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My latest mystery on the library’s New Books shelf

This week, Death in Douglas Glade is on the New Books shelf at my local library – I love to see it!

You can check out my books from your local library too. If they don’t have any copies – no worries! – you can always ask a librarian if they’ll buy some in for you and your community to read.

AudioFile review: Murder on Milverton Square audiobook

It was a very nice surprise when this review popped up! Highlights include “delightful series debut” and “entertaining cozy mystery” with a well-deserved “wonderfully narrated” for Philip Battley‘s reading of the Murder on Milverton Square audiobook.

Click through to read the full review:

AudioFile review: Murder on Milverton Square audiobook Read Murder on Milverton Square yourself

See what the book is about, or scroll down to see how you can buy the ebook, paperback, or audio...

Death in Douglas Glade book launched

The paperback edition of Death in Douglas Glade has been successfully launched!

Thanks so much to everyone involved for the enthusiasm, encouragement, and for coming out to celebrate with me on Thursday night – I appreciate you all so much!

To my wonderful partner, friends, family, readers, the +1s who were dragged along, and the inquisitive passersby who stumbled across the event and decided to stick around.

To Genny and the librarians at Palmerston North City Library for h...

Book launch tonight – see you there?

Six hours until show time, and by “show time” I mean “lovely refreshments and sparkling book chat time”! Come and help me launch my latest book – Death in Douglas Glade – I’d love to see you there.

For more details about the book launch event, see this post on my website, this event listing on the library website, or this Facebook event listing.

My first public in-person book launch

Just three days to go – I hope to see you there!

On Thursday we’ll be at Palmerston North City Library for the Death in Douglas Glade paperback release, with Bruce McKenzie Booksellers on hand for anyone who wants to nab a copy!

For more details about the book launch event, see this post on my website, this event listing on the library website, or this Facebook event listing.

What’s the book about, though?

Death in Douglas Glade is the third of The Milverton Mysteries, a cosy...

G B Ralph author interview in the Manawatū Standard (print edition)

It’s me! In the paper!

Thanks to George and Warwick at the Manawatū Standard for the fantastic chat. I recently posted about the online edition of the article, but as you can see here, I got my hands on last Wednesday’s paper and was rather chuffed to behold the article in print.

If you want to find out more about the books, or explore Milverton for yourself, you are most welcome. In fact, I insist!

Manawatū Standard author interview: G B Ralph

I recently caught up with Manawatū Standard journalist George Heagney and photographer Warwick Smith for coffee.

We had a great time talking about books, writing, publishing, The Milverton Mysteries, worldbuilding, international readers, cosy mysteries, Agatha Christie, Richard Osman, my upcoming book launch, and all the rest.

And then, in what was a deeply strange occurrence for me, we did a photoshoot on George Street and inside Bruce McKenzie Booksellers.

You can read the full Ma...

Book launch in the library newsletter (with links!)

We’re launching the latest Milverton Mystery, Death in Douglas Glade, in just under two weeks at the library and I’d love to see you there! You can see the notice in this month’s library newsletter:

I don’t know about ‘top’, but I’ll take it!

What are you looking for now?More details about the book launch event? See this post on my website, this event listing on the library website, or this Facebook event listing.How to receive the library’s monthly email newsletter? Sign ...

Book unboxing: Death in Douglas Glade

Two big ol’ boxes landed on my doorstep, both full of books! Why so many? To be sure I have enough for the Death in Douglas Glade book launch event. So, please come along or I’ll have to lug them all home again!

For more details about the book launch or the book itself, scroll on down. But first, lets get a look at the books!

Book unboxing video

The short video is the same across TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook, so feel free to click through and watch on your preferred platform:

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Ashhurst Village Voice book review: Murder on Milverton Square

Ashhurst is a town with a population of about 3,500 residents, located just ten minutes’ drive up the road from me. Unfortunately, Ashhurst had to go, so I wiped the town from the map. But why? To make way for my fictional town of Milverton! I couldn’t have two small towns just across the river from each other, right?

I like to think of Milverton as the greatest hits of small-town Manawatū, Tararua, and Wairarapa – borrowing the best bits from each and mixing them all together into something ...