Gavin / G. B. Ralph
@gbralph.com
📚 Author 🕵️♂️ Cosy mysteries 👬 Romcoms
👨🏫 Gay librarian approved 🏳️🌈 (he/him)
📍 Aotearoa NZ 🇳🇿
🔗 gbralph.com/links
👨🏫 Gay librarian approved 🏳️🌈 (he/him)
📍 Aotearoa NZ 🇳🇿
🔗 gbralph.com/links
Not long until our meet-cute at the library 😍 i.e. romance panel, 2:30pm tomorrow (Fri 15 Nov), HEA guaranteed x
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Not long until our meet-cute at the library 😍 i.e. romance panel, 2:30pm tomorrow (Fri 15 Nov), HEA guaranteed x
The despicably clever and talented co-author of The Bookshop Detectives, Louise Ward, has said such wonderful and generous things about The Milverton Mysteries 😮
#Mystery #Books #BookReview 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎
#Mystery #Books #BookReview 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The despicably clever and talented co-author of The Bookshop Detectives, Louise Ward, has said such wonderful and generous things about The Milverton Mysteries 😮
#Mystery #Books #BookReview 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎
#Mystery #Books #BookReview 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎
Today's writing involved:
🤴 a passenger prince,
🚛 heavy machinery, and
😮 a white-knuckle affair.
🚧 WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
📈 Book status: First draft (2%)
#CozyMystery #Mystery #WritingCommunity
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🤴 a passenger prince,
🚛 heavy machinery, and
😮 a white-knuckle affair.
🚧 WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
📈 Book status: First draft (2%)
#CozyMystery #Mystery #WritingCommunity
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November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Today's writing involved:
🤴 a passenger prince,
🚛 heavy machinery, and
😮 a white-knuckle affair.
🚧 WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
📈 Book status: First draft (2%)
#CozyMystery #Mystery #WritingCommunity
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
🤴 a passenger prince,
🚛 heavy machinery, and
😮 a white-knuckle affair.
🚧 WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
📈 Book status: First draft (2%)
#CozyMystery #Mystery #WritingCommunity
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Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence! Show me yours if you want
Fright on Stage Right 🎃🎭💀
Fright on Stage Right 🎃🎭💀
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence! Show me yours if you want
Fright on Stage Right 🎃🎭💀
Fright on Stage Right 🎃🎭💀
Love is in the air 🥰 I'll be chairing the romance panel at the Local Readers and Authors Day next weekend, chatting with A.J. Lancaster, Carole Brungar, and Sean Monaghan about their brand new romance novels.
#Library #BookEvent #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙👀📚🌎🌈✒️
#Library #BookEvent #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙👀📚🌎🌈✒️
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Love is in the air 🥰 I'll be chairing the romance panel at the Local Readers and Authors Day next weekend, chatting with A.J. Lancaster, Carole Brungar, and Sean Monaghan about their brand new romance novels.
#Library #BookEvent #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙👀📚🌎🌈✒️
#Library #BookEvent #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙👀📚🌎🌈✒️
💯 ratings for my latest on Goodreads, you guysss 😘
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
💯 ratings for my latest on Goodreads, you guysss 😘
Bye, internet 👋 For the next 8 hours, anyway. I can't be having Celebrity Traitors UK spoilers until I've watched this evening (NZ time)
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Bye, internet 👋 For the next 8 hours, anyway. I can't be having Celebrity Traitors UK spoilers until I've watched this evening (NZ time)
I updated my website header for Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes season because it's plot relevant 🔥 gbralph.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I updated my website header for Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes season because it's plot relevant 🔥 gbralph.com
A "charming cosy series" and "an intriguing Kiwi mystery laced with plenty of grin-inducing elements among the dark deeds" according to Craig Sisterson's review in this week's edition of The NZ Listener 🕵️
#Mystery #BookReview #YeahNoir 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 🌈✒️
#Mystery #BookReview #YeahNoir 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 🌈✒️
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
A "charming cosy series" and "an intriguing Kiwi mystery laced with plenty of grin-inducing elements among the dark deeds" according to Craig Sisterson's review in this week's edition of The NZ Listener 🕵️
#Mystery #BookReview #YeahNoir 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 🌈✒️
#Mystery #BookReview #YeahNoir 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 🌈✒️
All set up for spooky snacks and drinks 💀🧀
Table setting and decorations harvested from our garden and presented by my partner. Attempted soft cheese carving and Fright on Stage Right by me. Cocktail recipe from the Savoy Cocktail Book.
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Table setting and decorations harvested from our garden and presented by my partner. Attempted soft cheese carving and Fright on Stage Right by me. Cocktail recipe from the Savoy Cocktail Book.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
All set up for spooky snacks and drinks 💀🧀
Table setting and decorations harvested from our garden and presented by my partner. Attempted soft cheese carving and Fright on Stage Right by me. Cocktail recipe from the Savoy Cocktail Book.
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎
Table setting and decorations harvested from our garden and presented by my partner. Attempted soft cheese carving and Fright on Stage Right by me. Cocktail recipe from the Savoy Cocktail Book.
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Murder on Milverton Square has been launched to the №2 spot in Amazon UK's Best Sellers in Gay Fiction chart and №698 in the ✨entire✨ store!
Huge thanks to everyone who helped spread the word during today's Kindle Daily Deal in the UK 😘
#Gay #Mystery #Books 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 🌈✒️
Huge thanks to everyone who helped spread the word during today's Kindle Daily Deal in the UK 😘
#Gay #Mystery #Books 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 🌈✒️
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The first Milverton Mystery is back in the Amazon charts in the UK thanks to readers snapping up the Kindle Daily Deal 🎉
Grab yourself a copy or let a friend know there's just over 6 hours left: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BHRK58DP/
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Kindle #Books
Grab yourself a copy or let a friend know there's just over 6 hours left: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BHRK58DP/
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Kindle #Books
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The first Milverton Mystery is back in the Amazon charts in the UK thanks to readers snapping up the Kindle Daily Deal 🎉
Grab yourself a copy or let a friend know there's just over 6 hours left: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BHRK58DP/
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Kindle #Books
Grab yourself a copy or let a friend know there's just over 6 hours left: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BHRK58DP/
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Kindle #Books
Surprise 🎉 The first Milverton Mystery has been tapped for a Kindle Daily Deal in the UK! So, if you've been flirting with maybe visiting Milverton, today's your day. I'll see you there x www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BHRK58DP/
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Kindle #Books
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Kindle #Books
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Surprise 🎉 The first Milverton Mystery has been tapped for a Kindle Daily Deal in the UK! So, if you've been flirting with maybe visiting Milverton, today's your day. I'll see you there x www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BHRK58DP/
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Kindle #Books
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Kindle #Books
It's fennel-flavoured petrol made fancy 💅✨
P.S. Jump on my maiIing Iist for four spooky boozy recipes (printable PDFs!) ready for Halloween 🎃👻 gbralph.com/mailing-list/
P.S. Jump on my maiIing Iist for four spooky boozy recipes (printable PDFs!) ready for Halloween 🎃👻 gbralph.com/mailing-list/
October 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It's fennel-flavoured petrol made fancy 💅✨
P.S. Jump on my maiIing Iist for four spooky boozy recipes (printable PDFs!) ready for Halloween 🎃👻 gbralph.com/mailing-list/
P.S. Jump on my maiIing Iist for four spooky boozy recipes (printable PDFs!) ready for Halloween 🎃👻 gbralph.com/mailing-list/
Following some rather unsubtle hinting, look what I unwrapped on my birthday last week 😱 The latest releases in two of my favourite series which never fail to deliver laughs and gasps. They are, of course, the fifth Thursday Murder Club and fourth Ernest Cunningham mysteries 🕵️ #Mystery #Books
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Another terrifying tipple to try this spooky season from the pages of Fright on Stage Right 🧙♀️💜 Yesterday I sent out four Halloween-themed cocktails (with printable PDFs!) to the deliciously despicable folk on my author mailing list. You'll get access too if you join: gbralph.com/mailing-list/
October 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Another terrifying tipple to try this spooky season from the pages of Fright on Stage Right 🧙♀️💜 Yesterday I sent out four Halloween-themed cocktails (with printable PDFs!) to the deliciously despicable folk on my author mailing list. You'll get access too if you join: gbralph.com/mailing-list/
What's that under this reader's Christmas tree? A stack of Milverton #Mysteries! This tree is one of many John puts up around the house every year, saying he embraces #Christmas early for the joy of it ✨🎄 And I say why not?!
📸 John Petras shared this photo with me, shared here with his permission.
📸 John Petras shared this photo with me, shared here with his permission.
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What's that under this reader's Christmas tree? A stack of Milverton #Mysteries! This tree is one of many John puts up around the house every year, saying he embraces #Christmas early for the joy of it ✨🎄 And I say why not?!
📸 John Petras shared this photo with me, shared here with his permission.
📸 John Petras shared this photo with me, shared here with his permission.
Spooky, celebratory, colour-coordinated treats from mother dearest 🎃🕸️🕷️
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Halloween #BookSky
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Halloween #BookSky
October 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Spooky, celebratory, colour-coordinated treats from mother dearest 🎃🕸️🕷️
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Halloween #BookSky
🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎 #Mystery #Halloween #BookSky
Selfies with the birthday girl 🥳 The family celebrated Gran's 80th with a weekend in Taupō 🥂
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Selfies with the birthday girl 🥳 The family celebrated Gran's 80th with a weekend in Taupō 🥂
Fright on Stage Right is coming to ears near you very soon!
I'm delighted that @tantoraudio.bsky.social are keen to continue adapting the Milverton Mysteries for audio! We don't have any further details yet on the expected release date or anything like that, but we do know it's happening.
I'm delighted that @tantoraudio.bsky.social are keen to continue adapting the Milverton Mysteries for audio! We don't have any further details yet on the expected release date or anything like that, but we do know it's happening.
October 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Fright on Stage Right is coming to ears near you very soon!
I'm delighted that @tantoraudio.bsky.social are keen to continue adapting the Milverton Mysteries for audio! We don't have any further details yet on the expected release date or anything like that, but we do know it's happening.
I'm delighted that @tantoraudio.bsky.social are keen to continue adapting the Milverton Mysteries for audio! We don't have any further details yet on the expected release date or anything like that, but we do know it's happening.
October 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Quirky old ladies 🤝 reading gay romances
October 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Quirky old ladies 🤝 reading gay romances
I'll be running the show for two hours in just three days! Come along and see what mischief we can get up to 🎃🎭
If you're keen to participate, you can join the Cozy Mystery Lovers / Meg's Cozy Corner Facebook Group now so you're ready to go when… [1/2]
If you're keen to participate, you can join the Cozy Mystery Lovers / Meg's Cozy Corner Facebook Group now so you're ready to go when… [1/2]
October 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I'll be running the show for two hours in just three days! Come along and see what mischief we can get up to 🎃🎭
If you're keen to participate, you can join the Cozy Mystery Lovers / Meg's Cozy Corner Facebook Group now so you're ready to go when… [1/2]
If you're keen to participate, you can join the Cozy Mystery Lovers / Meg's Cozy Corner Facebook Group now so you're ready to go when… [1/2]
'A thorn between two roses' is how Kate described us here – her words, not ours! – which I think captures the support, generosity, hilarity, and light-hearted ribbing of our indie publishing panel at the Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Festival. [1/5]
#HBRW #Authors #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎
#HBRW #Authors #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎
October 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
'A thorn between two roses' is how Kate described us here – her words, not ours! – which I think captures the support, generosity, hilarity, and light-hearted ribbing of our indie publishing panel at the Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Festival. [1/5]
#HBRW #Authors #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎
#HBRW #Authors #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎