Charity for 2026

Regular readers know that I try to support small local charities every year that have causes which resonate with me. I do this by publicising them at my events and donating all my book sales from my events to the charity. Last year, I supported the wonderful Brixham Battery Heritage Museum and I am delighted to say they recieved £1000. My charity for this year is Cancer Lifeline South West. A tiny charity which does wonderful work providing support to survivors, their families and carers at the end of treatment. It helps people recover and overcome the trauma of what has happened to them so they can regroup and go on to fully recover. You can find more about them on their website HERE and can contact them if you would like to support them or if you feel their services could help you or someone you know.

Birthday Month!

February already and my birthday month. Murder at Sea will release on Feb 23rd and preorders for Murder in a Yorkshire Village will go live soon. I can't wait for you all to see the cover as it's so lovely. I'm working hard on the next Secret Detective Agency book as The Afternoon Tea Murders will release in April. I'm also outlining the next Matt and Kitty Christmas book ready to dive into that one too. It's slow going without my furry assistant and my caring responsibilities at home have increased too but hopefully if it will just stop raining things will improve. Where I live, here in the South West, we have had terrific storms and what feels like non stop rain for weeks. I can't wait to get in my garden. I think my daffodils have water wings at the moment.

Sad start to year

I'm broken hearted to say that on Tuesday I had to say goodbye to my beloved furry edipawrial assistant of the last almost 12 years. Teddy was the goddest of good boys and was greatly loved. Our home is missing its heartbeat.

Happy New Year!

Thank you for all your friendship and support in 2025! Wishing you all a wonderful, happy and healthy 2026!

Merry Christmas!

Wishing all my readers a happy, healthy Christmas. Thank you for all of your support to me and to my wonderful guest bloggers this year. I wish you all a healthy and peaceful New Year with great books to read, joyful times to come and good company to share them with.

Christmas guest blogger - Verity Bright

A warm welcome to my lovely writer colleague, Verity Bright! Here to talk about Murder on a Frosty Night! Wrapping presents and singing at midnight mass on a frosty night… Lady Swift is determined to enjoy Christmas at home this year, until another body turns up! Winter 1925. Eleanor and Hugh are decking the halls for their first married Christmas together when butler Clifford arrives with a mysterious telegram. A lucrative case awaits their new detective agency… but in the most remote county in England. The note insists they must be there by midnight to accept the job. After a snowy journey, they arrive at the tiny hamlet of Yorelow to find their client, Osmund Unwin, dead in the churchyard as midnight mass ends. They realise they are now in the absurd situation of having to solve the murder of their client – who they never met – to solve a case they know nothing about and officially never accepted! Sounds frosty fabulous brr... Get your copy HERE

Murder at Midwinter Farm is out today!

Murder at Midwinter Farm releases today! A festive murder mystery outing for Kitty and Matt. A frosty country lane, snow-dusted Devon hills as far as the eye can see… and a local farmer vanished without trace. Can Kitty Underhay solve this chilling mystery? Devon, 1937. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a crisp winter morning walk with her best friend, Alice, and her fiancé, Robert, who have recently bought the mysterious Midwinter Farm. The previous owner vanished one night, his dinner still on the table and the front door left wide open. But as work is carried out on the farm, a body is found in the grounds. How was the man murdered—and who is responsible? Robert trusts the local police even less than Kitty does, so she is immediately on the case, with her husband Matt by her side. As the pair take the bull by the horns and begin to gather clues, several suspects emerge. Though he seems gentle as a lamb, is the victim’s son as innocent as he appears? Why does the local pub landlord have an axe to grind, and does his daughter seem suspicious? The waters become muddied by a robbery, with valuable jewels stolen at neighbouring Seacliffe Hall. Is the thief also the murderer Kitty is looking for? Or are the two crimes entirely unconnected? With the weak winter sun setting over the fields and danger mounting fast, Kitty and Matt need to find the killer, before they meet their own icy end in the dead of winter… Fans of Agatha Christie, T.E. Kinsey or Verity Bright will adore this totally charming murder mystery. The perfect treat for cozy crime fans!

Out in kindle, audio, paperback or read on KU HERE This story is set close to my home and features some of the loveliest places in this part of Devon. I hope you'll all enjoy it!