I actually forgot that I was going to get author copies of *Time Travel Telephone* 😲 So what a lovely surprise to get this delivery today from @collinsbooks.bsky.social 🤩. Check out the gorgeous illustrations by Alexandra Pulga!

I’ve written a book for Collins Big Cat Read On! Annie has uncovered a hidden alcove in the kitchen. Inside is an old telephone; there’s a message from the past… and a mystery to solve.
'Time Travel Telephone' is illustrated by the wonderful Alexandra Pulga.
#BigCatReadOn @collinsbooks.bsky.social

#TheDetentionDetectives: Talent for Trouble - the finale of my MG murder mystery series - launched yesterday and I had a lovely time at @ws_knutsford. There were slightly too many cakes and crisps 🤣 However, everyone bought lots of gorgeous books, not just mine, which was deffo a win-win for all.

Out this week - find out if The Detention Detectives can finally catch their nemesis! #thedetentiondetectives

What a lovely surprise to pop online today and discover that #thedetentiondetectives #2, Murder by Mistake, has made it through to the shortlist of the Berkshire Book Award 2025!! Thank you, and good luck to all the amazing books in the competition!

My book hoard has been greatly augmented this week, firstly with a juicy set of middle grade murder mysteries (a genre I need to keep up with!),with the last of the superb Scarlett and Browne series, and with Steph W’s A Language of Dragons, which I braved the evening train to Manc to get signed!

If anyone's in the mid-Cheshire area and fancies cake/crisps/fizz and chat with other MG murder-mystery fans, please do come along and help me celebrate the launch of the last book in The Detention Detectives trilogy! 30/01/25 (publication day) from 6.30pm at Knutsford Waterstones.

Oooh yay publicity :)

[Book promo, which I am bad at, so believe me I am suffering for this post worse than you are]:

V pleasing to spot #TalentforTrouble #thedetentiondetectives occupying a toppish spot on this chart!

Thanks to everyone who is pre-ordering, it makes a world of difference xx

CALLING ALL MURDER MYSTERY FANS! Grab the final story in the Detention Detectives series on 30th January!

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Cover art by @glennthomas.bsky.social!!

Very happy to see TDD: Murder by Mistake on the Berkshire Book Award Longlist for 2025! That's some awesome company to be in. Thanks for the nod Berkshire😍
@lucyirvine93.bsky.social