Alex Hay
@alexhaybooks.bsky.social
Author | THE QUEEN OF FIVES (2025) | THE HOUSEKEEPERS (2023) | Published by Headline (UK) Graydon House (North America) | Rep’d by Alice Lutyens at Curtis Brown
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October 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Thrilled @waterstones.bsky.social is offering 25% off preorders on THE MIDNIGHT GUESTS along with thousands of other brilliant upcoming books! #WPreorder
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My thoughts on The Queen of Fives by @alexhaybooks.bsky.social is over on instagram now. I do believe I referred to it as “rip-roaring”. It is, and I loved it!
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September 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My thoughts on The Queen of Fives by @alexhaybooks.bsky.social is over on instagram now. I do believe I referred to it as “rip-roaring”. It is, and I loved it!
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Reading @alexhaybooks.bsky.social 's The Queen of Fives. It's so much fun-- a twisty Victorian caper with a great female lead. You never know who's going to wink at the reader next.
August 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Reading @alexhaybooks.bsky.social 's The Queen of Fives. It's so much fun-- a twisty Victorian caper with a great female lead. You never know who's going to wink at the reader next.
Brilliant people of Coventry! So looking forward to this event with Natalie Marlow next week - do join us! ☺️☺️☺️
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An Evening in Conversation with Alex Hay and Natalie Marlow | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
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September 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Brilliant people of Coventry! So looking forward to this event with Natalie Marlow next week - do join us! ☺️☺️☺️
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📚Paperback Publication📚
Looking for your next read?
Why not grab a copy of The Queen Of Fives by Alex Hay which is now available in paperback. A historical heist with a surprising plot twist.
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Looking for your next read?
Why not grab a copy of The Queen Of Fives by Alex Hay which is now available in paperback. A historical heist with a surprising plot twist.
www.instagram.com/p/DL0NgIBIt9...
@alexhaybooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
💙📚 #booksky
July 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
📚Paperback Publication📚
Looking for your next read?
Why not grab a copy of The Queen Of Fives by Alex Hay which is now available in paperback. A historical heist with a surprising plot twist.
www.instagram.com/p/DL0NgIBIt9...
@alexhaybooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
💙📚 #booksky
Looking for your next read?
Why not grab a copy of The Queen Of Fives by Alex Hay which is now available in paperback. A historical heist with a surprising plot twist.
www.instagram.com/p/DL0NgIBIt9...
@alexhaybooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
💙📚 #booksky
Can’t wait for this event with @katiejlumsden.bsky.social and @jessicabull.bsky.social next Thursday 10th July at Waterstones Trafalgar Square!
July 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Can’t wait for this event with @katiejlumsden.bsky.social and @jessicabull.bsky.social next Thursday 10th July at Waterstones Trafalgar Square!
Fine people of London! Do join me, @ladydolby.bsky.social and @clarewhitauthor.bsky.social for a brilliantly bookish conversation at the mighty @booksellercrow.bsky.social in Crystal Palace next week! Tickets below…
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June 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Fine people of London! Do join me, @ladydolby.bsky.social and @clarewhitauthor.bsky.social for a brilliantly bookish conversation at the mighty @booksellercrow.bsky.social in Crystal Palace next week! Tickets below…
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This thread has MADE MY DAY 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@alexhaybooks.bsky.social so here's a nice thing for a Thursday. Last year when The Housekeepers came out Alex swung past the shop and signed some books. He was lovely, 1 of the customers he met that day thought so too. She came back today, all she could remember was how nice the author was
June 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This thread has MADE MY DAY 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
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She plays by her own rules... but has she met her match? ♠️👑
THE QUEEN OF FIVES by @alexhaybooks.bsky.social is out in paperback on July 3!
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THE QUEEN OF FIVES by @alexhaybooks.bsky.social is out in paperback on July 3!
Pre-order today: brnw.ch/21wTjx7
#AlexHay #TheQueenOfFives
June 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
She plays by her own rules... but has she met her match? ♠️👑
THE QUEEN OF FIVES by @alexhaybooks.bsky.social is out in paperback on July 3!
Pre-order today: brnw.ch/21wTjx7
#AlexHay #TheQueenOfFives
THE QUEEN OF FIVES by @alexhaybooks.bsky.social is out in paperback on July 3!
Pre-order today: brnw.ch/21wTjx7
#AlexHay #TheQueenOfFives
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In Bath.
Bought @alexhaybooks.bsky.social new book.
Self medicating with coffee.
Trying to use my talented friend's beautiful writing and the gothic architecture to inspire me TO FINISH MY OWN GODDAMN NOVEL!!!
Bought @alexhaybooks.bsky.social new book.
Self medicating with coffee.
Trying to use my talented friend's beautiful writing and the gothic architecture to inspire me TO FINISH MY OWN GODDAMN NOVEL!!!
April 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
In Bath.
Bought @alexhaybooks.bsky.social new book.
Self medicating with coffee.
Trying to use my talented friend's beautiful writing and the gothic architecture to inspire me TO FINISH MY OWN GODDAMN NOVEL!!!
Bought @alexhaybooks.bsky.social new book.
Self medicating with coffee.
Trying to use my talented friend's beautiful writing and the gothic architecture to inspire me TO FINISH MY OWN GODDAMN NOVEL!!!
Calling all audiobook lovers!! Audible UK is offering a special price on the audiobook of #TheHousekeepers exclusively available to Audible UK members in April. A STEAL!
April 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Calling all audiobook lovers!! Audible UK is offering a special price on the audiobook of #TheHousekeepers exclusively available to Audible UK members in April. A STEAL!
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Fab night hosting @alexhaybooks.bsky.social, #LoraJones & @emiliahart.bsky.social in Manchester tonight. They were fab to chat to and reading their books in advance reminded me just how much I looooove historical fiction!
March 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fab night hosting @alexhaybooks.bsky.social, #LoraJones & @emiliahart.bsky.social in Manchester tonight. They were fab to chat to and reading their books in advance reminded me just how much I looooove historical fiction!
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This book! Con artists, deception, inheritance, brilliant characters & a banger of a story. I’ll read anything @alexhaybooks.bsky.social writes!! #booksky
March 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This book! Con artists, deception, inheritance, brilliant characters & a banger of a story. I’ll read anything @alexhaybooks.bsky.social writes!! #booksky
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And a good time was had by all. Thank you so much @alexhaybooks.bsky.social @louisemorrish.bsky.social @bookywookydooda.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
And a good time was had by all. Thank you so much @alexhaybooks.bsky.social @louisemorrish.bsky.social @bookywookydooda.bsky.social
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Plus, the latest cases of crime-solving duos Parker & Pentecost and Delaware & Sturgis in this month’s whodunit column.
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February 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Plus, the latest cases of crime-solving duos Parker & Pentecost and Delaware & Sturgis in this month’s whodunit column.
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Love this piece from the ever-brilliant @orlandomurrin.bsky.social - thrilled to be included! 🤩
Scratch the stucco and dark secrets lurk... I've written a piece for @crimereads.bsky.social about posh London, and why Belgravia and Mayfair make a great setting for a murder mystery. Thanks @alexhaybooks.bsky.social and @cazengland.bsky.social for lovely quotes. crimereads.com/why-posh-lon...
Why Posh London Is Just as Good A Setting For Mysteries as Any Gritty Side Street
British crime writing is famed for its grittiness: hard-bitten cops risking all in the war against drugs, gangs, human trafficking and corruption. Favoured backdrops are the high-rise council estat…
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February 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Love this piece from the ever-brilliant @orlandomurrin.bsky.social - thrilled to be included! 🤩
Thank you so much SG Hartnell and @littlebrown.bsky.social for sharing MEDLOCK - a bold & clever reimagining of The Secret Garden, taking the bones of a classic and conjuring something entirely wild and horrifying and new - a totally gripping slice of contemporary gothic! 🙌😱🗝️
February 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thank you so much SG Hartnell and @littlebrown.bsky.social for sharing MEDLOCK - a bold & clever reimagining of The Secret Garden, taking the bones of a classic and conjuring something entirely wild and horrifying and new - a totally gripping slice of contemporary gothic! 🙌😱🗝️
MANCHESTER! Absolutely can’t wait for this brilliant event with @emiliahart.bsky.social, @lorajones.com and the wonderful @savidgereads.bsky.social - at @WaterstonesMCR on Thursday 20th March. Do join us!!! ☺️📚☺️📚
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February 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
MANCHESTER! Absolutely can’t wait for this brilliant event with @emiliahart.bsky.social, @lorajones.com and the wonderful @savidgereads.bsky.social - at @WaterstonesMCR on Thursday 20th March. Do join us!!! ☺️📚☺️📚
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✨BRISTOL!✨
This amazing event is a week tomorrow! Few tickets still available so head on over to the Events page on Waterstones.com to book! It’s gonna be a fab night!
This amazing event is a week tomorrow! Few tickets still available so head on over to the Events page on Waterstones.com to book! It’s gonna be a fab night!
Marvellous readers of Bristol!! Do join the brilliant @dman1504.bsky.social and @lorajones.com and yours truly for a very lovely chat at Waterstones Clifton, 18th Feb at 18:30.
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February 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
✨BRISTOL!✨
This amazing event is a week tomorrow! Few tickets still available so head on over to the Events page on Waterstones.com to book! It’s gonna be a fab night!
This amazing event is a week tomorrow! Few tickets still available so head on over to the Events page on Waterstones.com to book! It’s gonna be a fab night!
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A very special evening at the Lincoln Assembly Rooms chatting to @alexhaybooks.bsky.social about his wonderful novel, ‘The Queen of Fives’, for Lindum Books.
Victorian con women, the sensation novel, and of course Alex’s brilliant articulation of his writing approaches - we covered a lot 😊
Victorian con women, the sensation novel, and of course Alex’s brilliant articulation of his writing approaches - we covered a lot 😊
February 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A very special evening at the Lincoln Assembly Rooms chatting to @alexhaybooks.bsky.social about his wonderful novel, ‘The Queen of Fives’, for Lindum Books.
Victorian con women, the sensation novel, and of course Alex’s brilliant articulation of his writing approaches - we covered a lot 😊
Victorian con women, the sensation novel, and of course Alex’s brilliant articulation of his writing approaches - we covered a lot 😊
This has kept me company on the train this week — loved it! Tense, clever, filled with wry observations and claw-sharp plotting — and gorgeous writing. Sevenoaks has never felt so seductively dangerous! Can’t wait to see where @kitconwayauthor.bsky.social goes next… 🔥😻🙌 #CatFight
February 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This has kept me company on the train this week — loved it! Tense, clever, filled with wry observations and claw-sharp plotting — and gorgeous writing. Sevenoaks has never felt so seductively dangerous! Can’t wait to see where @kitconwayauthor.bsky.social goes next… 🔥😻🙌 #CatFight
Thank you Lincoln! LOVED spending an evening talking subterfuge and sensation fiction with Tim Rideout in the Very Splendid assembly rooms - hugest thanks to the epic @LindumBooks for having me! 🙏💙
February 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Thank you Lincoln! LOVED spending an evening talking subterfuge and sensation fiction with Tim Rideout in the Very Splendid assembly rooms - hugest thanks to the epic @LindumBooks for having me! 🙏💙
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Stacey will be joined by @alexhaybooks.bsky.social Lucy Barker and, of course, me, at Goldfinch Books. Tickets at bit.ly/3Das5kn Thanks to @louisemorrish.bsky.social @bookywookydooda.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Stacey will be joined by @alexhaybooks.bsky.social Lucy Barker and, of course, me, at Goldfinch Books. Tickets at bit.ly/3Das5kn Thanks to @louisemorrish.bsky.social @bookywookydooda.bsky.social
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I’m so grateful to the super-talented @alexhaybooks.bsky.social for this wonderful endorsement. And if you like terrifically fast-paced and enticing historical mysteries, featuring irresistible impostors, then you MUST read Alex’s THE QUEEN OF FIVES, out now! ❤️🎉
February 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I’m so grateful to the super-talented @alexhaybooks.bsky.social for this wonderful endorsement. And if you like terrifically fast-paced and enticing historical mysteries, featuring irresistible impostors, then you MUST read Alex’s THE QUEEN OF FIVES, out now! ❤️🎉
Hugest thanks to Eithne Farry for these kind words about #TheQueenofFives - very chuffed indeed ☺️☺️ - and very special to share it alongside the brilliant Lucy Steeds and Joseph O’Connor!
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'A stellar piece of storytelling': The best Historical novels out now
Eithne Farry reviews the best historical novels out now.
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February 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Hugest thanks to Eithne Farry for these kind words about #TheQueenofFives - very chuffed indeed ☺️☺️ - and very special to share it alongside the brilliant Lucy Steeds and Joseph O’Connor!
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