Countdown to Death in the Spotlight … special extract!

September 28, 2018

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There are just SIX DAYS until Death in the Spotlight is released in the UK and Ireland. You can still pre-order it, and if you order through the Waterstones website you’ll be entered into an incredible competition …

I have something very exciting to share with you today: a special new extract from Death in the Spotlight! (The people signed up to my newsletter have already had the chance to read it, so if you want to get an exclusive look at extracts in the future, you should definitely sign up now).

This is a chapter from the first part of the book. Daisy and Hazel have just arrived at the Rue Theatre, and they’re meeting the cast of Romeo and Juliet for the first time. They don’t know it yet, but one of these people is about to commit a murder …

Happy reading, Detectives – the wait is almost over!

If you want to meet me this month, by the way, I’ve just announced that I’ll be visiting Waterstones Norwich on the 13th October at 11am for a free signing – so if you’re in Norfolk, please come along! And if you’re not in Norfolk, here’s a list of all of the places I’ll be …

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