Who Killed Lenny Gunn? the family has run its corner of Islington and Hackney for decades, and every pub and backstreet has a story the police never heard.
Chapel Market
Long before the big house and the reputation, Queenie was a sharp-tongued girl from Chapel Market with nothing to lose. If you’ve read I Am Queenie Gunn, you’ll never walk past those stalls the same way again.
The Packington estate and Thornhill Square
Two boys, two very different Islingtons. In Dead by 06:00, Danny grew up on the Packington estate and Theo grew up in a big house on Thornhill Square. They’re only a short walk apart, and a whole world apart.
Highgate
In Little Apples Grow, the Driscolls live in a crumbling house that backs onto the cemetery. Ivy, angels, old stone and a lot of things buried. It was the only place that family could ever have lived.
Is there a London street you think deserves a thriller? Tell me, and it might end up in a book.