Christine McHaines

I was born in Portsmouth and was an only child for ten years. With no TV until I was thirteen and my family unable to afford holidays, my main entertainment was reading. I joined the library aged seven and books were my constant companions. I wrote stories and poems from an early age but it wasn’t until I retired from the civil service and moved to Cornwall to be near my family that I started writing novels. 

To date I have written nine novels. Five of these, published by The Book Folks, are part of my Quentin Cadbury cosy crime series. 

These are deliberately light hearted, as I believe everyone needs to escape from reality sometimes. I’m currently working on a psychological thriller. It’s definitely not cosy, but it’s a challenge I’m enjoying.