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Editorial Profligacy

It’s widely known in literary circles that we here at the agency of Boisjoly and Quillfeather maintain and strictly observe a policy of producing newsletters only when there’s adequate news to let. The corollary to this, of course, is that when there’s an abundance of news, such as is the case with the latest number […]

Launch Day for Death Reports to a Health Resort

So long as today remains September 1st, it’s launch day for Death Reports to a Health Resort, the ninth in Anty Boisjoly’ series of stumpers. When his hot-tempered uncle is accused of an impossible crime by the wary and weary and ever leery Inspector Wittersham, Anty’s mum sends him to the wilds of Epping Forest […]

The case of the case of withdrawal

Death Reports to a Health Resort, the ninth Anty Boisjoly, is available for pre-order When his uncle is accused of an impossible crime by the wary and weary and ever leery Inspector Wittersham, Anty Boijoly’s mum sends him to the wilds of Epping Forest to sort out who could have managed to murder the universally […]

The Case of the Missed Deadline

There’s a new entry in the newsletter archive so full of revelations and reveals that even if I’d noticed this mention in Audiofile for The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich I’d have probably left it out:https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/rev... You can catch up here and, while you’re there, sign up to receive the newsletters as the moment […]

Newsletter news

The newsletter archive has a new item in the gallery; the May number announcing countless exclusives and inclusives that were fresh as flowers in May. It’s still solid stuff, though, and can be seen here which is also, conveniently, where one signs up to receive newsletters the day they’re printed, including the current edition which […]

Launch Day for Teddy Quillfeather

The Boisjoly universe expands today as Anty’s cousin Teddy Quillfeather solves her first medley of manor house mysteries in Hardy Haul at Hardy Hall. The theft of an immensely valuable, immensely ugly necklace is only the beginning of the intrigues and idiosyncrasies of a country weekend at Hardy Hall where Teddy’s mother has sent her […]

The Case of the Controversial Cover

A covert cover reveal Earlier this month subscribers to the newsletter got an early look at the radical cover design for Hardy Haul at Hardy Hall, the series starter for Teddy Quillfeather’s mysteries of manners and manors. The view was not unanimous that the Tamara de Lempicka-inspired departure from convention was in keeping with the […]

Teddy Nearly Ready

There’s a cheeky new cartoon featuring Anty Boisjoly and his cousin Teddy Quillfeather, about whom there will shortly be an official announcement. Subscribers to the newsletter have already worked out what that is, in the main, and are in broad agreement that it’s been a rollercoaster and that it’s a good job I’m not in […]

All The News That’s Fit To Forget

The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich audiobook was released this month and it went straight to number one in the coveted Traditional Detective Mysteries category. I was hoping for either the Locked Room Mysteries or Witty Sleuth categories but they’re both hotly contested and non-existent, so I knew that my chances were slim. Nevertheless, […]

Official locked-room humourist of the 2024 Olympic Games

A local grocery store has at the door that which can only best be described as a sail advertising the availability of “Official Olympic Games 2024 Merchandise.” That’s it. It doesn’t say what sort of merchandise. We’re just meant to be excited to rush in and see what they’ve got in stock that they always […]