Category: Reading
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Pride Month 2023 reading list featuring Kiwi authors
Jamie Sands has pulled together a fantastic Pride Month reading list, including one of mine you might recognise! Check out the full post on Jamie’s site linked below: In honour of Pride here’s a selection of books from Kiwi authors featuring an array of rainbow characters – purchase links in the titles […] Pride Month…
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Alumière Sisters’ Adventures by Morgan Delaney
The identical triplets Gertrude, Victoria and Colette Alumière are most certainly not witches, despite what everyone thinks. Their tendency to dress head-to-toe in black probably doesn’t help. Neither does their unhealthy interest in the inexplicable, which means they’re caught up in more than their fair share of mysteries in the otherwise sleepy and superstitious village…
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The Squared Circle
The Squared Circle (An Alumière Sisters’ Adventure) by Morgan Delaney is a funny cosy British mystery in which village life comes under attack from occult and paranormal forces. I received The Squared Circle in the post this week and can’t wait to get into it! If you want to grab a copy for yourself, or…
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Anthony Horowitz on murder mystery twists
Anthony Horowitz is so eloquent and enthusiastic in this discussion of twists in murder mysteries. At under fifteen minutes, this video clip and is packed with information. Penguin have summarised some of the key points from the interview in this article on their website, and I’ve jotted down some of my own notes further down,…
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The Ghost of Ivy Barn by Mark Stay
August, 1940. The ghost, the witch and the traitor… As the Battle of Britain rages overhead, a warlock leader from the Council of High Witches comes to Woodville with a ritual to repel the imminent Nazi invasion. The only catch is it involves full-frontal nudity on the White Cliffs of Dover. The Witches of Woodville…
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Murder on Milverton Square paperback book launch with friends
It was so nice to celebrate my book launch in person with wonderful friends. They endured my little speech/reading from Murder on Milverton Square without heckling, very graciously bought copies of the book, and then we ate the dinner husband lovingly prepared for us all (which is always amazing, and the primary reason everyone turned…