A tea-time treat: Arsenic for Tea’s launch!

February 8, 2015

With my tea table!

Yesterday I was lucky enough to launch Arsenic for Tea at Waterstones Cambridge. There was cake, there was tea and there were lots of wonderful people. I was amazed at how many of you came along – some from incredibly far away.

Thank you to everyone – friends, family, authors, bloggers, publishers, agents and readers – who spent the afternoon with me, and thank you to the brilliant Waterstones team who organised everything. I hope you all enjoyed your tea!

And now . . . the pictures!

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The tea table! Tiffin, biscuits (five kinds), crisps, sausages, sausage rolls, mochi balls (in honour of Hazel), a chocolate birthday cake (in honour of Daisy), Victoria sponge cupcakes and lemon drizzle cupcakes.
With my tea table!
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With reader Phoebe
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With reader Dominic
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With reader Bethan
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Cutting the cake!
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I managed to snag a slice before it was all gone.
Tea-time scrum!
Tea-time scrum!
With fellow Cambridge mystery authors Helen Moss and Clementine Beauvais.
With fellow Cambridge mystery authors Helen Moss and Clementine Beauvais.
Moustache cakes - in honour of my favourite Belgian detective!
Moustache cakes – in honour of my favourite Belgian detective!
The moustaches in action!
The moustaches in action!
Me reading from the book - by @chelleytoy
Me reading from the book – by @chelleytoy
With reader Charlotte
With reader Charlotte
Me with my agent, Gemma Cooper, my publicist, Harriet Venn and my editor, Natalie Doherty: Team Bunbreak!
Me with my agent, Gemma Cooper, my publicist, Harriet Venn and my editor, Natalie Doherty: Team Bunbreak!

I had a wonderful day – and I hope everyone else did too!

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