I was honoured to have my first book Death Fund written under my pen name Stina Hemming reviewed in The Canadian Bar Association National Magazine earlier this year.
“…One of Canada’s leading securities lawyers, Barbara Hendrickson likes to unwind after a busy week with a good book. A John Grisham legal thriller used to be her way of unwinding, but Hendrickson now prefers to write her own.
…You’re reading this because she has penned a new series of novels about a kick-ass lawyer-turned-security investigator named Alex Greene. Accompanied by martial artists Max Pound and Joshua “Wolfman” Workman, she investigates major and sometimes deadly fraud cases for an international insurance firm in Death Fund, Stashed Cash, and Easy Money. A fourth book in the series, Crypto Crooks, is in the works.”
This was my first formal book review, and the experience was slightly jarring but very humbling. The books that I write are fictional, products of years of experience as a securities lawyer and a lifelong love of reading and enthusiasm for crime and mystery novels.
I started writing nearly twenty-five years ago as a stress release exercise while on holidays and in the course endless travel for work. Those efforts evolved during the COVID pandemic into three books but only after an intensive twelve – week writing course and with the assistance of a number of people including Michael Cnudde, a professional writer and author in his own right.
As reviews go, the National Magazine review was a good one, but a little more sensational than I would have liked! I need to remind myself to keep my enthusiasm in check when I speak to interviewers. I only wish I had the tenacity of my protagonist, Alex Greene whose personality is more reflective of very successful men and women I have known over the years rather than my own “alter ego”.
I am also grateful to the Ontario Bar Association Book Club for featuring Death Fund in its September 2024 event.
For the full National Magazine article – https://www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/people/profiles/when-art-imitates-life
For more information on Death Fund and Stina Hemming’s other books, please see: www.stinahemming.com
If you haven’t already, please buy my book on Amazon and if you like it, please write an Amazon review. It does not have to be long, a few sentences would be greatly appreciated! Now is the time to support Canadian authors!
To purchase a copy of Death Fund, please do so at the following: https://books2read.com/deathfund
All the best,
Barbara Hendrickson (AKA Stina Hemming)