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July 29, 2023
‘A Calculated Risk’ Giveaway Winners!
A massive thank you to everyone who entered the A Calculated Risk giveaway, and an even bigger thank you for the 70+ truly spectacular dad jokes you came up with. I’m always gutted that I can’t give everyone a prize, so this time around I’ve thrown in an extra book for the person who sent in my favourite joke.
Congrats to: Olivia Liu and LaRae Rippetoe, and to Carrie Gooch for a gag so terrible it genuinely made me snot through my nose:
“How do you annoy Lady GaGa?” “Poker Face.” 
Jo Sh...
July 27, 2023
‘A Calculated Risk’ Giveaway
My author copies arrived and rather lovely they are too 
As usual, this means it’s giveaway time! I have two signed copies up for grabs and – like its leading lady, Jo Shaw – I’m in the mood for some dad jokes.
So, to enter the giveaway either say hallo on this post (kinda boring, but I know some people are shy) or tell me your best (i.e. most terrible) dad joke. I’ll pull a winner out of a metaphorical hat around Saturday 12pm, UK time (BST). May the most godawful joke win.
June 29, 2023
‘A Calculated Risk’ on Audio
I’ve had a lot of people asking me about the audio release of A Calculated Risk and I’m delighted to confirm that Nicola Victoria Vincent has recently signed up to narrate it.
It’s no secret that I’m as much a fan girl of Nicki’s as everyone else, so I’m chuffed to bits that I’ll be able to work with her on another book. We’re currently trying to fix a schedule for recording and proofing, so keep an eye on this site or my Facebook page for a release date. As soon as it’s good to go, you’ll a...
June 26, 2023
Earlier Release Date for ‘A Calculated Risk’
Good news! Because I’m a swotty sod and I’ve hit all my deadlines, A Calculated Risk has been switched to a September release, so it’ll be published a whole month earlier than previously advertised.
New release dates are: 1st September via the BSB site, and 12th September everywhere else 
June 6, 2023
Celebrating LGBTQ+ Crime (and audiobooks!)
As part of a celebration for National Crime Reading month, a whole host of authors and readers are chatting about the inclusion/ representation of LGBTQ+ characters in crime fiction on a special blog. If you want to know what made me wander away from writing romantic/thrillers and hop into Sapphic crime proper with The Dark Peak series, then head over here and have a read.
In other, quite splendid news, Unbreakable has been included in a Pride Month Audible.com list of favorite mysteries ...
November 23, 2022
New Book Coming in October 2023
I’ve recently signed a contract with BSB for my tenth (crikey!) novel, ‘A Calculated Risk.’
The book will be the start of a new thriller/crime series, set in northern England, and stars Detective Jody Shaw (who had a cameo in Unbreakable.) The only downside being, it’s not due out till October 2023 because I’m generally crap at writing to any sort of deadline.
Plus side? It has a lovely, moody cover…
July 12, 2022
Podcast with the Sapphic Book Review
Had a genuinely lovely chat with Laura Sieber Green from the Sapphic Book Review yesterday. She came up with some fun and unusual questions, and was an all round good sport. Amongst other things, we chatted about casting the Dark Peak, our mutual love of Nicki Vincent and British swearing (“bloody Nora!”), what it’s like to work the frontline in a pandemic, and which three authors I’d take hiking with me. If you’ve got a spare half hour and you want my dulcet northern tones in yer ear, you can l...
March 10, 2022
Cari Hunter Hiking Guide!
I was chatting to a reader the other week who fancied planning a hiking tour based on some of the routes mentioned in my books. I offered to put a guide together whenever I got the chance, so here we go!
SnowboundJacob’s Ladder circular onto Kinder Scout from Edale village
Kate and Sam head up Jacob’s Ladder, an old packhorse trail, right at the end of Snowbound, with Sam none too happy to realise there are about three false summits before you actually hit the top.
The path is a lovely, well-tr...
February 27, 2022
Daily Bargain and Publishing Chat
Honestly, there’s no book stuff on here for ages and then two things come along at once. Bit like buses.
Cold to the Touch, the second in the Dark Peak series, is today’s Daily Bargain here at the BSB site. That means it’s just $3.99 on ebook till some time later tonight (it’s in US time so obviously, I am flummoxed). Better to buy sooner rather than later so you don’t cop for the full whack (translation: so you don’t end up spending $9.99 instead.)
Also, this Wednesday at 7pm UK time, I’...
January 21, 2022
Lez Talk About Books, Baby…
Snowed in? Long commute? Run out of audiobooks? Do you have a penchant for scrappy authors with weird northern English accents? If the answer to any of these questions is yes – head here to download or listen to a lovely chat I had with Anita Kelly for her Lez Talk About Books, Baby! podcast. It’s a proper trip through all of my books, heading right back to where it all started with Snowbound and ending with my current work in progress. Enjoy!
