I enjoyed a fantastic evening at the Palmerston North City Library with local author Bing Turkby interrogating Gareth and Louise Ward about their new co-authored book The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone.

An entertaining discussion with some fascinating insights into writing a book with your partner, running bookshops, being a part of the community, the publishing process, their days as police officers, and taking inspiration from the people and places around you.

I picked up a signed copy of the book for myself too – of course! – and I’m looking forward to getting into it! But I’m going to have to save that as a reward for finishing the edits on my own upcoming cosy mystery, Death in Douglas Glade, which is due out in just under four weeks!