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New for January 2026! Sorry, I can write no faster. We're back in London, solving a most puzzling crime. Expect plenty of shifty suspects, dazzling divas, and a few troubler makers.

Welcome to Bookland, Veronica Vale's latest mystery! You're guaranteed a twisty locked room puzzle to solve. A surprise encounter with wildlife that shouldn't be skulking about Scotland, and a handsome Scotsman. Oh, and some dies!! Enjoy the wintery puzzles.

Thistle Inn is about to head off to my lovely ARC. Here's to snow, locked room mystery, and a jolly puzzle to solve. Oh, and there's a handsome chap in a kilt! Get ready for a wee bit of frosty murder when Death at the Thistle Inn releases at the end of October.

Adding some polish and snowy fun to Veronica's new puzzle. We're up in Scotland for a winter wedding. There are handsome men in kilts, Ruby coping with motherhood, and the peculiar case of a locked room murder to figure out.

I hope you're enjoying the new Veronica Vale mystery. I'm neck deep in edits of the next adventure already! Veronica, Benji, and Ruby always keep me busy. Death at the Thistle Inn will be a twisty locked room mystery. Will this be the case that stumps our fearless sleuth?

A new mystery is afoot. Picture this: Snowed in castle. A petulant bride to be. A killer roaming free. And a locked room puzzle.

The book is in the wilds. Hurry over and see what fun Veronica and Benji had in Death at the Rusty Nail.

We're almost there, readers. The book is having her final tidy before heading off to the ARCs. There is afternoon tea, two murders, and Benji is in peril! Gosh. Such thrills. Clear some time for the end of August to enjoy this most tricky mystery.

Off to the editor we go! Death at the Rusty Nail is almost here. With two murders, an injured Benji, and trouble tackling Veronica in all directions, this is a most trying case. Fear not, readers, there will be afternoon tea and Victoria sponge cake. How yummy.

It's the final round of edits for Rusty Nail before release day on August 31. It's a twisty mystery this time. Two deaths! Two different methods! And Ruby is no help whatsoever! And what's that? Benji is injured!! Oh, no.

The final edits are underway, and there are shocks galore in this mystery.

Veronica teams up with a criminal!
Benji is injured!
Ruby's health takes a turn for the worst.
And Lady M steps up.
Find out what happens when Death that Rusty Nails releases at the end of August.

The book is now live! Pop over and see what twisty mystery Veronica and Benji solve this time. Happy reading.

Awaiting final updates on this fine mystery and then all will be revealed on May 31! It's almost time to get sleuthing!!

The plot gets twister as edits are underway. We'll soon be back with Veronica and Benji with another adventure in Kent. But what about Ruby's secret? All will soon be revealed.

Get ready for more seaside shenanigans with Veronica and Benji. Book 8 in the series is available for preorder. Will we learn what Ruby's been getting up to? And will family secrets come tumbling out faster than Veronica can handle them? All will be revealed in the latest installment of Veronica Vale Investigates.

Jolly Cricketer is going through its second edit before release in February 2025.

Expect a puzzling murder. Feisty banter between Veronica and the police, and Benji being his usual adorable self.

But where is Ruby?

Death at the Swan Tavern is here! Step into a 1920s snowy Christmas in London, where murder, mince pies, and merriment are just around the corner. Benji the dog even goes ice-skating!

A swan holds the clue to a troublesome murder in the upcoming Veronica Vale Investigates series.

Death at the Swan Tavern will arrive on 20th November. Mystery. Merriment. Murder. Mince pies.

Get ready for a jolly old Christmas with a good old festive murder mystery in the new Veronica Vale series. The preorder is up now, or you can wait until the end of November and borrow a copy in Kindle Unlimited.

Expect snow, ice skating, holiday fun, and a cad who gets his just desserts!! And have you ever seen a dog on ice? You will in this book.

It's Christmas in 1920s London, and not everything is merry and bright.

Expect snow, parties, fun, and murder! And there's a Christmas party for the dogs and a surprise swan rescue.

Releasing at the end of November 2024.

Death at the Dripping Tap is available in e-book and paperback. And if you read using Kindle Unlimited you can borrow a copy and enjoy the latest 1920s hijinks with Veronica and Benji.

Death at the Craven Arms is available now! Expect a touch of haunting mystery, a dash of 1920s glamour, and a twist of feisty sleuth.

Death at the Craven Arms is live in two days! Expect fabulous 1920s glamour, a possible ghostly murder, and shocks for Ruby and Veronica!!

Death the Drunken Duck is now available. Find out what trouble Veronica, Ruby, and Benji the dog have been getting in!!

Duck is back from the editor and on to the ARC team. Not long now!

Drunken Duck is with the editor!

Not long now until Veronica, Ruby, and Benji are solving another puzzling crime.

Murder lurks in the murky heart of the English countryside...

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Drunken Duck is booked in with the editor and is getting a final look-over from me!
Don't worry. No ducks were harmed in the making of this book.

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A determined sleuth. And a terrible crime.

Veronica Vale is content with her obituary writing, parties with friends, and walks with her rescue dog, Benji.

But when a shocking killing occurs at the Winter Garden Theatre and Veronica knows the victim, she finds herself doing more than writing about the death. She investigates whodunnit and why.

It's the final two weeks that Death at the Swan Tavern will be available! Find out what an injured swan has to do with an ice-cold slaying in 1920s London - https://books2read.com/u/47ROxR

Tomorrow is Veronica's big day! Death at the Fireside Inn releases. Enter a world of fun historical mystery.