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New Cozy Cover Reveal + New Newsletter (Sign Up Now)

New Cozy Cover Reveal + New Newsletter (Sign Up Now)

This is a quick blog to show off my new cosy mystery AND let you know I’ve changed my newsletters. Read on for more… FIRST: How great does my brand-new cover look (above)? My seventh MURDER MYSTERY BOOK  CLUB adventure—Peril on the Indian Pacific—will be out very soon, but this exclusive cover reveal will give …

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Beyond The Orient Express: Why So Many Murders Are Set on Trains

Beyond The Orient Express: Why So Many Murders Are Set on Trains

KEEPING TRACK OF MURDER (It’s enough to make you think twice about that next trip!) When I started researching for my seventh Murder Mystery Book Club adventure, I looked around for a well-known train mystery that my gang could be reading while embroiled in a train mystery of their own. It didn’t take long to find one. …

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Behind the Scenes of My New Train Mystery (Toot!)

Behind the Scenes of My New Train Mystery (Toot!)

ALL ABOARD FOR THE BEST JOB EVER Those of you who follow me on Instagram and Facebook know I’ve been doing a lot of “boast posts” lately, and with good reason. I’m just back from a four-day/three-night journey on the majestic Indian Pacific luxury passenger train that takes 240 lucky ducks across the width of Australia, from Sydney in the east …

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3 Wise Mysteries for My Wonderful Readers

3 Wise Mysteries for My Wonderful Readers

THREE BOOKS THAT BEND THE BRAIN CELLS I often wax lyrical about my best-selling crime series—the Murder Mystery Book Club, the Ghostwriter Mysteries and the Sleuths of Last Resort—which are all fun, fast-paced and full of intrigue. However! For those of you who like their mysteries particularly mind-bending, their settings a little off-beat, and their stories utterly original, you …

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It’s My Book’s Birthday + A Hot New Release

It’s My Book’s Birthday + A Hot New Release

HAPPY BOOK(CLUB) BIRTHDAY! For me, launching a new book — in this case, Gone Guest: Murder Mystery Book Club 6 — is a lot like having a birthday. It’s a heady mix of excitement, relief (whoop! I made it!) and trepidation, because now I have to let it go and get on with the next …

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Who’s the Arsonist? Solution to Quick Mystery #3

Who’s the Arsonist? Solution to Quick Mystery #3

Last blog, I shared yet another of my quick mystery reads and gave you a chance to deduce for yourself, whodunnit. Subscribers to my newsletter also got a chance to win a prize. I’ve now awarded the free eBook — congrats, this time, to KATIE MYERS — but if you’d like to be part of …

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3-Minute Mystery #3 (Can YOU Name the Office Arsonist?)

3-Minute Mystery #3 (Can YOU Name the Office Arsonist?)

Want to fire up the ‘leetle grey cells’? Here’s another quick DIY mystery to keep you guessing… QUICK DIY MYSTERY: The Office Fire “This is an emergency,” came a muffled voice over the office intercom, barely audible above the whirring of the alarm. “There is a fire in the building. Do not panic. Please proceed …

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