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I’ll be giving a talk at Newcastle Central Library at 6pm on Thursday 18 January on the background to The Death Beat. The book is set against the 1921 US Immigration Restriction Act, which has some disturbing parallels with today. Come along for a warm welcome and interesting discussion. The event is free, but please register your interest here. Signed books will be available to purchase.
After years of being away from his family, with his father thinking he’s dead, Joseph’s story finally comes to an end. Today, the last two books in the Young Joseph Series have been released. Illustrated by the fabulous Andy Catling.
The sixth book in the Young Joseph Series
When Joseph’s brothers come to Egypt to ask for food during the famine, Joseph must decide whether to help them or take his revenge.
The seventh and final book in the Young Joseph Series
Joseph waits for his brothers to return to Egypt with Benjamin. Will Joseph finally be reconciled with his long-lost family?
I’m delighted to announce that I will now be represented by Sara Keane of Keane Kataria Literary Agency for all my adult fiction. I’m looking forward to working with Sara over the next few years to take my stories to a wider audience.
Last week I held a 1920s-themed launch party for the release of the third book in my Poppy Denby Investigates series, The Death Beat. Intrepid reporter sleuth Poppy and her friends would have felt right at home at Blackwell’s Bookshop in Newcastle, with live jazz and wine freely flowing. Although snow threatened to scupper the launch – with the band getting stuck somewhere en route – the party got off to a delayed but warm start. Former ITV journalist Mychaela Stephenson interviewed me about the latest book set in New York and then the guests were treated to a reading set in a speakeasy, where Poppy and her friends flout Prohibition. Thanks to everyone who braved the weather and helped make it such a fun evening.
Today I am honoured to be a guest on the blog of Martin Edwards, chairman of the Crime Writers’ Association, and expert in Golden Age mysteries for the British Library. I talk about some of the unnerving parallels between Donald Trump’s America and the America of 1921 in my new book, The Death Beat. You can read the blog post here.
Drum rolls and trumpet blasts please … The Death Beat, book three in the Poppy Denby Investigates series, is being released today, simultaneously, in the UK and the USA! Poppy and Rollo travel to New York and find out that it’s murder in Manhattan. To order your book click here.
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