One Winter’s Night

"The crisp, wintery atmosphere in this book sparkles and shines all the way through and the relationships between the characters involve plenty of secrets to keep the reader intrigued. Again, the setting is very important. I love Stratford, and Kiley’s story takes you right into the theatre scene. She really knows her stuff when it comes to Shakespeare and his home town; a very talented writer. Support Five Books Five Books interviews are expensive to produce. If you're enjoying this interview, please support us by donating a small amount . Kiley has written about Stratford before, and is using a lot of the same characters, but this is a standalone. That can be said of a lot of these books—they might be in a series, but especially when they’re up for awards judged by readers who don’t know the background, they have to work as standalone books. Last year, particularly, Christmas books were very popular. I think because none of us knew whether we would be getting a Christmas or not until the very last minute. So a lot of people wanted to read cosy winter stories. Although Christmas ones are always very popular. I’m still reading the Christmas books now, just because I like that cosy feeling. And funnily enough, we’re introducing our new Christmas-slash-winter holiday category right at the start of summer! These books often come in late due to publication dates but it’s never too early to read about the festivities."