Indie Lit Con - Manchester 2026

MURDER IN THE NEW TOWN an absolutely gripping Scottish crime mystery (Detective Hunter Wilson Mysteries Book 3) eBook : Penny, Val: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

It is my great pleasure to welcome fellow author Cassidy Reyne back to the blog today. We will both be attending Authors in Wonderland in Nottingham on 25th July and hope to see you there.Here she giv...

I am excited to be able to tell you about my novel, Murder in the New Town, published by Joffe Books which will be available to buy soon. It is set in 2013 shortly after Police Scotland was created. P...

I am pleased to welcome Martin Knights to the blog today to dicuss his love of the horror genre. Martin is an attending author at Authors in Wonderland the amazing book event taking place in Nottingha...

It is lovely to welcome author Marsali Taylor back to the blog to discuss her writing and, particularly, her new book Death in a Shetland Family. I am grateful to Lynsey Adams of Reading Between the L...

My novel, Murder in Edinburgh, was published by Joffe Books on 13th May. In case you haven't read it yet I wanted to share a little bit of it with you, to entice you into DI Hunter's World. In this sc...

I welcome romance author Eve L. Mitchell to the blog today to discuss her writing and books as she gets ready to attend Authors Invade Scotland at the Golden Jubilee Hotel in Clydebank near Glasgow ne...

Shana is one of the authors attending Authors Invade Glasgow at the Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel in Clydebank near Glasgow on 27th June 2026, so I am delighted that she has agreed to share with us ...

I suppose your first book is a bit like your first child, a thing of awe and wonder and you never really understand how you got it into the world.My first novel, which had the working title of Sins of...

MURDER IN EDINBURGH an absolutely gripping Scottish crime mystery (Detective Hunter Wilson Mysteries Book 1) eBook : Penny, Val: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Let me preface this article by staing the obvious! Agents are individuals and their opinion is just one opinion. (Although I appreciate that when you've been on the receiving end of several rejections...

I have now finished the manuscript of the next DI Hunter Thriller.I wanted to treat you all to a short excerpt from near the beginning of the book. Please let me know if you enjoy it.The ExtractChapte...

Jane Walters is a very busy lady! Not only is she an author whose new book, Bless The Work Of Our Hands just launched last week, but she is also, amongst other things, Chair of the Association of Chri...

There are some authors whose books you just know you are going to love. For me, Helen Matthews is one such writer and so I am thrilled that she has been willing to share an extract of her new book, If...

I genuinely feel that if you have put in all the work required to complete and novel (congratulations) it is a shame if it wastes away in your cupboard or on your computer. Therefore, I happily share ...

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Let me start at the very beginning. You will often hear people say - everyone has a book in them… This is not true. Others will tell you – I’m going to write a book when I retire… Most of them don’t. ...

I am pleased to be able to support Kay Parquet and her novel entitled, The Bookshop on Blossom Street, as part of the tour arranged by Jessica Thompson of Bittersweet Tours. It is always an exciting t...

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It has been a busy old writing year this year for me. I am beginning to find my feet in the world of Book Signings and enjoyed a successful event in Sheffield, Sugar and Spice run by the talented auth...

Hunter's Secret : DI Hunter Wilson Series: Book 5 (DI Hunter Wilson Crime Thriller) eBook : Penny, Val : Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

It is a pleasure to be part of the tour for Hetty Waite's new YA novel Evolve. Many thanks to Lynsey Adams of Reading Between the Lines for including me. Many thanks to Hetty for taking time to chat w...