Tonight's book choice is Mrs. Sidhu's Just Desserts by @sukpannu.bsky.social Thanks to HarperCollinsUK and @netgalley.bsky.social for the digital ARC. #AmReading 📚 #MrsSidhusJustDesserts #SukPannu #HarperCollinsUK #Netgalley #BookSky 📚💙 #⚡📚 #Books

Happy New Year! 🇬🇧 Bonne année! 🇫🇷 The Garlic&Pearls podcast is back, starting 2026 as we mean to go on, with Gallic rectitude, and with me telling @suzanneraine.bsky.social about LA DICTÉE - how dictation, a school spelling test, became a FRENCH OBSESSION and SYMBOL OF FRENCHNESS! Tune in!

The crime solving catering sleuth returns in 2026. I had such a good time in Mrs SIdhu's company again, I think you will too. -- Pre-order: smarturl.it/JustDessertsHB 📖 --#booksky #crimefiction #cozymystery #mrssidhusjustdesserts #mrssidhuinvestigates #noir #booksbooksbooks #newbooks

Seems Amazon has issued a warning about 'Mrs Sidhu's Dead and Scone'. Please be careful while reading the book. Contains electrifying twists and turns! Still 99p on Amazon! #booksky #crimefiction #cozymystery #mrssidhusdeadandscone #mrssidhuinvestigates

Made my train. But there’s some weather going on out there. Stay safe, stay dry.

The cover just dropped for the second Mrs Sidhu novel. "Mrs Sidhu's Just Desserts" It’s the most glamorous event of the year... but there’s trouble on the menu 🔪 Pre-order now - smarturl.it/JustDessertsHB 📖 #cozycrime #booksky ##cozymysteriesaremyjam #MrsSidhuInvestigates #mrssidhusjustdesserts

After a day of very intriguing meetings in London and very delayed trains home feels like a pint is in order!

Happy Halloween. #cozymysteriesaremyjam #MrsSidhuInvestigates #JustDesserts #cozynoir #crimethrillerfiction #booksky #mystery #crimethrillerfiction #crimewriting #mrssidhusjustdesserts

Took a fleeting chance to see @vaseemkhanwriter interviewed by @alisoncbruce in a 17th Century Church about his new novel 'A Quantum of Solace', Q and Bond. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend. Organised by @bodiesinthebookshop .

Coming down with a cold? lots of homemade remedies @theguardian.com . Asma Khan's is like Mrs Sidhu's 'pathili wali chai'. Can remember my parents tearing open a teabag to make tea! #mrssidhuinvestigates #mrssidhusjustdesserts #cosydetective #cozymysteryauthor #crimethrillerfiction @harperfictionpr

Mrs Sidhu deal! Only until Friday @waterstones. Pre-order the second Mrs Sidhu novel and get 25% off! Copy and paste this link shorturl.at/EaSM5. #cozymysteriesaremyjam #MrsSidhuInvestigates #JustDesserts #cozynoir #crimethrillerfiction #booksky #mystery #crimethrillerfiction #crimewriting

Mondays ...

Monday morning guys. Back to the …

· 13h Bond will be a fresh-faced British actor

Editorial plotting while laying waste to an amazing Thai meal. #MrsSidhuInvestigates book news and announcements coming soon!

Last day of this deal. Buy the audiobook of "Mrs Sidhu's Dead and Scone" while it's still on offer. use the link: tinyurl.com/3rxwxchn #cozymystery #audiobook #booksky #mystery #crimethrillerfiction #crimewriting @harpercollins.bsky.social

This heartwarming on this blowy and blustery day 🙏🏽

From 10-19 September the audio book for Mrs Sidhu's Dead and Scone is on promotion: only £2.99 on Audible. Use the link: tinyurl.com/3rxwxchn #cozymystery #audiobook #booksky #mystery #crimethrillerfiction #crimewriting

I'm opening the Bloody Scotland festival this year on the Friday afternoon with a SETTING THE (CRIME) SCENE event with Simon Toyne and Allan Gaw, chaired by the wonderful Professor James Grieve. Info and tickets: https://bit.ly/3IpzG1l ##BloodyScotland #CrimeFiction

Didn't know what to do today and I caught sight of my horoscope. I don't believe in this stuff, but the advice was 'don't do anything until after Sunday'. And on a Friday afternoon, that's probably the best advice anyone will ever get. Have a great weekend guys.

I need help. The squirrel that normally eats all our hazelnuts has moved/died/been promoted. So I have hundreds/thousands of nuts. If I throw them out a small part of my cheapskate soul will die. a) how do I shell all the nuts? OR b) is there specialist hazelnut waste therapy available?

Is your pet evoking a film title right now? Predator #petsonfilm

Found my word.

I'm opening the Bloody Scotland festival this year on the Friday afternoon with a SETTING THE (CRIME) SCENE event with Simon Toyne and Allan Gaw, chaired by the wonderful Professor James Grieve. Info and tickets: https://bit.ly/3IpzG1l ##BloodyScotland #CrimeFiction

Paradise?

The weekend workout.

Huge, huge congratulations England Women! #womenseuros25

Mrs Sidhu, Slough's answer to Miss Marple, continues her adventures from TV screen to page. The perfect book for your holiday. £2.99 on Kindle, available at all good bookstores: shorturl.at/FqHMj #cozymystery #crime #noir #mystery #thriller #booksky #cozycrime #harpercollins #booksbooksbooks

For anyone struggling with the impact of Ai (or more properly LLM's - because Ai isn't actually 'i') on writers and the writing process, this essay in @nytimes.com by @meghanor.bsky.social is a thoughtful and compelling read. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o... #booksky #writing

I'm by the sea, and I've found this marrow. Best day out ever!

Excited for the blog tour for Counting Down To You which begins on my publication day, July 15 🎉🎉🎉 a big thank you to all the bloggers taking part and Random Tours for organising ❤️

Finally, the news cycle returns to normality.

Shared great panel with @RevRichardColes @timsullivanauthor.bsky.social @richardcoles.bsky.social and @blakemara.bsky.social @capitalcrime.bsky.social. Thanks to organisers, panelists audiences and book lovers for making it wonderful day.

I'll be at @capitalcrime.bsky.social tomorrow sharing a stage with the incredible Rev Richard Coles Blake Mara and @timsullivanauthor.bsky.social and we'll be talking crime and community. Come and join us for fun and blood soaked chat!

Champions!! #YNWA

Struggling for the perfect #MothersDay gift? Crime solving mum, Mrs Sidhu is streaming on U drama and you can buy the book here: shorturl.at/FqHMj (you can read the whole article here: shorturl.at/n26ig) #U #drama #crimefiction #mrssidhu

What a lovely idea to review these two books together. Always a joy to be alongside @orlandomurrin.bsky.social . Buy both books and see how hungry you are by the end!

Q memo #3- with puzzle & a prize to be won. This is the next in a series of memos from the desk of Q, head of Q Branch, from Bond franchise. (Memos written by yours truly). QUANTUM OF MENACE out in Oct, feat. Q. Can you solve Q's brain teaser. Good luck! tinyurl.com/yku7krx8

Cold spell?Working outside with the worst co writer in the world. He wants a biscuit after every page! #crimewriting #pets

The Joy of Toy part II: The Writhing (it’s under him!)

The joy of toy

It's #worldbookday, treat yourself to a jammy sconny story with catering sleuth Mrs Sidhu? The irrepressible chef bakes up a dark edged mystery at a luxury wellness retreat. Has a mysterious cult returned from the past? Find out for yourselves in this captivating cosy noir! shorturl.at/FqHMj

Last day! - 99p Kindle offer on THE LOST MAN OF BOMBAY ... It's 1950, India ... A dead white man is found in the foothills of the Himalayas with a notebook containing cryptic clues ... History & mystery... If this sounds like your thing, order here: tinyurl.com/hfvs576b

Scrawled my name on some of these @waterstones.bsky.social Cambridge.

Happy ppd! (Paperback Publication Day) It’s a great read, thoroughly recommend.

Author spotlight: @sukpannu.bsky.social is coming to Capital Crime 2025! 🎉 📚 Suk has written for Goodness Gracious Me & The Kumars at No 42. His next novel, Mrs Sidhu’s Just Desserts, is a cosy culinary crime mystery, out early 2026. Join us this June: capitalcrime.org #cosycrime #crimefiction

This will be a blast! Come along and hear about the latest Mrs Sidhu novel.

It’s been a busy week and I keep forgetting to tell you I have a UK giveaway (which closes tonight) to celebrate a decade of blogging. Do enter (and that includes you lovely authors who often feel they shouldn’t) lindasbookbag.com/2025/02/07/l...

She’s right!

Last day on the 99p kindle deal today. Blow away the winter blues and join the nosey Auntie from Slough on a culinary adventure at a wellness retreat in a charming Berkshire village. #crimefiction #cozymystery #noir