Chris McDonald / Chris Frost
@cmacwritescrime.bsky.social
Author: Erika Piper, Stonebridge, Little Ghost. THE KILLER’S CHRISTMAS LIST. Represented by David Headley. Co-founder of Stockport Noir.
Hey!
I’m having a launch event for The Christmas Tree Killer at Serenity Booksellers on Tuesday 4th November.
There will be Christmas cheer, mulled wine, and (fictional) festive murder…
Tickets are on sale now, so please do come along!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
I’m having a launch event for The Christmas Tree Killer at Serenity Booksellers on Tuesday 4th November.
There will be Christmas cheer, mulled wine, and (fictional) festive murder…
Tickets are on sale now, so please do come along!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hey!
I’m having a launch event for The Christmas Tree Killer at Serenity Booksellers on Tuesday 4th November.
There will be Christmas cheer, mulled wine, and (fictional) festive murder…
Tickets are on sale now, so please do come along!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
I’m having a launch event for The Christmas Tree Killer at Serenity Booksellers on Tuesday 4th November.
There will be Christmas cheer, mulled wine, and (fictional) festive murder…
Tickets are on sale now, so please do come along!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
If anyone would like a signed Erika Piper trilogy for cheaper than in the shops, DM me!
I only have a couple of sets left, though…
I only have a couple of sets left, though…
September 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
If anyone would like a signed Erika Piper trilogy for cheaper than in the shops, DM me!
I only have a couple of sets left, though…
I only have a couple of sets left, though…
Would any lovely authors be willing to read the sequel to The Killer’s Christmas List and maybe provide a little quote if you enjoy it?
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
September 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Would any lovely authors be willing to read the sequel to The Killer’s Christmas List and maybe provide a little quote if you enjoy it?
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
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Happy publication day to @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social - The republished Erika Piper trilogy is out today!
Don’t miss this spine-tingling, fast-paced police procedural that will leave you breathless…
Don’t miss this spine-tingling, fast-paced police procedural that will leave you breathless…
July 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Happy publication day to @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social - The republished Erika Piper trilogy is out today!
Don’t miss this spine-tingling, fast-paced police procedural that will leave you breathless…
Don’t miss this spine-tingling, fast-paced police procedural that will leave you breathless…
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!! SOLD OUT !!
Your full author announcement for Stockport Noir 2026
July 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
!! SOLD OUT !!
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…and if the Stockport Noir announcement has whetted your appetite for an evening of crime - join us in Romiley tomorrow night (3 July) when Chris McDonald, Robert Rutherford, Lily Samson and John Sutherland will be here chatting about their latest thrilling novels!
🎫👇🏻
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July 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
…and if the Stockport Noir announcement has whetted your appetite for an evening of crime - join us in Romiley tomorrow night (3 July) when Chris McDonald, Robert Rutherford, Lily Samson and John Sutherland will be here chatting about their latest thrilling novels!
🎫👇🏻
🎫👇🏻
Your full author announcement for Stockport Noir 2026
July 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Your full author announcement for Stockport Noir 2026
We’re going to announce the full line up for Stockport Noir tonight at 7pm on the @serenitybookshop.bsky.social instagram.
If you want to grab your ticket beforehand so you can say you were one of the cool kids who was in from the start, you can do so here: serenitybooksellers.com/stockport-noir
If you want to grab your ticket beforehand so you can say you were one of the cool kids who was in from the start, you can do so here: serenitybooksellers.com/stockport-noir
July 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
We’re going to announce the full line up for Stockport Noir tonight at 7pm on the @serenitybookshop.bsky.social instagram.
If you want to grab your ticket beforehand so you can say you were one of the cool kids who was in from the start, you can do so here: serenitybooksellers.com/stockport-noir
If you want to grab your ticket beforehand so you can say you were one of the cool kids who was in from the start, you can do so here: serenitybooksellers.com/stockport-noir
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📅 UPDATE! The final session of
@cmacwritescrime.bsky.social CRIME FICTION COURSE has been moved to November 21st!
📍 @serenitybookshop.bsky.social, Stockport
📅Jul 4 - Nov 21
✉️ DM us to apply for a bursary discount
🎫 Book your place at the link below! 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
@cmacwritescrime.bsky.social CRIME FICTION COURSE has been moved to November 21st!
📍 @serenitybookshop.bsky.social, Stockport
📅Jul 4 - Nov 21
✉️ DM us to apply for a bursary discount
🎫 Book your place at the link below! 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
June 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
📅 UPDATE! The final session of
@cmacwritescrime.bsky.social CRIME FICTION COURSE has been moved to November 21st!
📍 @serenitybookshop.bsky.social, Stockport
📅Jul 4 - Nov 21
✉️ DM us to apply for a bursary discount
🎫 Book your place at the link below! 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
@cmacwritescrime.bsky.social CRIME FICTION COURSE has been moved to November 21st!
📍 @serenitybookshop.bsky.social, Stockport
📅Jul 4 - Nov 21
✉️ DM us to apply for a bursary discount
🎫 Book your place at the link below! 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
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🕵️What's your go-to crime style: Cosy mystery? Hardboiled Noir? Psyco-Thriller?
📚Whatever your MO, come to @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social's course @serenitybookshop.bsky.social starting next month! Learn the art of crime fiction & get published in a Comma eBook!
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
📚Whatever your MO, come to @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social's course @serenitybookshop.bsky.social starting next month! Learn the art of crime fiction & get published in a Comma eBook!
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
June 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🕵️What's your go-to crime style: Cosy mystery? Hardboiled Noir? Psyco-Thriller?
📚Whatever your MO, come to @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social's course @serenitybookshop.bsky.social starting next month! Learn the art of crime fiction & get published in a Comma eBook!
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
📚Whatever your MO, come to @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social's course @serenitybookshop.bsky.social starting next month! Learn the art of crime fiction & get published in a Comma eBook!
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
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I'll be at Didsbury Library on Wednesday as part of this free event alongside @cazengland.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social and @caimhmc.bsky.social talking about the ways that Manchester has inspired our writing.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
Manchester Inspired - 5 local authors in conversation
Join us for a lively discussion with 5 local authors from Manchester, sharing their inspirations and stories!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I'll be at Didsbury Library on Wednesday as part of this free event alongside @cazengland.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social and @caimhmc.bsky.social talking about the ways that Manchester has inspired our writing.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
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Learn to craft intriguing capers and killer reveals with bestselling crime author @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social & get published in a Comma eBook!
📍 @serenitybookshop.bsky.social
🗓️July - November 2025
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
📩Bursary discounts available - DM to apply
📍 @serenitybookshop.bsky.social
🗓️July - November 2025
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
📩Bursary discounts available - DM to apply
May 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Learn to craft intriguing capers and killer reveals with bestselling crime author @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social & get published in a Comma eBook!
📍 @serenitybookshop.bsky.social
🗓️July - November 2025
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
📩Bursary discounts available - DM to apply
📍 @serenitybookshop.bsky.social
🗓️July - November 2025
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-fict...
📩Bursary discounts available - DM to apply
COVER REVEAL!!
A higher resolution cover, perhaps with a quote from a fellow author proclaiming my genius will follow, but for now, here is the reissued cover for A WASH OF BLACK, Erika Piper’s first outing, published by HarperNorth in July!
A higher resolution cover, perhaps with a quote from a fellow author proclaiming my genius will follow, but for now, here is the reissued cover for A WASH OF BLACK, Erika Piper’s first outing, published by HarperNorth in July!
May 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
COVER REVEAL!!
A higher resolution cover, perhaps with a quote from a fellow author proclaiming my genius will follow, but for now, here is the reissued cover for A WASH OF BLACK, Erika Piper’s first outing, published by HarperNorth in July!
A higher resolution cover, perhaps with a quote from a fellow author proclaiming my genius will follow, but for now, here is the reissued cover for A WASH OF BLACK, Erika Piper’s first outing, published by HarperNorth in July!
If Liverpool win the league today, I’ll tell you a secret…
April 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If Liverpool win the league today, I’ll tell you a secret…
I’ve not been on here for a while. Is this better than Twitter?
April 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I’ve not been on here for a while. Is this better than Twitter?
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CRIME FICTION: Short Story Course w/ @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social
🗓️Jun-Nov 2025
Learn the art of crime writing with best selling author Chris McDonald! Sessions will be in-person in the Stockport area, one weekday evening per month from 6-8pm.
👀Details TBA
📩DM us to express interest
🗓️Jun-Nov 2025
Learn the art of crime writing with best selling author Chris McDonald! Sessions will be in-person in the Stockport area, one weekday evening per month from 6-8pm.
👀Details TBA
📩DM us to express interest
April 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
CRIME FICTION: Short Story Course w/ @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social
🗓️Jun-Nov 2025
Learn the art of crime writing with best selling author Chris McDonald! Sessions will be in-person in the Stockport area, one weekday evening per month from 6-8pm.
👀Details TBA
📩DM us to express interest
🗓️Jun-Nov 2025
Learn the art of crime writing with best selling author Chris McDonald! Sessions will be in-person in the Stockport area, one weekday evening per month from 6-8pm.
👀Details TBA
📩DM us to express interest
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There are still a few tickets left for my event in Romiley tomorrow at @serenitybookshop.bsky.social with the novelist @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social Every event on this book tour has involved so much laughter (everyone's) and some crying (mine), so expect that.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
March 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
There are still a few tickets left for my event in Romiley tomorrow at @serenitybookshop.bsky.social with the novelist @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social Every event on this book tour has involved so much laughter (everyone's) and some crying (mine), so expect that.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
I cannot wait to chat to @adamjfarrer.bsky.social at @serenitybookshop.bsky.social next Tuesday!
Let’s give him a big Romiley welcome with a crowded room! Tickets available on the Serenity website!
Let’s give him a big Romiley welcome with a crowded room! Tickets available on the Serenity website!
Ever been to Romiley before? I haven't, but that will change in one week's time when I visit @serenitybookshop.bsky.social to talk about Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures with the brilliant @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social #booksky
Tickets 👇
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
Tickets 👇
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
March 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I cannot wait to chat to @adamjfarrer.bsky.social at @serenitybookshop.bsky.social next Tuesday!
Let’s give him a big Romiley welcome with a crowded room! Tickets available on the Serenity website!
Let’s give him a big Romiley welcome with a crowded room! Tickets available on the Serenity website!
My wife is swimming 5k to fundraise for Alzheimer’s Research UK at the end of the month - if you have a spare quid or two, she’d very much appreciate some sponsorship!
Thanks!
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Thanks!
socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...
Sarah McDonald is fundraising on behalf of Alzheimer's Research UK
Want to join me in supporting a good cause? I'm taking on Swim the Distance in April to raise money for the one million people that are living with dementia in the UK today. The first treatments that ...
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March 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My wife is swimming 5k to fundraise for Alzheimer’s Research UK at the end of the month - if you have a spare quid or two, she’d very much appreciate some sponsorship!
Thanks!
socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...
Thanks!
socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...
The wonderful @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social joins the @stockportnoir.bsky.social lineup!
Delighted to announce that Ruth Ware will be joining us at Stockport Noir 2026.
Ruth is the bestselling author of many wonderful books, including In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10 and One Perfect Couple.
Tickets (which are selling fast) are available here: shorturl.at/FK8Pv
Ruth is the bestselling author of many wonderful books, including In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10 and One Perfect Couple.
Tickets (which are selling fast) are available here: shorturl.at/FK8Pv
March 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The wonderful @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social joins the @stockportnoir.bsky.social lineup!
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We’re going to announce another author tonight, to say thank you for helping us sell over 200 tickets!
Check back at 8:30 pm!
Check back at 8:30 pm!
March 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We’re going to announce another author tonight, to say thank you for helping us sell over 200 tickets!
Check back at 8:30 pm!
Check back at 8:30 pm!
200 tickets have gone. 100 remain, but not for long…
So far, we’ve announced Elly Griffiths, Abigail Dean, Vaseem Khan and Sarah Pinborough for Stockport Noir 2026.
We have big plans cooking behind the scenes…
There are now only 100 tickets left for Stockport Noir 2026. Don’t miss out!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
We have big plans cooking behind the scenes…
There are now only 100 tickets left for Stockport Noir 2026. Don’t miss out!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
March 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
200 tickets have gone. 100 remain, but not for long…
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So far, we’ve announced Elly Griffiths, Abigail Dean, Vaseem Khan and Sarah Pinborough for Stockport Noir 2026.
We have big plans cooking behind the scenes…
There are now only 100 tickets left for Stockport Noir 2026. Don’t miss out!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
We have big plans cooking behind the scenes…
There are now only 100 tickets left for Stockport Noir 2026. Don’t miss out!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
March 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
So far, we’ve announced Elly Griffiths, Abigail Dean, Vaseem Khan and Sarah Pinborough for Stockport Noir 2026.
We have big plans cooking behind the scenes…
There are now only 100 tickets left for Stockport Noir 2026. Don’t miss out!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
We have big plans cooking behind the scenes…
There are now only 100 tickets left for Stockport Noir 2026. Don’t miss out!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/serenity-boo...
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Happy publication day to @adamjfarrer.bsky.social and BROKEN BISCUITS AND OTHER MALE FAILURES! Funny, tender and moving, we can’t recommend it highly enough and are very much looking forward to welcoming Adam to Romiley in March when he’ll be in conversation with @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social!
🎫👇🏻
🎫👇🏻
February 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Happy publication day to @adamjfarrer.bsky.social and BROKEN BISCUITS AND OTHER MALE FAILURES! Funny, tender and moving, we can’t recommend it highly enough and are very much looking forward to welcoming Adam to Romiley in March when he’ll be in conversation with @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social!
🎫👇🏻
🎫👇🏻
In less than a week, @stockportnoir.bsky.social is over halfway to selling out!
February 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In less than a week, @stockportnoir.bsky.social is over halfway to selling out!