Rachel McLean on Abbey Road and its famous zebra crossing in St John's Wood, the setting for Death at Abbey Road, London Cosy Mysteries Book 6.

Rachel McLean on the crypts, the roof and the dome staircase she didn't climb at St Paul's Cathedral, the setting for Death at St Paul's Cathedral, London Cosy Mysteries Book 5.

Rachel McLean on plotting a murder from inside a pod on the London Eye, the setting for Death on the Thames, London Cosy Mysteries Book 4.

Rachel McLean on Lochranza Castle on the Isle of Arran and the image of a boat inside a castle, the setting for Secrets and History, McBride & Tanner Book 4.

Rachel McLean on a New Year's Day walk around Loch Lomond and Balloch that became the inspiration for Power and Treachery, McBride & Tanner Book 3.

Rachel McLean on Birnam Wood, Dunsinane Hill, Macbeth and forensic botany, the setting and inspiration for Death and Poetry, McBride & Tanner Book 2.

Rachel McLean on the east shore of Loch Lomond, where she walked the West Highland Way to find the opening crime scene, the setting for Blood and Money, McBride & Tanner Book 1.

Rachel McLean on Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market and King's Heath, the setting for Deadly Christmas, Detective Zoe Finch Book 7.

Rachel McLean on Sutton Coldfield, Boldmere and Edgbaston Reservoir, the home ground that is the setting for Deadly Fallout, Detective Zoe Finch Book 6.

Rachel McLean on the University of Birmingham campus, Selly Oak and Edgbaston, the setting for Deadly Reprisal, Detective Zoe Finch Book 5.

Rachel McLean on New Street Station and Birmingham Airport, the two busy transport hubs that are the setting for Deadly Terror, Detective Zoe Finch Book 4.

Rachel McLean on Moseley and Birmingham's gay village, the community and places she knows from living there, and the setting for Deadly Desires, Detective Zoe Finch Book 3.

Rachel McLean on Castle Vale, its Jaguar factory and Spitfire Island, the turn-of-the-century Birmingham that is the setting for Deadly Origins, the Detective Zoe Finch prequel novella.

Rachel McLean on Silloth, the vanishing tides of the Solway Firth and the marshes of Skinburness Creek, the setting for The Marsh, Cumbria Crime Book 8.

Rachel McLean on driving Cumbria's Hardknott Pass and calling the police about some sheep while researching The Port, Cumbria Crime Book 7.

Rachel McLean on Ennerdale Water, the most remote of the English lakes and home to an abandoned lakeside pub, the setting for The Lake, Cumbria Crime Book 5.

Rachel McLean on walking the Cumbrian fells in the dark (bog included) to research the fell landscape of The Barn, Cumbria Crime Book 4.

Rachel McLean on Cumbrian fell running and the fictional Great Borne Fell Run from Bowness Knot, the setting for The Cairn, Cumbria Crime Book 3.

Rachel McLean on Cumbria's mining history and the King Pit near Whitehaven, whose shaft ran out under the Irish Sea: the inspiration for The Mine, Cumbria Crime Book 2.

Rachel McLean on Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, from the Hovis advert to the abbey wall, and why it's the setting for The Gold Hill Murders, Dorset Crime Book 13.