Robin Stevens's Blog, page 45
August 10, 2017
It’s a Blue Peter mystery with Detective Robin Stevens!
Something TERRIBLE has just happened on Blue Peter!
Earlier today, someone went into the star dressing room and STOLE Radzi’s wrestling outfit – a terrible and upsetting crime! Poor old Razdi.
Of course, the BP gang knew who to call … ME! I’m on the case, and I want YOU to help me work out whodunit and get Radzi his outfit back.… Read more
August 8, 2017
*NEWSFLASH* I’m coming to Oxford to sign my books!
The Guggenheim Mystery signing tour just got bigger! I’m going to be at Blackwell’s in Oxford on Wednesday the 16th of August at 2pm, signing copies of The Guggenheim Mystery and the Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries – come along to meet me and ask me all of your burning questions about my books!… Read more
Telegraph crossword, 60 Across … can you guess the answer?
Saturday 5th August’s Telegraph crossword contained a VERY difficult clue … for everyone except Detective Society members. Are you ready?
Huge thank you to my friend Sarah’s parents, who very casually alerted us – and HUGE thanks to compiler Kate Mepham, who apparently thinks Telegraph readers know about my books?
I was in a crossword.… Read more
August 7, 2017
Two lovely London launches for the Guggenheim!
The Guggenheim Mystery has been well and truly launched!
On Thursday my publishers, Penguin Random House, held a party at Waterstones Piccadilly for friends, family and book people. It was so great to see so many people out to support The Guggenheim Mystery – I felt very lucky, and very well-celebrated!… Read more
August 4, 2017
Video – a reading from the Guggenheim Mystery!
The Guggenheim Mystery is out now!
To celebrate, I’ve made a video of myself reading from Chapter 10 of the book – if you’ve already bought it, you can read along. And if you haven’t, I hope it gives you a taste of what The Guggenheim Mystery is like!
There’s also a short appearance from Watson at the end – so keep watching if you want to see her saying hi!… Read more
August 3, 2017
The Guggenheim Mystery is out today!
The day has finally arrived – The Guggenheim Mystery is officially out in the UK and Ireland!
This is (how can this be?!) my SEVENTH book, but I promise you the publication day feelings of joy and terror and excitement are just as strong as ever. Walking into bookstores and seeing a book that I wrote there for the very first time still totally overwhelms me.… Read more
August 2, 2017
Meet Me This Summer on the Guggenheim Mystery Bookshop Tour!
Hello detectives! Today is Wednesday, which means … there is only ONE DAY LEFT before The Guggenheim Mystery is officially published!
My spies have been sighting it in the wild already, so if you go to a bookstore from today there is a HIGH LIKELIHOOD you’ll be able to come away with a copy.… Read more
July 31, 2017
The Guggenheim Mystery is the Times Children’s Book of the Week!
There are now THREE DAYS TO GO until The Guggenheim Mystery is released – and I’m very proud to say that yesterday it was featured in The Sunday Times as the Children’s Book of the Week!
Nicolette Jones picked it and called it ‘engaging and convincing’, which is really lovely to hear!… Read more
July 28, 2017
The Guggenheim Mystery – read an extract now!
There are now just SIX DAYS until The Guggenheim Mystery publishes in the UK and Ireland! I am super, super excited about this – I love this book, and I can’t wait for you to read it.
I’m going to be visiting bookstores to sign copies of it (and my Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries) and meet you.… Read more
July 24, 2017
The Guggenheim Mystery in the Observer and the Sunday Express!
There are only TWO WEEKS left until The Guggenheim Mystery comes out in the UK and Ireland, and it’s starting to be mentioned in reviews!
I’m delighted that the Sunday Express and the Observer have included The Guggenheim Mystery in their summer book round-ups – it’s amazing to see my book mentioned in big newspapers, as it’s something that doesn’t happen all the time!… Read more
