Tag: The Milverton Mysteries
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A Cluedo-style Milverton Mystery
I accuse Harriet Ferguson (the mayor) in Lynne’s Cafe with a cheese platter… That’s my answer for today anyway! We played this Cluedo-style Milverton Mystery game in the Cozy Mystery Lovers Facebook Group during my author takeover earlier in the year and I had too much fun not to share it here too. Read the…
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Audiobook announcement: Fright on Stage Right narrator and release date
Addison’s back for opening night at the theatre and he has front-row seats with Sergeant Jake Murphy – this might just be his perfect date! Philip Battley’s back too, lending his superb voice acting talents to narrating Fright on Stage Right, the latest Milverton Mystery audiobook – to be published by Tantor Audio on 16 June 2026! I’m delighted…
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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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Book research: a steam engine and a scenic railway journey (with video!)
It’s book research time! Join me aboard the Passchendaele Ashhurst Flyer for a trip through the Manawatū Gorge. I’m currently writing the next Milverton Mystery, Killer on the Kelvin Explorer, which will involve a scenic railway journey featuring a powerful steam engine pulling lovingly restored heritage carriages. On the train, passengers enjoy dramatic landscapes and…
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Cosy crime capitals: St Mary Mead, Cabot Cove, Brokenwood, and Milverton
Another wonderful review for the latest Milverton Mystery, Fright on Stage Right, this time by Craig Sisterson writing for the Fall 2025 edition of the US-based Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine, featuring words like “intriguing” and “charming”! Addison Harper’s Milverton is held up alongside other cosy crime capitals such as Miss Marple’s St Mary Mead and…
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The Bookshop Detectives co-author praises The Milverton Mysteries
The despicably clever and talented co-author of The Bookshop Detectives, Louise Ward, has said such wonderful and generous things about The Milverton Mysteries: The Milverton Mysteries are a breath of sweet, fresh air: funny, cosy, full of atmosphere and heart. You’ll fall in love with Addison. Louise Ward, co-author of The Bookshop Detectives Investigate for…
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The New Zealand Listener book review: Fright on Stage Right
A “charming cosy series” and “an intriguing Kiwi mystery laced with plenty of grin-inducing elements among the dark deeds” according to Craig Sisterson’s review in this week’s edition of The New Zealand Listener. I’m so chuffed to see Addison, Jake, and the rest of my Milverton crew getting highlighted in print, and in such excellent…
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