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They’re here! The Big Chill is out June 20th in ebook, August 20th in paperback by Orenda Books. I would love you to pre-order, just drop your usual bookshop a line, ta!

LOOK! My next book has a beeyootiful cover. Find out all about it over at Mary Picken’s Live and Deadly book blog. It’s out in ebook June 20th and paperback August 20th. You can pre-order in e-book and paperback now on the links below:

Hive Books

Waterstones

Amazon

I’m delighted to announced that A Dark Matter has been optioned for television by Glasgow-based production company Blazing Griffin. Some details are here in The Bookseller and there’s a write up in The Scottish Sun. Exciting!

Wow, a shit-ton of Orenda Books are going dirt cheap. Look at this pic, every one a gem, and that’s only a few of em! Mind are:

A Dark Matter
Kobo – http://bit.ly/2Uv05zv
Amazon – https://amzn.to/3edOHPW

Breakers
Kobo – http://bit.ly/2Kt4FcM
Amazon – https://amzn.to/2Xc40jk

Monday coming, folks, see you there.

Here’s a thing I wrote about my time as writer in residence at a funeral directors for The i newspaper.

The book has had rave reviews on its blog tour, huge thanks to all the book bloggers who are taking part.

A Dark Matter was a Star Pick for The Times Crime Club, The Sunday Express, Lovereading and others.

And here’s a lovely review in The Guardian courtesy of Laura Wilson, and another by Kerry Hudson in The Big Issue. 

Cheers! 

A DARK MATTER is out today, gang! Three generations of women from the Skelf family take over the family funeral home and PI businesses in the first book of a page-turning and darkly funny new series.

You can pop along to your local bookshop and get a copy, or online here:

Amazon https://amzn.to/34Wp8xu
Kobo https://bit.ly/372v2yS
Hive https://bit.ly/2NNt8ed
Waterstones https://bit.ly/36VutH8

Lovely review for the book in today’s Guardian, courtesy of Laura Wilson: ‘This enjoyable mystery is also a touching and often funny portrayal of grief, as the three tough but tender main characters pick up the pieces and carry on: more, please.’

Pre-order it here.