Chris Collett grew up in a Norfolk seaside town where she worked in a boarding house (now defunct) a local bakery (closed down) and a crisp factory (razed to the ground). Graduating in Liverpool, Chris went on to teach children and adults with learning disabilities, including autism. A recently retired university lecturer, Chris is married with two grown up children, and lives in Birmingham, on DI Tom Mariner’s ‘patch’. She has published short stories, taught creative and crime writing and is a manuscript assessor for the Crime Writers Association. The eight DI Tom Mariner books have been released in revised editions on Kindle and paperback by Joffe Books, while the standalone mystery: ‘The Truth About Murder’ (Dec 2019) introduces protagonists Greaves and Plum.
