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Whodunnit Whisperings @whodunnitwhispers.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

If you are a fan of the Golden Age of Detection and a fan of going to the theatre, @jamiewestauthor.co.uk's first two books in the Bertie Carroll Mysteries are definitely for you. This is an author who has great things ahead of him if he keeps up writing like this. open.substack.com/pub/whodunni...

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Death on the Pier (2022) and Murder at the Matinee (2024)

The first two Bertie Carroll mysteries revive the Golden Age with style and irresistible theatrical flair.

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 16/10/2025

I’ll be at Newcastle Noir this year! 5-6th December. Get your ticket: www.tiny.cc/nnoir2025

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 25/09/2025

I’m going to be at the brand new Cheshire Crime Writer’s Festival next year. Organised by the wonderful Curious Cat Bookshop in Frodsham, it’s two days that brings together a brilliant bunch of crime writers who’ll be giving insight into their books.

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 27/06/2025

To celebrate being shortlisted for the inaugural Whodunnit Award at the Crime Writers’ Association Daggers, Murder at the Matinee is available on Kindle until the awards ceremony on 3rd July for just 99p! amzn.to/3WGa6sU

Green promotional graphic for the book Murder at the Matinee by Jamie West. The book cover shows an illustrated theatre building in dark green and black, with white title text. Text above the book cover reads: “99p On Kindle Until July 3rd.” Bottom right corner displays a circular badge that says “CWA Whodunnit Dagger Shortlisted” with crossed daggers in the center. Red blood splatters decorate the corners of the graphic.

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paulcrimetime.bsky.social @paulcrimetime.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

CWA Whodunnit Dagger special pod.fo/e/2ebbe2 apple.co/3znb7b5 Amazon, Spotif @lisahallauthor.bsky.social @jamiewestauthor.co.uk meetishroffshah @andreinacordani.bsky.social @lauramarshall.bsky.social sjbennett @zaffrebooks.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social @joffebooks.bsky.social brabingerbooks

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 23/06/2025

Catch me on this week’s Crime Time FM podcast episode. It’s a special episode chatting to authors who have been shortlisted for this years inaugural Whodunnit Dagger award given by @thecwa.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/1686667/epis...

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 22/06/2025

🔎 Murder at the Matinee starts when a mysterious newspaper advertisement appears. A few weeks ago I got the news that Murder at the Matinee was shortlisted for the inaugural Whodunnit Dagger at this year’s @thecwa.bsky.social awards. In a week or two from now, we’ll know who the winner is!

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 16/06/2025

Had a great time at this year’s Capital Crime! 🔎

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Capital Crime @capitalcrime.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

1 Week to Go! 😱 The Biggest Weekend in Crime & Thriller Is Almost Here… 80 bestselling authors, 30 incredible events. 🎟 There’s still time to book your tickets – don’t miss out! capitalcrime.org/tickets #crimefiction

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 31/05/2025

This is tonight! Join us for the launch of National Crime Reading Month 🔎 We’re kicking off proceedings in-person in Cambridge, so join us if you can.

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The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Announcing the shortlist for the CWA Whodunit Dagger!

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 29/05/2025

🗡️ Shortlisted! Murder at the Matinee has been shortlisted for a CWA Whodunnit Dagger Award. I’m absolutely blown away this. Congratulations to all the other authors that have made the list too, I hope I’ll be able to see you all at the awards later in the year!

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 28/05/2025

Absolutely loved A QUEER CASE from Robert Holtom which is coming out 3rd June ❤️ In the novel, the queer world of 1920s London is wonderfully evoked and the murder mystery contained is twisty and brilliant!

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 28/05/2025

Getting reacquainted with Murder at the Matinee for my Noir at the Bar reading at Bodies in the Bookshop where the in-person launch of National Crime Read Month will be held this Saturday! Some very light editing makes Chapter 1 a nice tight five minutes! ⏱️

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 24/05/2025

Just tipped over 2,400 followers on Instagram! Follow me: www.instagram.com/jamiewestaut... It’s where I post all my videos about my books, book events and the odd bits of theatre history I enjoy!

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 20/05/2025

Murder at the Matinee has been long listed for The CWA’s Whodunnit Dagger! 🗡️ Timber Books has collected together all the long listed whodunnit titles on their Bookshop.org.uk shop front, so make sure you check out my book as well as all the other long listed titles. Link in bio. 📖

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 19/05/2025

🔎The @waterstones.bsky.social website has all of the CWA dagger long listed titles together on one page (including my own!) The shortlists are announced next week, so fingers crossed to see if I can make it through to the next stage 🤞 www.instagram.com/reel/DJ1Dfqg...

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 17/05/2025

Murder at the Matinee has been long listed for The CWA’s Whodunnit Dagger! 🗡️ Gumshoe Books has collected together all the long listed whodunnit titles on their online book shop, so make sure you check out my book as well as all the other long listed titles. www.gumshoebooks.com/collections/...

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 15/05/2025

Murder at the Matinee has been long listed for The CWA’s Whodunnit Dagger! 🗡️ You can browse and buy the entire long list on the Waterstones website right now, so make sure you check out my book as well as all the other long listed titles. 📖 www.waterstones.com/category/cul...

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

This was created a while ago by the fabulous @damianbarr.bsky.social but with the millions of new users of BlueSky and the world going to shit in a handcart it’s worth sharing again. A list of LGBTQIA+ writers on BlueSky go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 11/05/2025

Took my book back to the scene of the crime! 🔎 Death on the Pier is my golden-age historical crime novel set in the world of 1930s theatre. At the time of my book, there was still a theatre at the end of the Palace Pier.

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 06/05/2025

📖 All good books need a bookmark! Now what to do with them all… Any authors have tips? I presume it’s frowned upon to pop in to Waterstones and slip one into each of the top 20 books? 😂 #booksky

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 01/05/2025

On 31st May I’ll be taking part in Noir at the Bar in Cambridge. Join us at Bodies in the Bookshop to celebrate the launch of this year’s National Crime Reading Month. Tickets are free but booking is essential. bodiesinthebookshop.co.uk/pages/cwa-na... 🎟️ @thecwa.bsky.social

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NCRM Noir at the Bar

CWA Noir at the Bar - Saturday 31st May 2025 6-30 p.m We’re honoured to be chosen as this year’s location for the launch of June’s National Crime Reading Month, run by the Crime Writers’ Association i...

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

These indie bookshops are all lgbtqia+ superstars. Some even have coffee too. And cats! go.bsky.app/G321HCf #indiebookstoreday #booksky

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Some of these shops even have cats and coffee (not cats in coffee). Support LGBTQIA+ bookshops and stories, now more than ever: go.bsky.app/G321HCf

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 22/04/2025

I know I’ve already mentioned it (once or twice), but the CWA just sent me through an official longlisted badge… So I’m shouting about it again 😂 If I was at the first awards dinner back in 1956, I might have met Agatha Christie!

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 17/04/2025

The UK book industry is worth just over £7bn combining digital, print and export markets. I don’t think that even takes into account any other IP licensing for film and TV adaptations etc. Hardly worthless.

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 16/04/2025

🔎 Absolutely thrilled to be long listed for the inaugural CWA Whodunit Dagger award! I couldn’t be happier to see MURDER AT THE MATINEE sitting alongside these other brilliant titles and crime fiction authors. Congratulations to everyone who has made the long list ❤️

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AJ West Author @ajwestauthor.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This really needs to get to 50k signatures so we can take it to the Minister. It takes ten seconds and costs nothing. Unlike allowing tech bros to steal our books.

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 09/04/2025

Just finished The Serial Killer’s party by @sarahgoodwinauthor.bsky.social and it’s a brilliantly tense read! A barrister goes “undercover” at an exclusive party hosted by a billionaire to solve the mystery of her missing sister. E-book arrives on 8th May and the paperback in July.

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 05/04/2025

✉️ Very excited to receive some book mail this morning (thanks Royal Mail for their delivery on a Saturday!) THE KILLER QUESTION by @janicehallett.bsky.social is coming out Sep 2025! Not only do I love Janice’s books, I do love a good pub quiz… Can’t wait to get started on this proof 🍻

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 02/04/2025

Make your voice heard tomorrow 📣 Can you imagine the outrage from Disney if Meta had used a bunch of pirated films to train their AI models? Just because it’s text, these AI companies think they can take it for free. #metabooktheives @societyofauthors.bsky.social

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 01/04/2025

Look who’s on BookBub 👀! Don’t miss your chance to get Death on the Pier for just 99p on Kindle 🔎

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 01/04/2025

It’s back on offer again! Just 99p. Amazon have picked one of my book for their “Kindle Great Savings” deal which runs until the end of April. Death on the Pier is the first book in my 1930s murder mystery series set in the world of theatre.

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 31/03/2025

The world famous Vera Wong returns, this time with the power of social media! Another brilliantly entertaining and heartwarming books by Jesse Sutanto. Thanks @hqstories.bsky.social for an early look at this title.

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 28/03/2025

I’m trying something new… Support my writing journey by buying my own copy of a book I’ve enjoyed: ko-fi.com/jamiewestaut... You can help me keep my bookshelves a bit clearer and support me writing my next book at the same time! Obviously there’s only one of each, so you’ll have to be quick!

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 27/03/2025

20% off signed and personalised copies from my website for World Theatre Day! Use code THEATRE at checkout. www.jamiewest.co.uk/store

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Quick Book Reviews Podcast @quickbookreviews.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Today on the podcast I interview @jamiewestauthor.co.uk about his latest book out now! The podcast is ready to listen to now: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 22/03/2025

All Rights Reserved.
Those three words have appeared in the front pages of every book you've ever read.
It couldn't be clearer.

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 12/03/2025

Popped into London Book Fair today! Didn’t manage to sell translation rights for my books for millions of pounds, but that’s not really what I was there for. Saw a few talks and said hello to some friendly people 🥰

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 06/03/2025

📦 Exciting book mail arrived this morning! I just received this proof of Burying Jericho by @whusseyauthor.bsky.social , the third book in the Scott Jericho series 🎡 Thanks @bonnierbooks.bsky.social / @zaffrebooks.bsky.social for sending me a copy.

A paperback book called Killing Jericho with a pink and yellow cover including imagery of a funfair and a coffin with a man in silhouette

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 06/03/2025

Happy publication day @guymorpuss.bsky.social! I love a courtroom drama and this one was especially brilliant with its theatrical connection. I gasped out loud at one point! Huge thanks to @mirandajewess.bsky.social and @viperbooks.bsky.social for letting me have an early look at this book.

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Jamie West | Crime Fiction Author @jamiewestauthor.co.uk · 06/03/2025

Congratulations @orlandomurrin.bsky.social for the publication day of MURDER BELOW DECK ⚓️ It is a brilliantly fun and entertaining mystery. If you didn’t already pre-order it, why not pop into a bookshop and grab a copy today?

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Chris 🎬🎧 @raidercast.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Just over half way through this absolute belter by @jamiewestauthor.co.uk and I ✨think✨ I’ve nailed the ‘who’ and ‘why’… But I’ll be wonderfully surprised if I’m wrong because this is such a fun story!

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