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June 30, 2018
June 2018 Book Recommendation Video – Pride Edition!
Hello Detectives,
June is almost over, and so here is my book recommendation video for this month, with a special Pride theme!
June 29, 2018
The day I went to visit the Cheshire Police!
Usually, researching my books is quite quiet. I sit and read books and think about my next story. But sometimes, being an author leads to some pretty special experiences – and I think one of the most amazing things I’ve ever done because of the Murder Most Unladylike series happened on Tuesday.… Read more
June 28, 2018
ANNOUNCEMENT: Book 7’s title will be …
DEATH IN THE SPOTLIGHT!
I adore this title, and I love that you helped me create it – it came from conversations I had at my Imagine Festival event in spring 2018, so if you were there, this is your title!
And below is the cover in all of its glory!… Read more
June 27, 2018
The Guggenheim Mystery has won a Cheshire Schools Book Award!
I’m delighted to say that The Guggenheim Mystery, my sequel to Siobhan Dowd’s The London Eye Mystery, has won a Cheshire Schools Book Award!
This award is organised by the amazing Cheshire Educational Library Service, and voted for by children from Cheshire schools – it means such a huge amount to me that readers loved Ted’s story so much, and voted for my book to win the younger category!… Read more
June 25, 2018
Competition to celebrate The Guggenheim Mystery’s first US review!
The Guggenheim Mystery, my sequel to Siobhan Dowd’s The London Eye Mystery, will be published by Knopf in North America on October 16th this year.
We’ve just had the first review in, from Kirkus Reviews, and it’s great! They say …
… Read moreA clever junior detective must solve an art heist in this New York City-set sequel to the late Siobhan Dowd’s London Eye Mystery (2008).
June 22, 2018
Book 7 cover and title reveal – 28th of June!
I’ve got lots of good news about my Murder Most Unladylike books coming soon! I can’t tell you everything yet, but I can promise that we’ll be revealing the full cover and title for Book 7 on the 28th of June at 12pm (British Summer Time) right here on this website!… Read more
June 21, 2018
Mare di Libri Festival 2018
Last weekend was very exciting: I got to travel all the way to Italy, to be part of the wonderful Mare di Libri festival.
Mare di Libri is a very special festival – it’s the only one I’ve ever been to where everything, from the line-up to the logistics, is organised by people who are under 18.… Read more
June 9, 2018
The Case of the Missing Treasure signing – Oxford
My new Murder Most Unladylike short story, The Case of the Missing Treasure, will be out on the 5th of July EXCLUSIVELY from Waterstones.
To celebrate, I’ll be visiting Waterstones Oxford on Saturday 7th July at 11am to sign copies of The Case of the Missing Treasure and all of my other books, and to talk to you about the Murder Most Unladylike series.… Read more
June 8, 2018
I’m coming to the Edinburgh Festival 2018!
Good news for all of my Scottish Detective Society members who’ve been patiently asking me to come visit for so long – I’m going to be at the Edinburgh Festival this summer!
My public event will be on Sunday 26th August at 6:30pm in the Baillie Gifford Imagination Lab.
Tickets cost £5 and will go on sale at 8:30am on Tuesday 26th June.… Read more
June 7, 2018
The Guggenheim Mystery is a Bookbuzz 2018 title!
I’m so pleased to say that The Guggenheim Mystery has been chosen by Booktrust‘s Bookbuzz scheme as one of their titles for 2018!
Bookbuzz is a fantastic project that gives Year 7 & 8 pupils at participating schools the chance to take home one of the 17 titles on offer – the book is theirs to keep!… Read more
