I frequently use photographs I have taken as an aide-memoir when writing. Attached are three I used when writing A Murder in Malta: one, Grand Harbour, which might have been the view from the dining room of the Kennington Valletta, two, a Valletta street where Loren and Evan might have jogged, and three, the hole into which Adam might have leaped to avoid Evan. I took these pictures not as great photography but simply to help me describe in words the places they show.

More to follow.