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Death in the Spotlight – I’m coming to Dublin!

I have a lot of really fantastic Irish Detective Society members. I know how much you care about Daisy and Hazel, and so I’ve teamed up with the fab people at Eason’s to make sure that you’ll have THREE chances to meet me and get your copies of Death in the Spotlight signed this October!… Read more

Death in the Spotlight Audiobook – read by Katie Leung!

I have some exciting (though probably not surprising) news: my new book, Death in the Spotlight, will have an audio edition available, read by the amazing Katie Leung!

Katie played Cho Chang in the Harry Potter films, and she’s about to appear in Channel 4’s Strangers, as well as be the voice of Too-Ticky in the new Moomins cartoon.… Read more

The School Library Journal has reviewed The Guggenheim Mystery!

The Guggenheim Mystery will be out in the US and Canada in just a few months, and I’m delighted to be able to say that it’s already getting some great reviews!

The School Library Journal says:

Ted understands patterns but not people. Due to his ability to see details most people ignore, he was able to find his missing cousin Salim in the first book in this series, The London Eye Mystery, written by the late Siobhan Dowd.

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August 2018 Holiday Reads Video

I’m taking a bit of a break this month so I can work on the next book in the Murder Most Unladylike series – and read a lot of books!

My video for this month is a round-up of what I’m most excited about reading – as well as some information about the first places you’ll be able to meet me this autumn as part of my Death in the Spotlight tour!… Read more

Competition – happy birthday to The Guggenheim Mystery paperback and audio editions!

Happy day! Today I have not one but TWO versions of a book publishing in the UK and Ireland – the paperback and the audio editions of The Guggenheim Mystery, my sequel to Siobhan Dowd‘s amazing The London Eye Mystery.

This is the second book to feature the brilliant detective Ted Spark and his family, and it takes place during a summer holiday to New York.… Read more

It’s Christmas in July with Mistletoe and Murder!

I had a lovely delivery this week – the advance reading copies of the American edition of Mistletoe and Murder arrived! These are special early copies for reviewers and booksellers, but now that they’re here, it means that there’s not long to wait at all before Mistletoe and Murder is published in the US and Canada.… Read more

July Book Recommendations 2018

I’ve had a wonderful first half of the year – and now I’m going to take a holiday before my Death in the Spotlight tour begins in September! But before I go, here are five book recommendations that I think are perfect for summer. Enjoy!

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These fans take the cake!

I love it when my Detective Society show how much they love bunbreak, and I was recently sent two pictures of fans doing just that.

The first is a cake by Samuel and Will, who made a Spoonful of Murder cake for a school project, and the second is a fan of Ancient Egypt who accessorised his copy of The Case of the Missing Treasure perfectly!… Read more

Broughton Hall Children’s Literature Festival

I have lots of events coming up this autumn, and the first one I can reveal is the Broughton Hall Children’s Literature Festival!

I’ll be there on Saturday 29th September at 1:20pm, and tickets are £8. You can buy them now on the festival website.

So if you’re in Yorkshire, save the date!… Read more

Edinburgh – you’ve got an extra signing!

Good news for all of my Scottish Detective Society members who couldn’t get tickets to see me at the Edinburgh Festival: I’ve added an event to make sure you can meet me!

I’ll be at Golden Hare Books in Edinburgh at 3pm on Sunday August 26th. This is a FREE public event, so anyone can come along.… Read more