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Spoil YOURSELF this Christmas 🤗

MEGA eBOOK SALE — STASH THESE KILLER STORIES AWAY FOR LATER (and there will be a later, I assure you!) Sick of spending all your $$$ on gifts for everyone but you? I’ve got a lovely little gift idea that’s fun, affordable and gives YOU something to look forward to when the cray-cray of Christmas… Read More Spoil YOURSELF this Christmas 🤗

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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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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… Read More 3 Wise Mysteries for My Wonderful Readers

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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