A new mystery ...

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


... OK.  You've read Mazargues.  You know that there is more to come, but what?  You kow that a shadowy figure from Jacques past arrives on the very last page of book 6... But what's next???


Join me for my #AprilAuthorChallenge and learn much more about the next book in Jacques Forêt Mystery series .  Every day throughout the month of April I will be posting across all of my social media about book 7 in the Jacques Forêt Mysteries.


For the moment, all I'm going to tell you is that the title is Meyrueis.  It's late summer and Lucien, Jacques Forêt's son, is in England staying with his grandmother and his uncles as the story begins.  The timing is only a few weeks after the end of Mazargues.  The crime featured in this book is a very different one from that in Mazargues.  As such, it has been great fun doing all the research necessary for the story.  And a lot more research that I will probably never use!  But that's how it goes - you find an answer to one question which generates other questions and suddenly, your whole day has been spent in the library or on Google! I so love this job!


For the next story, there will be new characters along with Jacques, Didier and all of their old colleagues.  There will be more about that returning character during April!

 

  ... more details on my blog

Coming soon ...

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



May 11th.  I will be at the Promoting Yorkshire Authors Book Fair at The Claro Lounge in Ripon.  I hope you will be able to join me.

                        More details on my blog in April


July 12th.  I will be at the Newark Book Festival on Saturday, July 12th, this year.  More details coming up on the blog in May and 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 May/June


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

                                                                            AATA Oct '25 Tickets

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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