LINDSAY SCOTT
I’m the author of the New Forest Crime Drama Series, a collection of character-driven British crime mysteries set among the quiet villages and wild landscapes of the New Forest, which are perfect for readers who love Elly Griffiths, Ann Cleeves and Emylia Hall.
My stories follow Hepzibah “Hep” Anderssen, a local journalist whose deep knowledge of her community — and her instinct for truth — help her crack the crimes the police can't solve. Hep isn’t a detective or an amateur sleuth; she’s an observer of people, a storyteller, and her work as a local reporter draws her into the private dramas and moral dilemmas that ripple beneath small-town life.
I write about a journalist working on a New Forest newspaper because it’s a world I know well. I was born and raised in the New Forest and began my own career as a reporter on the local paper, though there were a lot less murders when I did the job. I now live closer to London, but the New Forest will always be home — a place of beauty and contradiction: forest and sea, wealth and hardship, new beginnings and old traditions. It’s the perfect backdrop for exploring loyalty, loss, and the darkness that hides behind ordinary lives.
If you enjoy atmospheric British mysteries with a strong female lead, small-town secrets and a touch of emotional drama, you’ll feel right at home in the New Forest Crime Drama Series.
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