Rachel McLean on Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market and King's Heath, the setting for Deadly Christmas, Detective Zoe Finch Book 7.

Rachel McLean on Sutton Coldfield, Boldmere and Edgbaston Reservoir, the home ground that is the setting for Deadly Fallout, Detective Zoe Finch Book 6.

Rachel McLean on the University of Birmingham campus, Selly Oak and Edgbaston, the setting for Deadly Reprisal, Detective Zoe Finch Book 5.

Rachel McLean on New Street Station and Birmingham Airport, the two busy transport hubs that are the setting for Deadly Terror, Detective Zoe Finch Book 4.

Rachel McLean on Moseley and Birmingham's gay village, the community and places she knows from living there, and the setting for Deadly Desires, Detective Zoe Finch Book 3.

Rachel McLean on Castle Vale, its Jaguar factory and Spitfire Island, the turn-of-the-century Birmingham that is the setting for Deadly Origins, the Detective Zoe Finch prequel novella.

Rachel McLean on Silloth, the vanishing tides of the Solway Firth and the marshes of Skinburness Creek, the setting for The Marsh, Cumbria Crime Book 8.

Rachel McLean on driving Cumbria's Hardknott Pass and calling the police about some sheep while researching The Port, Cumbria Crime Book 7.

Rachel McLean on Ennerdale Water, the most remote of the English lakes and home to an abandoned lakeside pub, the setting for The Lake, Cumbria Crime Book 5.

Rachel McLean on walking the Cumbrian fells in the dark (bog included) to research the fell landscape of The Barn, Cumbria Crime Book 4.

Rachel McLean on Cumbrian fell running and the fictional Great Borne Fell Run from Bowness Knot, the setting for The Cairn, Cumbria Crime Book 3.

Rachel McLean on Cumbria's mining history and the King Pit near Whitehaven, whose shaft ran out under the Irish Sea: the inspiration for The Mine, Cumbria Crime Book 2.

Rachel McLean on Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, from the Hovis advert to the abbey wall, and why it's the setting for The Gold Hill Murders, Dorset Crime Book 13.

Rachel McLean on Mudeford Spit's famous beach huts, Hengistbury Head and Southbourne, the setting for The Beach Hut Murders, Dorset Crime Book 12.

Rachel McLean on Chesil Beach, St Catherine's Chapel and Abbotsbury, and her research walk for the setting of The Chesil Beach Murders, Dorset Crime Book 11.

Rachel McLean on the Blue Pool, a former clay quarry near Wareham, and the Wareham institutions that feature in the setting for The Blue Pool Murders, Dorset Crime Book 7.

Rachel McLean on Sandbanks, its millionaires' mansions and the magic of the chain ferry, the setting for The Millionaire Murders, Dorset Crime Book 5.

Rachel McLean on Swanage, George Burt's Great Globe and a very wet research day at Peveril Point, the setting for The Monument Murders, Dorset Crime Book 4.

Rachel McLean on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, its hidden red squirrels and its two island communities, the setting for The Island Murders, Dorset Crime Book 3.

Rachel McLean on Old Harry Rocks, the Purbeck sea stacks where a wet day waiting for a rainbow inspired the opening scene of The Clifftop Murders, Dorset Crime Book 2.