Interview #52 | The Mysterious Mrs Hood: Kim Donovan discusses writing about her great-great aunt's murder

Interview #52 | The Mysterious Mrs Hood: Kim Donovan discusses writing about her great-great aunt's murder

I welcome author Kim Donovan to the show in this interview episode.


Kim is a senior academic librarian at the University of Brighton. She has extensive experience conducting in-depth research using various information sources, libraries and archives.


'The Mysterious Mrs Hood' is the story of Mary Jane Bennett, Kim's great-great aunt, who was murdered in Great Yarmouth in September 1900.


Mary Jane's body was found on Great Yarmouth's South Beach with a bootlace tied tightly around her neck. Her story has been described as a real-life Sherlock Holmes mystery.


'The Mysterious Mrs Hood' was released by Seven Dials on February 22, 2024, and is available to purchase here:

The Mysterious Mrs Hood by Kim Donovan | Orion


You can follow Kim here:

Instagram | @_kimdonovan

X | @Kim_Donovan_


***This interview was recorded on February 20, 2024.


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