Detectives, we’re into the final stretch: Death Sets Sail, the ninth AND FINAL full-length Murder Most Unladylike mystery, will publish in ONE MONTH! (The date is a little different depending on where you are in the world: Australia and New Zealand’s publication date is 4th August, while for the UK and Ireland the official publication date is 6th August – so I’m posting this on the 5th of July, halfway between the two!)
If you haven’t pre-ordered yet, now’s the perfect opportunity: you can pre-order from (deep breath) Amazon, Blackwell’s (they ship anywhere in the world, for all you Americans and Canadians looking to get your hands on this edition!), Booktopia (for Australian and NZ fans), Dymock’s (again, for Australian and NZ fans), Easons (for my Irish fans!), Foyle’s, Hive (though if you can, it’s best to order direct from your local independent bookstore, as it makes sure they get all the profits from the sale!), Waterstones and WH Smith. I am working very hard to sort out a way for you to get signed copies – I don’t know quite what this will look like, or even whether it will happen before the release date, because of these extraordinary covid circumstances, but I promise I’m doing my very best, and I’ll update you all as soon as I can!
A lot of you have asked me for hints about what might be happening in Death Sets Sail, but all I’m able to tell you right now is what the official blurb says:
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are in Egypt, where they are taking a cruise along the Nile. They are hoping to see some ancient temples and a mummy or two; what they get, instead, is murder.
Also travelling on the SS Hatshepsut is a mysterious society called the Breath of Life: a group of genteel English ladies and gentlemen, who believe themselves to be reincarnations of the ancient pharaohs. Three days into the cruise their leader, Theodora Miller, is found dead in her cabin, stabbed during the night. It soon becomes clear to Daisy and Hazel that Theodora’s timid daughter Hephzibah, who is prone to sleepwalking, is being framed. And within the society, everyone has a reason to want Theodora dead…
Daisy and Hazel leap into action and begin to investigate their most difficult case yet. But there is danger all around, and only one of the Detective Society will make it home alive…
However if you do want to find out more, I’m going to be able to release an (unspoilery!) chapter later this month via my newsletter. So sign up NOW to make sure you get it in your inbox!
And one final thing … there’s an announcement coming your way at either the end of July or the beginning of August. I can’t say exactly when it’ll go out yet … but constant vigilance! All will be revealed soon …
