Tag: Crime
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The Trials of Lila Dalton by L. J. Shepherd
I was hooked the moment I heard about this book from fellow author friends. One author whose skills and opinion I highly respect has read an advance copy and said he’d intended to read for a few minutes before bed, but had powered through half of the book before realising how late it was! If…
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Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023 Best Novel Entries
The Ngaio Marsh Awards recognise excellence in crime fiction, mystery, and thriller writing in Aotearoa New Zealand, and the full list of 2023 entries for Best Novel has just been released! Just look at all these fresh Kiwi crime titles in the running for the 2023 Ngaios: 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel longlist…
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Be gay, solve crime
Happy pride month to my cosy queers who love a fun lil read! Murder on Milverton Square Addison Harper is abruptly summoned to Milverton at the behest of an abrasive lawyer. He plans to be in and out, back to the city lickety-split. Instead, he finds himself charmed by the small town with its delightful and eccentric…
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Refilling the creative well: 6 fantastic TV series
For a brief intro about why I’m doing this, see my recent post:Refilling the creative well: 9 recent reads There is so much great TV at the moment! Here are the shows I enjoyed the most since my last update: Crime comedies / fun thrillers Fantasies Keen for more stories? Already powered through all those TV…
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Murder on Milverton Square is up for pre-order
That’s right! My brand new novel, Murder on Milverton Square, the first in a wonderful new cosy mystery series is available for pre-order! I had so much fun writing this novel, and I cannot wait for you to meet Addison, Jake, and all of Milverton’s quirky locals. A pity about the murder though… Murder on…
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Second draft of my first full-length novel ☠👨🍳
With a few interruptions along the way, it’s taken me two years to get to this point… First draft (i.e. getting it down) Plotting, planning, and scheming kicked off in February 2019 before I started the first draft two months later. What followed was seven months of tippity tapping away on the train to and…
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False Value
In the latest installment of Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, Peter Grant has taken a job at a tech startup based at Old Street’s ‘silicon roundabout’. He’s soon caught up in a secret that’s a dangerous mixture of artificial intelligence, magic and technology. False Value is the eighth in the main series of novels,…
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