Meeting Friends – Old and New…
Over the last few weeks I have been visiting nearby Waterstones shops to sign books and promote The Truth Will Out. I love book signings. It’s like somebody giving you a license to hover in a...
View ArticleFeeling the Fear…
As April draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on my experiences. It has been a wonderful book launch month. Friends and family have been unrelenting in their helpfulness and the local people of...
View ArticleJune is National Crime Reading Month
National Crime Reading Month is an initiative introduced by the Crime Writers Association (CWA) to promote the crime genre, both fiction and non-fiction. During the month of June 2014 authors, new and...
View ArticleGrab It While It's Hot!
It appears that, for a limited period only, The Truth Will Out is on a special Amazon deal. It’s only 99p on Amazon UK and $1.66 on Amazon US ! I’ve been so lucky with the wonderful reviews I’ve had...
View ArticleIt's Crime Reading Month!
A combination of post-holiday catch ups and a very busy week in the day job means I’m a little late celebrating the start of Crime Reading Month. Anyway, this weekend I put aside my reading pile and...
View ArticleWe Did It!
It’s been a busy week, so I’m a little late with my blog post, however in the meantime I wanted to share some news with you all: The Truth Will Out has finally made the top 100 in overall Kindle books!...
View ArticleFinding a Gem
It’s not often as an adult that you walk into somewhere and feel like a five year old in sweet shop. That’s what happened to me this weekend. On Saturday afternoon I was invited to do a signing of The...
View ArticleA Lovely Day Out at Beaconlit Literary Festival 2014
Yesterday, I took the hour and a half drive to the picturesque Ivinghoe Village, in the heart of the Chilterns, for the Beacon Villages Festival of Books and Writing. I’d been to the festival last...
View ArticleMy Third Year in Publishing
This July marks three years since my first official book deal. It’s put me in rather a philosophical mood. So much has happened in the past three years and, as I begin to plan my fourth novel, I can’t...
View ArticleEva's Scotland
The work of the famous Scottish novelist, poet and playwright, Sir Walter Scott, first turned The Trossachs into a tourist destination in the nineteenth century, so it seemed very fitting to use it as...
View ArticleChristmas Book Signing this Saturday!
I’m delighted to announce that I have been invited to do a book signing for The Truth Will Out in W H Smiths in Northampton from 11 – 3pm on Saturday the 13th of December. This is my first signing at...
View ArticleSpreading a Little Christmas Cheer
One of the nicest things about writing a novel is getting out there and spending an afternoon in the company of readers, so I was really looking forward to visiting W H Smiths, Northampton last...
View ArticleA Little Absence and a Very Special List
I’ve been absent from the blog awhile as I edit Before It’s Too Late in readiness for its publication in June. I’ve said before how I find editing a very intense time: poring over the book, making sure...
View ArticleThose ‘Pinch Me’ Moments
Years ago, I imagined being an author was much like that of the character played by Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote: sitting at a computer for a couple of hours a day, emptying the words onto a...
View ArticleThe Spoken Word
This past week has been a hectic one. A combination of preparing for my daughter’s forthcoming birthday, travelling to London for a friend’s book launch (which was wonderful – do check out the photos...
View ArticleAnd the Winner Is…
In my last newsletter I teamed up with Readandrated.com to give away one copy of the new audio version of The Truth Will Out. Entry was simple and required interested parties to email me their details...
View ArticleTwelve Months of The Truth
Thoughts of the new book coming out in just a week has put me in a reflective mood today. It’s hard to believe The Truth Will Out was released just over a year ago. It’s been a busy year. Although this...
View ArticleThe Truth Goes Large, A Research Trip & A Book Club
This week I received my author copies of the large print version of The Truth Will Out. This is my first large print and interestingly it’s quite different to the other versions of the book. They’ve...
View ArticleThe Truth Will Out 99p Sale Continues!
Many thanks to all who supported the 99p Kindle sale for The Truth Will Out yesterday. I’ve been advised that it is now continuing until the end of December! I’ve been very lucky with this book. It was...
View ArticleA New Year, A New Book
As we wave goodbye to 2015, it leaves me in a nostalgic mood. It was a very busy writing year for me with the release of my third novel in the June, re-gaining the rights to my debut in the summer, and...
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