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The project that I was working on over the summer – the Short History of Beatrix Potter – is now available on BBC Sounds. If you don’t have access to BBC Sounds, you can find it on the Noiser website https://www.noiser.com/short-history-of or wherever you get your podcasts! Beatrix’s story is an inspirational one. Enjoy!
As an author I travel to a lot of festivals and events in far-flung places. So it’s always a treat to have a crime festival right on my doorstep! And not just any festival, but one of the best in the country. I was delighted this year to appear on the Cosy Crime & Golden Age panel at Newcastle Noir’s 10th anniversary at Newcastle City Library. With me were Golden Age mystery novelist Tom Mead (the Spector Locked-Room Mysteries) and contemporary cosy writer Antony Johnston (the Dogsitter Detective). We were interviewed by the fabulous Kitty Murphy, who writes the Dublin Drag Mysteries. Thanks to the incredible Jacky Collins (aka Dr Noir) for running the whole show, warmly and professionally. May there be many more!
Since the first Poppy Denby book, The Jazz Files, was re-released under the new title A Front-Page Murder, I have been delighted by the reception the books have received from fans old and new.
My wish was to give these wonderful stories new life and for them to reach a new audience. Here’s a sample:
“Now this is what I call a page turner! This is one of the best books I’ve read for a long time. Loved Poppy Denby.”
A new Poppy fan
Quick on the heels of A Front-Page Murder, the new titles have been released one a month. So far there are three out, the fourth will be out in December – and a further two in January and February! So why not gift yourself (or a loved one) the first four Poppy books for Christmas? Click here to order.
I am delighted to announce that the Poppy Denby Investigates books are going to be re-published with new titles and covers by Embla Books (an imprint of Bonnier Books UK).
The first in the series, formerly The Jazz Files, is now called A Front-Page Murder and is available now! Order your copy here.
The next books will be released one a month for the next five months. They are:
Murder at the Old Vic Theatre (formerly The Kill Fee) – October 2024
Murder on Lexington Avenue (formerly The Death Beat) – November 2024
Murder at Winterton Hall (formerly The Cairo Brief) – December 2024
Murder at the Art Gallery (formerly The Art Fiasco) – January 2025
Murder of an Oxford Scientist (formerly The Crystal Crypt) – February 2025
Please note: the audio version of each is currently only available under the old name.
FREE ONLINE EVENT! Murderous Inspirations: Crime Novels that Inspire Crime Writers will take place on 4 June from 7-8pm. An online session co-hosted by Cambridge University Library and The Crime Writers’ Association. Crime writers Fiona Veitch Smith, Abir Mukherjee and Nadine Matheson will discuss seminal crime novels Murder Must Advertise, Gorky Park and Prime Suspect. We’ll be kept in line by the king of crime critics Barry Forshaw.
I’ll be going in to bat for Murder Must Advertise (a cricket reference for those who’ve read the book!) and talking about how Dorothy L. Sayers has influenced my own writing.
FREE tickets are available now – via https://linktr.ee/cambridgeuniversitylibrary
I am absolutely thrilled that my first documentary podcast for Noiser Podcasts is available from today on BBC Sounds. I researched and wrote it as well as interviewed the expert who you will hear in the show. I listened to the whole production for the first time today and am delighted at the job the production team and narrator have done. It’s about the Great Wall of China.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hx7sll [If you don’t have access to BBC Sounds you can listen on the Noiser website too. https://www.noiser.com/short-history-of ]
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