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Fiona Erskine is a professional engineer based in Teesside, although she travels often to Brazil, Russia, India and China. As a female engineer, she is often the lone representative of her gender in board meetings, cargo ships, night-time factories and offshore oil rigs, and her fiction offers a fascinating insight into this traditionally male world.
'A very readable debut thriller with a feisty and likeable heroine.' * Irish Independent * 'Action, intrigue and a stonkingly modern heroine. It's a blast.' * Sunday Times Crime Club * 'Just the right blend of suspense and tension... I recommend this original and compelling debut novel for fans of mysteries and thrillers, as well as for those looking for a credible female protagonist in a genre dominated by male superheroes. Already, I am looking forward to reading the next instalment in this series.' * Forbes, Editors' Pick * 'Explosive science, strong women, and snowy landscapes, all within a gripping, smart, fast-paced read.' * Helen Sedgwick, author of When the Dead Come Calling * 'Imagine the love child of Jack Reacher and Nancy Drew...a delicious cocktail of dating and detonations. Call it Mills and Boom.' * Evening Standard * 'an audacious, female-led thriller which took the disposable women of the James Bond franchise and flipped the concept entirely on its head.' * Chemistry World * 'Fiona Erskine is an engineer, and in Jaq Silver, who shares her profession, she has created a wonderful antidote to all the resentful, floppy victims of much domestic noir... Her adventures are eye-popping and exciting.' * Literary Review * 'A fantastic read!' * Mary Loudon, author of My House is Falling Down * 'Erskine weaves her tale of suspense into a first-class thriller, the drama escalates with terrifying authenticity. A must-read for engineers.' * Nick Smith, Engineering & Technology * 'Explosive to the very last page.' * Press Association * 'Absolutely devoured this on the flight across to the UK for #BloodyScotland. A stunning, cinematic debut that's going to land on the 2019 thriller scene like a half-kilo of silver fulminate.* *stuff that goes bang' * Andrew Reid, author of The Hunter * 'Intricate, seductive and thrilling. Erskine's writing glows with wit and danger. And can't help reminding you, with every page turned, of how close we all are to detonation.' * Ross Armstrong, author of The Watcher * 'Bring it on! The entire mystery, the chase across so many locations towards Chernobyl was exciting and felt dangerously thrilling.' * The Booktrail * 'A complex and increasingly addictive story that soon becomes a page turner.' * The Chemical Engineer * 'The Chemical Detective is a rip-roaring page turner. Twists and turns, many locations and a topic which is only too current.' * Netgalley * '[An] excellent, high-octane thriller...featuring the brilliant, kick-ass, female protagonist Jaq Silver. Who knew chemical engineers could be so cool?' * Trevor Wood, author of The Man on the Street * 'A great read!' * TripFiction *
