Tess Gerritsen: ‘There’s always comfort in Sherlock Holmes’ | Books
My earliest reading memoryI was around seven when I discovered the Nancy Drew mystery series, about a plucky 18-year-old amateur detective. I think clever, independent Nancy made a wonderful role model.My favourite book growing upThe Hobbit by JRR Tolkien. It showed me how words can immerse readers into worlds that don’t exist, and make us long for them to be real.The book that changed me as a teenagerLegend of the Seventh Virgin by Victoria Holt. I was about 13 when I read it, and it introduced me to gothic suspense, and…