Death Sets Sail – exclusive extract!

July 21, 2020

The ninth and FINAL Murder Most Unladylike Mystery novel, Death Sets Sail, is out very soon – on the 6th of August in the UK and Ireland, and the 4th of August in Australia and New Zealand!

I’m keeping its plot very secret until publication date, so you can have the chance to read it without being spoiled (and even when you have read it, I hope you’ll stay quiet about what happens in it, to give other fans the same experience). But I do have a special treat for you – the second chapter of Death Sets Sail, which contains no spoilers but does give you a flavour of what’s to come in the book.

Fans who have signed up to my newsletter got to read this last weekend – so if you haven’t done that yet, I’d recommend it!

So here it is …

What do you think? Does it make you more excited about the book? And, most importantly, what do you think will happen next? Let us know in the comments!

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