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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… Read More New Cozy Cover Reveal + New Newsletter (Sign Up Now)

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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.… Read More Beyond The Orient Express: Why So Many Murders Are Set on Trains

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

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Hola Spain! Update on My Books Down Under & Overseas

SPAIN JOINS THE CLUB AT LAST There is a very good reason why I have been so quiet of late (or, three reasons, in fact, but I’ll get to the other two in a minute), and one has been the launch, at last, of my MURDER MYSTERY BOOK CLUB in Spain. From today, El Club del Crimen is available… Read More Hola Spain! Update on My Books Down Under & Overseas

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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… Read More It’s My Book’s Birthday + A Hot New Release

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Bonjour! An Exciting Update on My Murder Mystery Book Club

FRENCH KISSING IN THE WWW I have a delightful morning ritual I’m going to share with you, my beloved readers. Each morning I rise around 7:30, give or take. I jump off the bed … well, drag myself out of the covers, and I wander into the kitchen where I prepare two coffees. I add some frothed… Read More Bonjour! An Exciting Update on My Murder Mystery Book Club