Daggers Speech

Naomi Adams — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:55:07 +0000

The following is a lightly edited version of a speech I was asked to give at the 2025 Daggers – the prestigious crime fiction awards administered by the Crime Writer’s Association of the UK.

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The It Girl – Will’s Scene

Naomi Adams — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:35:40 +0000

If you haven’t read The It Girl, don’t worry, this scene doesn’t contain any spoilers. If you have, I hope it might give you a deeper insight into the character of Hannah’s husband Will.

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What should I read next?

Naomi Adams — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:45:37 +0000

One of the questions I get asked most on social media (apart from when is the film of The Woman in Cabin 10 coming out) is, “which book of yours should I start with”, or “I just read X, which book should I read next?”

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The Lure of a Luxury Hotel

Naomi Adams — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:30:48 +0000

When I decided to write a follow up to my second novel The Woman in Cabin 10, one of the first decisions I had to make was where to set itI’d chosen the backdrop of a super yacht in the original, partly as homage to Agatha Christie’s...

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Why I Love Locked Room Mysteries

ruthware — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Of all the well-worn tropes of detective fiction, the one that I have the greatest weakness for, both as a reader and a writer, is the locked room mystery...

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Five books set on an island

Naomi Adams — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:04:47 +0000

What is it about a book set on an island? There’s something inexpressibly romantic about it – and a little terrifying too.
Perhaps it’s the isolation – the feeling that you can’t be disturbed…

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Mirror Mirror

Naomi Adams — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:43:57 +0000

Why do we love Reality TV so much? It’s a question I’ve asked myself often, as I watched my friends get sucked into different shows over the years.

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On the run and under surveillance

Naomi Adams — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 13:41:25 +0000

When I started writing Zero Days, I had very little of the plot mapped out - I just knew that I wanted to write about a pen tester who was accused of the murder of her husband, and chose to go on the run rather than gamble on the police believing her story.

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Sisters, Sisters

Naomi Adams — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 13:36:38 +0000

If there's one thing I'm an absolute sucker for, it's books and films about sister, and the unique relationship they share. From Little Women to Goblin Market, from Meet Me in St Louis to White Christmas, I love tales of sisters putting aside their differences and stepping up to the mark to protect and defend each other.

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So What’s a Pen Tester

Naomi Adams — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 13:26:23 +0000

That's a question I've got used to answering a lot over the last year, while writing Zero Days, and I'm guessing it's a question that's going to come up a fair bit more over the next few weeks and months as I do events and interviews about the book.

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