The Afternoon Tea Murders is Out!!

The Afternoon Tea Murders is out today!!!!! Available in kindle, audio and paperback. Also in KU 🍾HERE It's Publication day for The Afternoon Tea Murders! 🍰 🔍 A deliciously murderous golden age style treat. 🐈Tea and cake on the terrace, views of the Devon hills… and a dead body in the local village? This is one for Jane Treen…! London, 1942. Miss Jane Treen is at her desk in Whitehall sipping a strong coffee when she receives an urgent message about her colleague, codebreaker Arthur Cilento. He’s in danger in Devon, and Jane needs to get there sharpish. But before her bags are properly unpacked, the local teashop owner in Arthur’s village is found lying amidst the scones and teacakes… and she’s dead. When Jane arrives, it quickly becomes clear that the murder is a half-baked attempt to curdle Arthur’s current codebreaking mission – but how? There seem to be suspects at every turn. Is Arthur’s boss going to extremes to cover up his incompetence? Can the teashop customers be trusted? And what about the secretary, who seems to have secret links to the village teashop… Spurred on by scones and clotted cream, Jane and Arthur start to whip up a theory as to who the killer could be. But just as they begin to make progress, someone else is murdered – and it looks like Arthur could be next. It’s clear they need to solve this case quickly, before teatime is over and Arthur meets a sticky end… If you love twisty crime novels, top-secret intrigue and the very best of Golden Age mysteries, then you will adore Helena Dixon’s utterly gripping cozy novel, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, T.E. Kinsey and Verity Bright!

Happy New Year

Whoops! I thought I had already posted and here we are, midway through January. Time just seems to slip by so quickly! I'm just starting to line up some lovely blog guests for the next twelve months and I've lots of book news to bring you as I have 7 books coming out this year! 4 Miss Underhay mysteries and 3 in my new Secret Detective Agency series! Last year I wrote just over 500, 000 words! This year I hope will be slightly less hectic. However I have a new baby grandson due in February so no doubt here will be other things to take up my time! Preorders are up for Murder on the Cornish Coast HEREand for book 1 in The Secret Detective Agency seriesHERE and if you are in the US or Canada and haven't yet read Murder on the French Riviera it's on a monthly kindle deal just for January!HERE