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Announcing Your Fave Crime Genre, the Gift Card Winner + Mega eBook Sale

March 3, 2025

Last month I asked what kind of crime novel you’d kill for. Cosy? Thriller? Horror suspense…? Your response was overwhelming, surprising and delightful! Within one minute of sending out my open-ended email query—”What’s your fave crime genre?”—the replies began streaming in. By the end of February I had well over a hundred responses, and for… Read More Announcing Your Fave Crime Genre, the Gift Card Winner + Mega eBook Sale

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

July 18, 2024

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

April 17, 2024

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!)

February 13, 2024

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

October 5, 2023

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