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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 …


A 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).

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Published on June 25, 2018 11:00

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

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Published on June 22, 2018 08:19

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

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Published on June 21, 2018 08:30

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

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Published on June 09, 2018 09:00

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

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Published on June 08, 2018 08:00

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

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Published on June 07, 2018 02:35

June 6, 2018

Bake a very special Guggenheim Mystery bunbreak!

I’ve got a treat for fans of The Guggenheim Mystery, courtesy of baker, blogger and brilliant fan Aaminah!


She recently reviewed The Guggenheim Mystery on her blog, Telling Tales – and she included instructions for you to bake your own Guggenheim Museum cake!


Photograph and cake by Aaminah at Telling Tales


I’m so impressed by Aaminah’s baking skills – and I think that if you love to bake as well as read, you’ll enjoy following her recipe.… Read more

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Published on June 06, 2018 09:00

June 5, 2018

Happy 4th birthday, Murder Most Unladylike!

Today is a big milestone – Murder Most Unladylike is FOUR YEARS OLD!


On the 5th of June 2014, the first book in my series was published for the very first time.


I can honestly say that I never thought that anyone would still care about Murder Most Unladylike four years later, and it is absolutely overwhelming to me to see how very wrong I was.… Read more

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Published on June 05, 2018 07:13

June 4, 2018

Murder Most Unladylike on tour in Ireland!

Last week I had an exciting opportunity to travel further afield to meet Murder Most Unladylike fans – I was asked to be part of Listowel Writers’ Week 2018!


Listowel Writers’ Week is a fantastic Irish literary festival with a lot of history behind it, and it takes place in beautiful Listowel in Country Kerry.… Read more

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Published on June 04, 2018 08:52

May 30, 2018

May Book Recommendation Video

It’s my May book recommendation video, with five fantastic titles as well as some updates about me and my books. It’s a very exciting time in Murder Most Unladylike world, and it’s only going to get more exciting in the next few months …


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Published on May 30, 2018 08:00