Good morning Blue Sky! I’m thrilled to reveal the cover to mine and Jo Lindley’s new picture book - CHI CHI THE PANDA which will be out 4th June 2026!!! It’s my first picture book and Jo has created the cutest and fluffiest panda! It’s historical non-fiction too so you’ll learn stuff too!

Wouldn't Ebenezer Scrooge* hate the idea of a book about him raising money for children in need? Go on, annoy him by bidding for a signed hardback copy of A SCROOGE MYSTERY! *pre-haunting Ebenezer at least. www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...

Still time to bid for a signed hardback of my CWA Dagger-shortlisted thriller MURDER AT THE CHRISTMAS EMPORIUM, aka the "gleefully demented stocking stuffer" (Publisher's Weekly) Money raised goes to BBC Children in Need and the book itself is impossibly shiny. www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...

Just TWO DAYS left to bid on this signed US hardback of #TheExaminer for #ChildrenInRead 👇👇👇

Had a great time chatting about MURDER AT THE CHRISTMAS EMPORIUM @thethrillerzone.bsky.social I know I've met my kind of people when they call me a psychopath as a compliment 😆

Super excited about this event at my local @WaterstonesBmth Come and join me!

I just released the cover for my first self-published thriller! It was originally published in 2020 but I got the rights back, so I'm giving it a go!

This was more fun than watching them.

Find out more about the story behind MURDER AT THE CHRISTMAS EMPORIUM (and why you should never try to research Victorian lighting systems on Google) on the lovely @FreshFiction blog. Thank you for having me! freshfiction.com/page.php?id=15

The bringing of alt text into common usage is creating a new field of comedy writing, and I am here for it.

Why do we love reading about ghastly people? Check out my piece on flawed characters and why I love writing about them for @crimehq.bsky.social is.gd/fJ0H0m

So happy to see Scrooge and Q side by side!

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Aargh the dog stole one!! Watching her verrry closely.

I made it onto the PW gift guide!!!

PREORDER NOW: The world's first ever history of queer bookshops is out May 26! I'm so proud of this book. It's been a huge amount of research and it's such a fascinating story. Now thanks to @Waterstones you can get 25% off your preorder. 🏳️‍🌈 @oneworldbooks.bsky.social 🛍 share.google/Dqi8CFWwmVJT...

When you ever so slightly over-order your book launch nibbles.

Gone a bit gothic for this year's book launch outfit. It's tonight!! I'm excited but also having my usual conniptions about whether enough people will show up...

Every flipping afternoon a loud, fat, hairy fly comes along and spends the last hour of my working day violently flinging himself against the window next to me. Today he has brought a friend.

I'm looking forward to the at the Bournemouth Romance Writing Festival on the 18th October! As a Bringer of Death most of my characters end up in toxic relationships or being murdered so I'm looking forward to get insights into the art of happily ever after... @bmthwritingfest.bsky.social

I'll be there! It's going to be loads of fun.

I am totally blown away by this review! 😍😍

It seems that MURDER AT THE CHRISTMAS EMPORIUM is a Kindle book deal this month - just right to ease yourself from spooky season into the season season... is.gd/Yu4GJK

A day to remember! 🤩 1st time at @agathafestival.bsky.social ‬⁩with @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social ‬⁩ & @andreinacordani.bsky.social ‬⁩ 🔎 A fab audience shared their passion for Agatha with us 🙏 organisers & volunteers, thank you - but especially the lady who creates her own cover art for my books 😍

Kindly join me to celebrate the launch of my festive literary endeavour, A Scrooge Mystery, at Westbourne Books in Poole on 10th October at 6pm. If you would like to attend please appraise me by replying below. I can promise seasonal treats, a spooky reading and spirited conversation.

Just finished my first panel at @agathafestival.bsky.social and had a blast. Thanks for having me!

Guess where #TheKillerQuestion tour is today! 🤩 If you’re here too, I’ll see you at 5pm in The Spanish Barn, where @andreinacordani.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social ‬⁩and I will be contemplating The Never Ending Golden Age 🔎🕵️‍♀️

It's weird how almost all the greatest British Sitcoms are about men being forced to share their lives with other men. Porridge, Dad's Army, Rising Damp, Red Dwarf, Only Fools, even The Young Ones. Fawlty Towers maybe stands out because of the female characters.

Looking forward to geeking out about the golden age of crime fiction at @agathafestival.bsky.social this weekend! Come join us in lovely Torquay! is.gd/Sbnq4u

I got a starred review!!! I love "gleefully demented stocking filler" so much!

I just got tagged in a post saying that my YA thriller Dead Lucky is a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick! Excitement! Astonishment! Nagging disbelief... followed by googling. Sadly it's not my Dead Lucky, it's @connorhutchinson.bsky.social's Congrats Connor but blimey that was an emotional rollercoaster.

Look! 🎉🎉

Swap 'consumed' for 'read' and 'content' for 'books' and you'll be closer.

Time to reveal the cover of my next festive whodunit, A SCROOGE MYSTERY. Everyone's favourite reformed miser is looking forward to his first merry Christmas and never wants to see another ghost again... Then he finds the body. Thanks for a brilliant cover @ZaffreBooks 😍

It's nearly @thebookparty.bsky.social time... But first - a nap in the world's smallest hotel room.

In Bristol for @thebookparty.bsky.social and looking forward to sharing my latest bookish news!

It was so much fun being part of this, it helps make my shortlisting feel more special - thanks for having me!

Oh god this means my first date with my first husband was 35 years ago and I am OOOLLLLLDDD

This looks amazing!

I love this guy so much. He reinvented himself after reading a lot of Dickens and became a judge. www.thetimes.com/article/eb1d...

Eeeek I can't believe this happened! Murder at the Christmas Emporium has been shortlisted for a Whodunit Dagger! Congratulations to all the other shortlisters too, there's some stonkingly good books on there!

I have finally submitted my first draft and now I feel like I can get back on here again. How've you all been?

Who reads their reviews? Not me...

I must know someone who's right for this?

And all of a sudden I seem to be writing the finale to my current WiP. My sleuths know who the killer is* and they're going into battle. After months of almost no progress, this feels weird. *they think they do, poor sods.

I wrote about writing this nove! open.substack.com/pub/decommis...

Isn't it so depressing? Every bloody software update boasts about the AI at my fingertips that I don't want to use!

FL Everett is an insta-buy for me - honestly, treat yourselves to a copy.

She's been watching the news a lot lately.

Spiders = 😱 Zombies = 😱😱 Zombie spiders = 😱😱😱😱😱😱