Hurrah for the parcel box – a humble everyday item that plays a crucial part in my latest novel, Death at the Village Garden Party.
My husband, who is a very good handyman, built a wooden parcel box for our Cotswold cottage during lockdown, so that we could receive deliveries while social distancing.
Drum roll for the publication of my latest novel tomorrow (Friday 31st July)!
As part of my launch campaign, I’m pleased to be able to offer you a day early a free bonus chapter that I hope will whet your appetite for the whole book.
Death at the Village Garden Party, the fourth in my bestselling Cotswold Curiosity Shop cosy mystery series, takes place in high summer, so it’s the perfect read for right now.
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If you’re an avid reader of detective fiction, you may already be familiar with the famous Pinkerton’s detective agency, founded in the USA in the nineteenth century by Scottish immigrant Allan Pinkerton. What started as a one-man operation eventually grew into the largest private detective and law enforcement agency in the world. To my amazement, it lives on as a subsidiary of Sweden’s Securitas group – who knew?!
For over sixteen years, I’ve been writing a monthly column for two local community magazines, the Tetbury Advertiser and the Hawkesbury Parish News. Around the middle of each month, I’d down tools to dash off 500 words for each paper – a different article for each of them – to meet their deadlines. I’ve loved every minute of it – even when it meant burning the midnight oil to fit it into my busy schedule. But the time has come to step down to allow more time for other projects.
Q. What’s a literary Easter egg?
A. It’s a little surprise tucked away in a story to amuse readers smart enough to spot it.
Today I’m going to tell you about some of the Easter eggs hidden in my books, how some of my author friends like to play the same game, and how to get a free Kindle ebook of my fun little novelette, The Clutch of Eggs – the perfect read for Easter weekend.
