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Isle of Wight Literary Festival

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The Isle of Wight Literary Festival will be running from 9 to 12 October, and I will be there! On Friday 10 October I will be selling and signing some of my paperback books, including the latest, A Hallowen Murder, from 10 am to 2 pm. All titles are discounted, so it’s a chance to grab a bargain and have a chat. The festival session I’m particularly looking forward to is with Martin Edwards on Sunday 12 October when he will be interviewed by local author Angela Buckley about his latest novel, Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife, a traditional murder mystery set at Christmas. I was lucky to be asked by his publisher to read a pre-publication copy. It’s a great read, with puzzles and lots of great twists.

New covers, new titles

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Following the success of A Christmas Murder with its brilliant cover, the first two books in the series featuring Susan Flynn have been re-titled and given stunning new covers to match the third book. So, Death At Castle Cove has been transformed into A Seaside Murder, and Death At St Jude’s has become A Parish Murder. The content is exactly the same, so any reader who already has them shouldn’t buy them again unless they just want the books in sparkling new covers. I hope you love the new looks as much as I do.

Books & Looks podcast

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I was excited to be asked to appear on the Books & Looks podcast by host Blaine Desantis. Now it’s available to view online. Blaine is based in South Carolina. He has been hosting the podcast with various authors in all sorts of genres for about two years. He talks to me about my latest novel A Christmas Murder, how I started writing, what Twixmas and Boxing Day are, and much more. Blaine loved the novel, and makes a flattering comparison with Agatha Christie. Anyway, here it is. You can watch and listen on Youtube or apple podcasts. Just click on one of the links.

A Christmas Murder: My Interview on Vectis Radio

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I was thrilled to be asked back to Vectis Radio here on the Isle of Wight to talk about my latest book, A Christmas Murder. The interview was broadcast live on the Billy and Sue show on Sunday 4 November. It was great fun. Billy had read the book and Sue had listened to the audio version read by Karen Cass. Both were very kind and positive about it. They also provided me with a copy of the audio recording, which you can listen to by clicking below.

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.

Publication Day

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Today my latest novel Death At St Jude’s is published. As always, it is available worldwide in print, ebook and audiobook (read by Karen Cass). On a very cold January day I recorded a video introducing the book and you can view it here Or you can read more about it on my books page. I am excited about the new book, the second in the series featuring Susan Flynn, and I hope you are too.