A new mystery ...

 ... Meyrueis, book 7 is in development ...


... If you missed my April Author Challenge which centred on the work to get Meyrueis ready for submission, don't worry.  There's plenty of info around for you to catch up on.  Read on... 


The story opens in late summer and Lucien, Jacques Forêt's son, is in England staying with his grandmother and his uncles.  The timing then shifts to July and some new characters in a previously little referenced part of the Cévennes.


So, there's a new crime, a new location and plenty of new characters as well as an old one who is making a return to the page after far too long an absence.


Jacques, Didier and all of their old colleagues are in the story as well, as is a new addition to the Forêt family. 



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Coming soon ...

... some important dates for your diaries ...


July 13th.  I will be at the Newark Book Festival on Sunday, July 13th, this year.  More details coming up on the blog in June. I will have all of my books with me, so if you want to drop by and say hello, that would be great.

                  More details on the blog in June


August 13th.  I will be taking part in the Live at the Libraries event that will take place across 4 days in Harrogate, Knaresborough and Bilston libraries.  Join me and lots of other Yorkshire authors for panel discussions, workshops and lots more.

                                                                           More details on the blog in July 


October 11th.  The Craft Fair in the beautiful village of Kirk Smeaton returns on October 11th this year.  I hope you will be able to join me for a bit of early present-buying or just for a chat about books and writing. 

                                                                            More details on the blog in September


October 17th. Sedburgh Crime Festival is returning this year, and I'm very pleased to say that I will be taking part in a panel about crime in faraway places.

                                                                            More details on the blog in September


 October 25th  I will be one of the Authors at the Armouries Museum, Leeds - a massive two-day book event.  Tickets for the event are already on sale - see below

                                                                          AATA2025

James et Moi


On my blog you'll find interviews with other authors, discussions about books, and life in other countries.
There are articles about my books, the settings and the places I use as backdrops for the action in my stories.
And, from time to time, you will be able to meet the fictional James and his sister and follow their trials and tribulations as they travel through France.

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