Tag: Murder on Milverton Square
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2025 Writing Highlights: Reviewing
As an indie author, with ~95% of my book sales being ebooks or audiobooks and ~98% of my readers living outside New Zealand, my promotional efforts tend to be focused online. So, it’s a real highlight and unexpected thrill whenever I capture the attention of a local reviewer and/or get coverage in traditional media! In…
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Kindle Daily Deal: Murder on Milverton Square on sale for 99p in the UK
Surprise! The first Milverton Mystery has been tapped for a Kindle Daily Deal in the UK and is on sale for 99p today (Thursday 30 October 2025) only. So, if you’ve been flirting with maybe visiting Milverton, today’s your day! I’ll see you there? Of course, if you’re outside the UK, you can still pick…
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RNZ National book review recording: Murder on Milverton Square
Author and book critic Catherine Robertson was on RNZ National Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan today celebrating local authors. Catherine started the segment talking about the Romance Writers of New Zealand organisation turning 35 years old next month, and how the membership are such a generous and supportive group of writers. She then went on to…
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Radio book review: Murder on Milverton Square on RNZ National
Author and book critic Catherine Robertson will be on RNZ National this afternoon with Jesse Mulligan discussing the first of The Milverton Mysteries, but she’s already assured me she “absolutely loved it!” Tune in this afternoon for the full book review just after the 2pm news on your radio or listen live online. Update: The…
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The real-life Milverton Park is 100 years old
A local park with a name that may sound familiar to my readers is about to celebrate its centenary! October this year marks 100 years since the Palmerston North Borough Council received notification of a gift of 4 acres, 3 roods and 28 perches of land from William Milverton, land that would become the site…
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My 99c book sale campaign with BookBub Featured Deal boost
Yesterday morning Murder on Milverton Square went out to BookBub’s cozy mystery mailing list of over 1.5 million readers! US: 8am PDT Sunday 13 April 2025 – 8am PDT Sunday 20 April 2025UK: 8am GMT Sunday 13 April 2025 – 8am GMT Sunday 20 April 2025 Milverton on sale this week I’ve discounted the Murder…
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#1 Best Seller: Milverton tops the LGBTQ+ Mystery chart!
2½ years after Addison stumbled over his first death in Milverton, he’s back on top! Thank you so much to all the wonderful readers for sharing my cosy, quirky, queer, Kiwi mystery. It means everything! You can check out the chart for yourself, but be quick if you want to see Murder on Milverton Square…
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Caution! Murder on Milverton Square is 99c/99p this week only
Are you feeling a little dangerous? The first book in the Milverton Mysteries is criminally cheap this week in the US and UK! Nab yourself a copy of the Kindle ebook to see why our anxious hero Addison Harper is tripping over dead bodies, choking on food in front of the handsome Sergeant Jake Murphy,…
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“Cute chaotic cosy crime”
What a headline! I was so tickled when I spotted this in a recent reader review of Murder on Milverton Square, the first of the Milverton Mysteries. The Milverton Mysteries A delightful cosy mystery series set in an enchanting small town nestled amongst stunning New Zealand scenery. Investigate The Milverton Mysteries for a chaotic cast of local…
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Top 10 writing highlights of 2024: #2 Author panel!
The second of my 2024 highlights was joining fellow authors for a panel discussion, in front of a real, live, in-person audience! ‘Mysterious Manawatū’ was part of the Ngaio Marsh Awards ‘Mystery in the Library’ event series and was held at the Palmerston North City Library. I was rather nervous going in but ended up…
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