In this feature, we ask our Crime Cymru authors to name six things that influenced their life and shaped them as a writer. This week, S J Morgan reveals her love for Nordic Noir and her idyllic places to write, and we get to meet her fabulous writing companions.

One book

The Life of Rebecca Jones by Angharad Price

This book, which I read recently, managed to burrow quite sneakily under my skin. Angharad Price wasn’t a writer I was familiar with and I didn’t know what the book was about when I picked it up. My (Welsh) doctor recommended it but steadfastly refused to give away any details whatsoever – she just kept saying: read it. So I did. I devoured it in a day and I loved it. If you haven’t read it, I thoroughly recommend you skip the blurb on the back and just…