Minette Walters was one of the most successful crime fiction writers in the world.

Published to critical acclaim in over 34 countries, each new novel reached the top of the Australian bestseller lists. Her last novel was The Chameleon's Shadow in 2007.

The Last Hours sees Minette moving in an exciting direction.

She has written an extraordinary historical novel set in 1348, the year the Black Death came to England. Minette lives in Dorset with her husband.