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Aberystwyth and Brighstone

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Last weekend I was in Aberystwyth for the wonderful Crime Cymru festival. I am pictured with fellow authors Rod Green and Hannah Hendy, with whom I shared a panel on the Sunday morning. I also took the opportunity to re-visit Tregaron, the location inspiration for my first novel Free To Be Tegan, and Devil’s Bridge, with its stunning waterfalls. And yesterday I was closer to home, in Brighstone, signing books and meeting readers at the library coffee morning. I will be signing (and selling) books with other local authors at Shanklin Theatre on 7 June from 10 am to 12 noon. Do come along if you can.

Aberystwyth Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2025

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The line-up for this year’s festival in Aberystwyth has now been announced. Speakers include Vaseem Khan, Abir Mukherjee, Mark Billingham, and Elly Griffiths. The festival starts on Friday 25th April at 4 pm with the Dragon Parade to the bandstand. The main programme starts on Saturday 26th. I’ll be helping out with stewarding. On Sunday morning 27th at 9.30 I’ll be discussing “Getting Cosy – Evil Murder, Kindly Sleuths ” with Rod Green and Hannah Hendy. Full details about the festival can be found here. Do come if you can. It’s always lovely to meet readers, so do come and meet me.

Other news is that my next Susan Flynn book is now with my publisher Boldwood, going through the editing process ready for publication on 7 July 2025. It’s called A Halloween Murder and it’s set at Carisbrooke Castle. Look out for the cover reveal. You can pre-order it on amazon (UK) here.

Crime Cymru Festival

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On 22 April I was thrilled to take part in the Crime Cymru Festival, which this year is online (but next year will be in Aberystwyth: 25-27 April 2025; save the date!) in the session “Mesdames of Mysterious Murders” with Cathy Ace and Sarah Ward. The session is now available to view on youtube here Do have a look. Warning: there is a one minute countdown at the start, which I suggest you skip. It’s then introduced by Cathy Ace and starts with a 3 minute reading by Danielle Devlin from her novel Burnt Offerings. I hope you enjoy it.