Happy audiobook birthday, Murder Most Unladylike and Arsenic for Tea!

June 18, 2015

Me and Gemma Chan audio recording website

It’s book birthday time again! Not for First Class Murder (not quite yet, anyway – the countdown clock is at t – 42 days and I’m already planning my baking for the launch on the 1st of August), but for the audiobooks of the first two books, Murder Most Unladylike and Arsenic for Tea.

They’re read by the wonderful Gemma Chan (of Sherlock and Fresh Meat fame, and currently being seen on Channel 4’s excellent Humans), and having listened through to both I can confirm that they’re delightful. Actually hearing my books as words out loud was so strange that at several points I forgot (for about the first time ever) that I’d written them. During the denouement of Murder Most Unladylike I got very concerned about Daisy & Hazel’s safety and had to go pacing around the house in a state of great nervousness.

The audio versions are available for download from today, and I’d definitely recommend you do. First Class Murder is currently being recorded, and should hopefully be available not long after the physical book is released.

So here’s to Hazel being given a voice!

With Gemma Chan, the voice of Hazel!
With Gemma Chan, the voice of Hazel!

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