In which I go on a (sort of) workcation!

Workcation, it has to be said, is a grim-sounding word. Why would anyone run those two concepts together? However, I read an interview with Holly Worton on the Creative Penn website which mentioned the concept, and decided that it might be worth a go. I have a project which I’ve been meaning to get on

#EscapeWithABook: Pippa Parker 1-3 Box Set

Back to the discounts! I’ve completely forgotten which week it is of #EscapeWithABook, in which I run a discount on a different ebook every week. This week it’s the turn of Pippa Parker Cozy Mysteries Box Set, which includes the first three Pippa Parker mysteries: Murder At The Playgroup, Murder In The Choir and A Fete

#EscapeWithABook Week 5: Murder in the Choir

It’s Week 5 of #EscapeWithABook, in which I run a discount on a different ebook every week. Each book is 99p/99c (UK/US only, because of how Amazon run their discount system). In addition, almost all my books are in Kindle Unlimited, so if you are a subscriber, you can read over 20 of my books that way.

When one of your characters sneaks off and does an interview without you…

The first I heard about this was when Matt Ferraz, a fellow mystery author, contacted me: ‘Did you know they’ve been talking?’ ‘Who’s been talking?’ As it turns out, my amateur sleuth Pippa Parker popped round to Matt’s sleuth Grandma Bertha for a cup of tea (or maybe something stronger), and this interview was the

Kindlemas starts today – check out my Christmas offers!

Christmas is a time for giving, and all that… Well, I have some presents for you, starting today, and everyone’s on the nice list! For anyone who’s using a screen reader, here are the offers (all in ebook). Click on the global links at the end to view each book on Amazon. * A Christmas

Camp NaNoWriMo – nearly there!

It’s day 22 in the Camp NaNoWriMo house, and things are going surprisingly well. Could it be… (cue sharp intake of breath) too well? My project for Camp NaNoWriMo is Pippa Parker book 5, The QWERTY Murders. I’m fairly sure I wrote book 4, Murder in the Meadow, at the same time last year, quite possibly also

Camp NaNoWriMo – the story so far!

It’s day 8 in the Camp NaNoWriMo house, and so far (she says cautiously) things seem to be going OK. I’m writing Pippa Parker book 5, working title The QWERTY Murders. It’s been an interesting start. For one thing, when I was working out the schedule to get 50,000 words done in a month, I realised

A new Pippa book and a new offer!

If it’s July then it must be Camp NaNoWriMo! Well OK not for everyone, and not even always for me. But anyway… I’ve signed up to Camp NaNoWriMo and pledged to write the first draft of Pippa Parker book 5, provisionally titled The QWERTY Murders. Now admittedly it’s only day 2, but so far I’m nearly

Love (and murder) is in the air! Grab the Pippa Parker box set for just 2.99

Roses are red, violets are blue, murder a-plenty and all for YOU! If you’re in the US or UK, you can pick up the Pippa Parker cozy mystery ebook box set for just $2.99/£2.99 for the next few days. That’s usually what I charge for ONE book, not three! And there might even be a

A-one two three four! Murder in the Choir is 99c/99p in US/UK!

Pippa Parker’s got the post-Christmas blues. Determined to perk herself up, she resolves to lose the baby weight and get herself a new hobby. However, being Pippa, it doesn’t quite go according to plan… That’s how Murder in the Choir, book 2 in the Pippa Parker Mysteries series, begins. And for a few days the ebook