Good morning! Happy Friday! Can't believe it's just 6 days until Christmas day! 🎄 Treated myself to a new puzzle book for over Christmas, #The12MurdersOfChristmas by @sarahdeewrites.bsky.social 📖✏️ Also have a review coming up a bit later for a fab book I've just finished. Have a fab day! 💙📚
It's paperback publication day for The 12 Murders of Christmas!
The cover is just as sparkly and luscious as the hardback - I can't wait to see it in bookshops!
#publicationday #christmasbooks #puzzles #cosycrime
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📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Sam Frances buff.ly/IY2Iqvl with ‘One by One’!
You are all cordially invited to the launch of:
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
Happening *this weekend*! Join @brittonbookgeek.bsky.social and I at 3:15pm on Sun 27 April at @bmthwritingfest.bsky.social as we talk about The Querying Process from the author & agent POV and share our top tips for #amquerying & #amwriting writers.
Book here: www.pdsw.org.uk/whats-on/the...
A woman sits in a brown leather armchair. Only her head and shoulders are visible, with one arm resting higher than the other. She has straight light brown/blonde hair with a side fringe and blue eyes. She is looking into light while the other side of her face is in shadow. She is wearing a navy blue blouse and gold necklace.
The Tyne Bridge is pictured in the centre of the frame over a still, reflective River Tyne in Newcastle, UK. Either side of the bridge are buildings with a warmer glow as the sun rises. The words Northern Voices in white lettering feature in the bottom centre of the image.
'Find encouragement and accountability. If you go to a writing class every week you're expected to write.'
Quiz question writer and novelist @sarahdeewrites.bsky.social is on #NorthernVoices this week talking AI, publishing and Christmas murder mysteries.
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Thank you!
Crikey 'The 12 Murders of Christmas' got a mention in the Guardian's round up of booksellers' recommendations!
Thank you Amanda @trumanbooks.bsky.social
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So happy to see The Twelve Murders of Christmas as a Sunday Times pick yesterday - deliciously sandwiched between Murdle and the Official Agatha Christie Puzzle Book
Thank you for such a lovely warm welcome - and excellent coffee!
A very special evening
@BookCornerHX last night.
A lovely crowd braved wind and rain to hear me, JM Hall and Mark Wright talk about cosy crime at Christmas
#cosycrime #christmasbooks #northernwriters #Yorkshirewriters #avonbooks
This is fabulous. Thank you so much @trumanbooks.bsky.social Proud to be in such illustrious company
Do you like to tackle puzzles in your crime fiction reads?
I've written a piece about this perennially popular pairing in The CWA 'Red Herrings' magazine.
And yes there is a puzzle!
The cover of The Dog Sitter Detective Plays Dead, the third book in the Dog Sitter Detective Series, by Antony Johnston
THE DOG SITTER DETECTIVE PLAYS DEAD 🐶🔍 goes on sale 8 weeks from today!
Gwinny’s on location in Yorkshire, looking after terrier Lily while filming a gender-swapped take on Dracula… when an actor is found dead, staked through the heart inside a locked trailer 🧛😱
‘Fangs’ for pre-ordering…
Patti Smith has very kindly sent us a poem for the anthology we're co - publishing with @littletollerbooks.bsky.social in September 2025. If you're able it would be wonderful if you could support us.
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Audiobook cover of The Teacher's Lie depicting a lone, dark tree in the foreground with a background of shadowy scrubland and a deep orange sky.
Today is publication day for my debut thriller
The Teacher's Lie! 😀
Available on Amazon/Audible
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Many thanks to all involved including my agent, @katenashagent.bsky.social and the KNLA team.
Next year, Murder Squad will be 25 years old. To celebrate this friendship, we’re running a short story competition. There will be prizes and the chance to join us at our birthday party. Details here: murdersquad.co.uk Please spread the word.
Please spread the word to any aspiring crime-writers out there. The competition will be judged by award-winning authors. Might be a kickstart to someone's career.
Looking forward to chatting all things cosy crime with J M Hall and Mark Wright
@BookCornerHX
in the festive surrounds of
@ThePieceHall
on Thursday 5th Dec. Tickets available here bookcornerhalifax/events/
Less a run this morning, more an intensive step work out. Epic!
Highly recommend The 12 Murders of Christmas - great story with puzzles throughout to get you thinking! @sarahdeewrites.bsky.social
Post you from a different era challenge
#BlogTour: The Twelve Murders of Christmas by @sarahdeewrites.bsky.social
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