Cover reveal – The Guggenheim Mystery!
Happy World Book Day! This day is all about celebrating books and authors, and so it’s absolutely perfect that today I’m sharing with you something really exciting: the final cover for my upcoming book The Guggenheim Mystery!
World Book Day 2017 – Dress Like Daisy and Hazel!
Hello detectives! If you live in the UK, you’ll know that there’s a big week coming up. 27th February – 3rd March is World Book Week, when authors visit schools, and children get to dress up as their favourite book characters.
I’ve already heard that some of you would like to dress up as Daisy, Hazel and their friends, and I couldn’t be more pleased. Thank you so much for choosing my characters – it’s an honour!
If you would like some tips, I have good news: a Deepdean uniform is super easy to put together.
Cream Buns and Crime is coming in March!
I’ve got some good news for you, Detectives!
I know you’re all excitedly waiting for Cream Buns and Crime, my series companion that’ll be full of detective tips and tricks, code breaking exercises and bunbreak recipes.
It was scheduled to come out in the UK and Ireland on April 6th – but my publishers and I have decided that you deserve to get it a whole two weeks earlier – on March 23rd!
Foreign rights news – Daisy and Hazel are going to Russia!
I’ve had some more good news this week: Daisy and Hazel are going to RUSSIA!
Not literally – although a Russian murder mystery would be incredible – but the publisher AST has bought Russian language rights to Murder Most Unladylike and Arsenic for Tea.
Mistletoe and Murder shortlisted for the FCBG Children’s Book Award 2017!
I have an extra-special announcement today: I’ve just heard that Mistletoe and Murder has been shortlisted for the FCBG Children’s Book Award 2017 in the older readers category!
This is incredibly special to me, for several reasons: first, and most importantly, because this award is entirely voted for by children, and so that means that lots of you have already said how much you like it! If you did vote, thank you so much – you’ve made me very happy.
It’s also wonderful, because Mistletoe and Murder was one of my favourite books to write so far. I love its story, and I am so proud of it – but, because it’s a sequel, it isn’t usually eligible for awards. This was a big surprise, and a very nice one!
February update video!
Hello Detectives! It’s time for my February update video.
Cover Colour Reveal: Book 6!
Hello detectives! I’m sorry I haven’t posted anything for a while – I’ve been too busy writing! The good news is that The Guggenheim Mystery is almost finished, and so I’ve been able to start planning Murder Most Unladylike Book 6 (and planning its title, too … but that’s for later).
What I can tell you RIGHT NOW, though, is that we have chosen a colour for the book’s cover. We’ve been asking you to guess what it will be, and I can tell you now that everyone who guessed purple was wrong.
Because the real colour is …
January update video!
It’s 2017! Happy new year, Detectives – and if you’re wondering what’s coming up for me this year, then this is the video for you!
Cream Buns and Crime – Cover Reveal!
Hello detectives! I hope you’ve all had lovely holidays, and you’re looking forward to 2017. There are a lot of exciting things on the way from me . . . especially Cream Buns and Crime!
Cream Buns and Crime isn’t a full Murder Most Unladylike novel – it’s the companion to the series, full of tips, tricks, recipes, short stories (old and new) and detective facts. It’s absolutely brilliant, and you are going to adore it.
And today I have the very exciting task of revealing its gorgeous cover for the first time!
Are you ready?
Here goes!
December Events and Updates!
It’s been an exciting week for me! Cream Buns and Crime has been sent to copyedit (which means that it’s almost done), and we’ve also finalised an absolutely gorgeous cover for it.
Over the past two weeks I held my last events of 2016, in Blackwell’s Oxford and Village Books, Dulwich. These are two of my very favourite and most supportive bookstores, so of course I had a wonderful time at both.