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Sat 03 Mar 2010Death becomes her
INTERVIEW:IT’S SILLY, I know, to imagine that a writer will somehow resemble their books. But Louise Welsh’s four crime novels create such a shimmering sense of unease that on the way to meet her, I can’t help feeling a twinge of anxiety.
My head is full of ruthless, red-lipped Sylvie from The Bullet Trickand condescending, designer-clad Cressida from Naming The Bones. It’s also full of the horror Welsh does so well. Not the supernatural kind. Not the forensically-described kind that some crime writers love to splash across the page. No. Welsh specialises in the kind of horror that lurks beneath the surface of the everyday, waiting to seep out.
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