I am over the moon to announce that Alias Emma aka The Chase has been longlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger at this year’s Crime Writer’s Association awards!

These awards are a huge deal in crime writing circles and I am staggered to see The Chase included in such an amazing shortlist. I mean, just LOOK: I’m listed there next to names like Linwood Barclay, Harlan Coven and Robert Galbraith… it’s INCREDIBLE.

The winner is announced at the awards on 6 July so watch this space, and keep your fingers firmly crossed, please!

I just couldn’t be happier that the world seems to have taken to Emma Makepeace in the same way I did when I was writing her. I can’t wait to share more of her adventures with you…