Louise Marley

My Books

My first novel was published after I entered it for a competition called ‘Write A Bestseller’. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes was about Caitlin, a hotelier accused of murdering her husband. I was inspired to write it after joining a gym.

My next book was set in Bath, where I lived at the time. A beautiful city, famed for its Roman baths, I soon realised there was always some kind of filming going on, from costume dramas to detective thrillers. So I wrote about Shelby, the reluctant minder to a famous actor.

The heroine of A Girl’s Best Friend is Danielle, who has been so let down by the people in her life, she feels diamonds are the only thing she can depend on. Convinced her discovery of a long-lost diamond will make her fortune, it never occurs to her that she might not the only one looking for it.  

Now I’m hard at work on a crime novel, whose heroine’s obsession with solving an old, notorious murder might very well be the death of her. I took my inspiration for this story from my visits to a nearby castle - and a very sinister-looking lily pond ...

About Louise

I was born in Southampton but I live in Wales.  I love reading, watching movies and history. My first book was published after I entered a competition to ‘write a bestseller’. I’ve also written for magazines such as Take A Break  and My Weekly.