Abigail Dean wrote one of my favourite books of 2025, namely her astonishing 'The Death of Us' which you should all read. Here's what she thought about The Drowning Place 🧡 Out in April but you can preorder via the links here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/471767...

Monday just got better ❤️ thank you @crimebookgirl.bsky.social 💙

Happy paperback publication day to this beauty, which contains Christmas stories by brilliant writers (and me). Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social You can find it on sale on Asda, Tesco and elsewhere. Or order from your favourite indie bookshop. Perfect present🎄🎄

@vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social has a brilliant book out right now (A Quantum of Menace, featuring Q from the Bond series) and here he is saying what he loved about The Drowning Place. Thanks, Vas 🖤🧡 Out in April // preorders via the links here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/471767...

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Huge Hallowe'en thanks to the wonderful @ellygriffiths.bsky.social for this perfect quote 🖤🧡 The Drowning Place is in April. Link to preorder in my bio

I love this response from @annamazz.bsky.social 🖤 'Happy Valley, but haunted' 🖤 The Drowning Place is out in April. For 25% off this week, preorder from @waterstones.bsky.social

Exciting to see The Drowning Place in the @waterstones.bsky.social preorder promotion which runs until midnight on Friday 17 October. Preorder here: www.waterstones.com/book/the-dro... #newbook #crimefiction #preorderpromo #thedrowningplace

Wonderful feedback has been pouring in from many of my favourite writers. I'm going to share some of it in the lead up to publication, starting with this lovely response from @whusseyauthor.bsky.social The Drowning Place is out in April from Harvill. To preorder, see links in my bio.

It's publication day for FUEL ebook—with 75 prizewinning flash fictions plus TWELVE bonus flash stories not in the print book! It's a great read *and* all profits go to UK fuel poverty charities. The print book raised over £4k; winter is coming, help us raise more: www.fuelflash.net/product/fuel...

It's cover reveal day for The Drowning Place! Huge thanks to Dan Mogford who designed the gorgeous cover, and the whole team at @harvill who have been magnificent. 1 of 2

BIG reveal coming tomorrow for The Drowning Place. The cover, and a teaser trailer which gave ME goosebumps. Watch this space!

Ever wondered about the history of Gladstone’s Library or dreamed of stepping inside our famous Reading Rooms? Join one of our Glimpses (just £6.50) and see behind the scenes! 🎟️ Book now by clicking the link in our bio or go to our website -> Events.

⏰Deadline Reminder⏰ Write a gripping story on Writing Crime & Thrillers – Advanced! With teaching from @sarahhilary.bsky.social and a masterclass with author @mstamarcohen.bsky.social and Curtis Brown associate agent Flo Sandelson. Apply by 28 Sept: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

Booking now open for this fantastic event on Sat 20 Sept featuring @emmaflint.bsky.social @johnsutherland.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @stephmcgovern.bsky.social @fionacumminsauthor.bsky.social @mjarlidge.bsky.social & @chrisewan.bsky.social 🤩 tinyurl.com/The-word-is-...

Applications for our Writing Crime & Thrillers – Advanced course close this weekend! Designed to take your crime or psychological thriller novel to the next level, with online teaching from award-winning author @sarahhilary.bsky.social. 📆 Apply now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...

If you love a Romanesque column, you can do a lot worse than visit St Catherine’s Church in Hoarwithy in Herefordshire

We’re so excited that bestselling crime writer @mstamarcohen.bsky.social & Curtis Brown associate agent Flo Sandelson are guest speakers on our Writing Crime & Thrillers – Advanced course with @sarahhilary.bsky.social! Applications close this weekend: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...

Marisa and I will be talking about our favourite Scottish book, film and album at The Stand's new Glasgow venue on September 11 with the always effervescent @nicolameighan.bsky.social. www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

I'm ded 💀 😂 😂 😂

Just discovered this absolute masterpiece of misdirection from AI, plastered all over a website to whom I've submitted a request to remove the content which is a mad stew of random plot and characters. Nice picture, though. capmaison.com/beach-pool-r...

Are you writing crime fiction or a psychological thriller? 🔍 There's still time to apply for our Writing Crime & Thrillers – Advanced course! Join award-winning author, @sarahhilary.bsky.social for 9 weeks of online teaching and take your crime novel to the next level. Apply by 14 Sept:

Oh, thank you @dvbishop.com 💙 I’m thrilled you liked it so much. Out from Harvill in April

6am at St Hilda’s in Oxford. The calm before the crime writers #HCFW25

'Focus first on making your detective a living, breathing human being' 🕵️♂️ Award-winning crime author @sarahhilary.bsky.social shares her advice on how to create a series detective.

‘The freezing of the historical mind is one of the most perilous intellectual developments to have occurred in recent years.’ A crucial article on what is a huge part of my family history. apple.news/AMUj0KgK1SeO...

Online tickets to St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend give you full access to all sessions inc live Q&As & the chance to win our Whodunnit starring @radiomukhers.bsky.social @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social @williamryan.bsky.social 8-10th Aug www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2025-...

Join bestselling author @rowancoleman.bsky.social on our nine-week Zoom course: Writing Romantic & Commercial Fiction! Learn to write... 💘 A heart-warming novel with emotional depth 💘 Characters to fall in love with 💘 A page-turning plot Apply by 14 Sept:

Gang, you can order the paperback of The Secret Room for 25% less than last week or next week (and lots of other books too). Pre-orders really help! Also like getting a present from a very caring past you. ❤️ www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul...

On the fence, but think I'll take the leap to purchase and access the remote recordings for this. Too many stellar authors #writingcommunity

Seriously @bsky.app you want a scan of my face or credit card to verify I'm an adult? And you're calling this 'safety'?

'Focus first on making your detective a living, breathing human being' 🔎 We asked award-winning crime author @sarahhilary.bsky.social about her approach to writing crime/thrillers, how to create a series detective and her advice for aspiring novelists.

More proofs landing! Really hope you enjoy it, Nadine 💙

Textures! And the promise of autumn

Proofs are dropping!

'Twists needn’t be breathtaking; it’s more important to deliver on the promise of a satisfying puzzle or mystery' 🧩 Award-winning author @sarahhilary.bsky.social reveals her top tips for aspiring crime and thriller authors.

If you missed @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social then here’s a chance to get your hands on a limited edition collector’s proof of The Drowning Place. Follow, like and share. UK only. Winners picked on Friday 25 July.

Could not be happier that @radiomukhers.bsky.social scooped the barrel last night at @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social and I have his permission to rename him Abeer for the duration of the weekend 🍺🏆⭐️

He only went and won it 🏆🍺⭐️

Harrogate-goers! I’m thrilled that proofs of The Drowning Place (the first in my new series) are in the tote bags for @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social and in a Limited Collector’s Edition! I’d love to see photos of the book in the hands of readers, so please do share.

Up to London on the first train of the day for a Very Exciting Meeting with my publishers

Clown Town is an absolute belter. No one is better than Mick at loading exactly the right words and taking aim at the egos and idiocies in Westminster and further afield. More satisfying than a squirty flower in the face of your least favourite politician. Out 11 September from Baskerville

If you’re headed to @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social next week and would like one of these badges, I’ll be carrying this bag all weekend. Free to the first 7 people who want to wear them 💙 🏳️‍⚧️

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Huge congratulations to @oliviagavoyannis.bsky.social on the publication of Lie to Me, the opening of which I enjoyed hugely when Olivia was a student on the Curtis Brown Creative course I teach. Out now from @emblabooks.bsky.social

Great interview with @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social for Shotsblog in which she shares her favourite Gothic writers, books and films. Come and hear her talk on 'Fear and Anxiety in Gothic Fiction' at St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend. wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com/2025/07/in-s...

Home from a few days with my mum and look what was waiting for me

Brilliant news for a wonderful writer, and the whole crime fiction community

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