That title is slightly misleading. Murder Most Unladylike has not been in the actual news. But it has had some absolutely wonderful mentions online and in print in the past week.

First, Murder Most Unladylike was featured in this week’s Saturday Times as its children’s book of the week.

The reviewer didn’t even guess whodunit (which is incredibly pleasing to me. I love how many people I’m foxing).

And reader Amy (one of the first people to actually read the book, way back when it was nothing more than a proof copy) has had her review published in Scotland’s Daily Record. Amy is a brilliant and very discerning young reviewer, and her opinion means a lot to me.

For extra fun, here’s Amy’s Golden Retriever Shimmer beautifully modelling the review as it appeared in the paper.

I feel so lucky to have had two such wonderful mentions in newspapers – it’s a sad fact that very few children’s books are given space in print media, so this is an amazing thing to happen.

Murder Most Unladylike has also been given some fantastic blogger reviews this week.

Liz Filleul reviews it on her blog storyspinnerliz.wordpress.com, saying:

This is an absolutely gorgeous book, from the cover, through the map of Deepdean School and cast of characters, to the mystery itself. It’s a genuine detective story, crammed with clues, red herrings and motives . . . The denouement is particularly gripping and I stayed up late to finish it, feeling at the end like I’d been playing a really enjoyable game of Cluedo.

And Cicely Wynne reviews it on ciclovesbooks.blogspot.com, with possibly my favourite piece of praise ever:

I just adored it, and I think it is impossible not to. If you don’t adore this, then you are just weird.

A huge thank you to everyone who’s take time to talk about Murder Most Unladylike – I’m so grateful for your words!

And now, I leave you with a picture that I particularly love, my friend Sarah reading Murder Most Unladylike in Cusco, Peru. Daisy and Hazel are travelling the world!