Hello Detectives, and welcome to 2023! It’s an exciting year in a lot of ways, and one of the things I’m most thrilled about is that US readers will be getting access to a lot more of my books.

My all-time favourite MMU book, Death in the Spotlight, will be hitting US and Canadian shelves in April 2023, closely followed by Top Marks for Murder in July. Both will be published by S&S Books for Young Readers, with glorious new covers by Elizabeth Baddeley – I’m so excited about them! I’m working on the proofs for Top Marks at the moment, and Spotlight is already off at the printer’s.

I’m also going to be part of a US mystery conference in March. I’m taking part in Murderous March (best name, right?!) – I’ll be on a virtual panel about young sleuths in detective fiction. I’m so delighted about this – it’s really nice to be able to talk to US crime fans – and if you do love crime writing, I think you should definitely sign up at the link!

I’ll have lots more event announcements coming over the next few months, and a lot of other good news as well. I’m currently working on Ministry book 2, and also on something that I can’t talk about but am highly thrilled about. I think you might be too …