new releases – Fiona Veitch Smith https://fiona.veitchsmith.com Author Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:11:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Murder Mystery evening – Little Felton Book Festival https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2025/03/murder-mystery-evening-little-felton-book-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=murder-mystery-evening-little-felton-book-festival https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2025/03/murder-mystery-evening-little-felton-book-festival/#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2025 12:09:38 +0000 https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/?p=2092 Continue Reading →]]>

For folk in the Northumberland area, I’m running a murder mystery evening at the Little Felton Book Festival tonight! There’ll be a chance to exercise those little grey cells and figure out whodunnit in a mystery written especially for the festival, and then a Q&A with me about my writing process. I’ll also be reading from my new book, The Penford Manor Murders! There’s a bar on site too. Tickets only £10 and profits go to the local Felton school. Period dress optional!

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]]> https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2025/03/murder-mystery-evening-little-felton-book-festival/feed/ 0 The Penford Manor Murders – available for pre-order! https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2025/02/the-penford-manor-murders-available-for-pre-order/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-penford-manor-murders-available-for-pre-order https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2025/02/the-penford-manor-murders-available-for-pre-order/#respond Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:54:48 +0000 https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/?p=2083

It’s open season at Penford Manor in Northumberland – and someone has murder in their sights…

Miss Clara Vale returns in ‘The Penford Manor Murders’ by Fiona Veitch Smith on 15th April!
Pre-order now in #eBook, #audiobook and #paperback https://tinyurl.com/4t5hnk2k

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Poppy Denby is back! In this final book in the current series Poppy heads to Oxford to investigate the mysterious death of an Oxford scientist, a Somerville College graduate who is found dead in the History of Science Museum. But ghosts from Poppy’s past haunt her and her ‘happy ever after’ with Daniel may soon fall apart. Will Poppy unmask the villain and save her love life all at the same time?

Murder of an Oxford Scientist (previously published as The Crystal Crypt) is out now in ebook and paperback (still in audio as The Crystal Crypt). The gorgeous cover is by Lisa Brewster. And yes, that is a real 1922 Remington portable typewriter! (it’s mine!). Buy here now!

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]]> https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2025/02/murder-of-an-oxford-scientist/feed/ 0 Great Wall of China – Fiona’s first docu-podcast goes live on BBC Sounds https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2024/05/great-wall-of-china-fionas-first-docu-podcast-goes-live-on-bbc-sounds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-wall-of-china-fionas-first-docu-podcast-goes-live-on-bbc-sounds https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2024/05/great-wall-of-china-fionas-first-docu-podcast-goes-live-on-bbc-sounds/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 11:27:20 +0000 http://fiona.veitchsmith.com/?p=1994 Continue Reading →]]> 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 ]

]]> https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2024/05/great-wall-of-china-fionas-first-docu-podcast-goes-live-on-bbc-sounds/feed/ 0 The Pyramid Murders – pre-order now! https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2024/05/the-pyramid-murders-pre-order-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pyramid-murders-pre-order-now https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2024/05/the-pyramid-murders-pre-order-now/#respond Thu, 02 May 2024 11:19:51 +0000 http://fiona.veitchsmith.com/?p=1985 I’m delighted to announce the upcoming release of Miss Clara Vale’s next adventure, The Pyramid Murders. Due out on 13 June. Ebook, paperback and audio. Click here to pre-order the book now.

]]> https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2024/05/the-pyramid-murders-pre-order-now/feed/ 0 The Pantomime Murders in the Newcastle Chronicle – festive fun! https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/12/the-pantomime-murders-in-the-newcastle-chronicle-festive-fun/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pantomime-murders-in-the-newcastle-chronicle-festive-fun https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/12/the-pantomime-murders-in-the-newcastle-chronicle-festive-fun/#respond Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:53:29 +0000 http://fiona.veitchsmith.com/?p=1972 The Pantomime Murders has featured in the Newcastle Chronicle as a book filled with festive fun! They focus on the various locations of the Theatre Royal and Fenwick’s. A lovely article.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/authors-new-festive-murder-mystery-28291646

]]> https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/12/the-pantomime-murders-in-the-newcastle-chronicle-festive-fun/feed/ 0 The Picture House Murders – Number #1 Best Seller! https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/11/the-picture-house-murders-number-1-best-seller/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-picture-house-murders-number-1-best-seller https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/11/the-picture-house-murders-number-1-best-seller/#respond Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:01:51 +0000 http://fiona.veitchsmith.com/?p=1952 Continue Reading →]]> I’m delighted to see that The Picture House Murders has reached the #1 Best Seller spot in historical mysteries on Amazon UK. How heartening that so many people are loving this book. Thank you to all my readers – old and new – who have made this happen. I’m tickled pink and Clara is quietly chuffed.

]]> https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/11/the-picture-house-murders-number-1-best-seller/feed/ 0 It’s party time! https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/10/its-party-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-party-time https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/10/its-party-time/#respond Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:14:42 +0000 http://fiona.veitchsmith.com/?p=1948 ]]> https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/10/its-party-time/feed/ 0 Miss Clara Vale on location! https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/09/miss-clara-vale-on-location/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=miss-clara-vale-on-location https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/09/miss-clara-vale-on-location/#respond Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:36:59 +0000 http://fiona.veitchsmith.com/?p=1940 Continue Reading →]]> Are you a fan of 1920s murder mysteries or historical cosy crime? Have you read or are about to read the Miss Clara Vale Mysteries? Join me as I take you to various locations for the ‘Picture House Murders’, published by Embla Books – while wearing vintage style clothing I made from original 1920s patterns. In this first video I visit Exhibition Park in Newcastle upon Tyne, the location of the Great North East Coast Exhibition in 1929, and one of the key scenes in ‘The Picture House Murders’. You can also read about how I made the outfit! Click link below:

http://www.claravalemysteries.com/videos-1/

]]> https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/09/miss-clara-vale-on-location/feed/ 0 Publication day for ‘The Picture House Murders’! https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/08/publication-day-for-the-picture-house-murders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=publication-day-for-the-picture-house-murders https://fiona.veitchsmith.com/2023/08/publication-day-for-the-picture-house-murders/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2023 08:48:23 +0000 http://fiona.veitchsmith.com/?p=1933 Continue Reading →]]> Lights, camera, action! It’s publication day for The Picture House Murders, the first in the Miss Clara Vale Mysteries. Is it too early for champagne? While I ponder that, you can get your copy now! Ebook, print or audiobook via Amazon, or order a copy through your local bookshop. Embla Books, Bonnier Books UK

Order your copy here!

Clapperboards and the reel of film lie on a wooden board.
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