THEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME. London, 1954. Zina Pavlou, a Cypriot grandmother, waits quietly in the custody of the Metropolitan police. She can't speak their language, but she understands what their wary looks mean: she has been accused of the brutal murder of her daughter-in-law. Eva Georgiou, Greek interpreter for the Met, knows how it feels to be voiceless as an immigrant woman. While she works as Zina’s translator, her obsession with the case deepens, and so too does her bond with the accused murderer. Zina can’t speak for herself. She can’t clear her own name. All she can ..read more

I'm delighted to be taking part in a blog tour for Palamedes PR today. Their award-winning book and product launch publicity campaigns generate headlines for great books, new stuff and good causes in the national and international press every working day of the year.  Book bloggers are no longer considered ‘fringe media’ but important vehicles to promote new titles, authors and publishers. Unlike mainstream news and feature outlets, which reach a wide but less targeted audience, blogs like Hair Past A Freckle are the go-to destination of choice for engaged consumers who return tim ..read more

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  Meet The Garnett Girls … Three sisters living in the shadow of their parents' glorious but devastating love affair. Rachel, desperate to return to London, but held hostage by the beloved, crumbling house they grew up in on the Isle of Wight. Imogen, with a devoted fiancé and a fledgling writing career, feeling a dangerous connection to a beautiful stranger. And wild, passionate Sasha, trapped between her sisters and her controlling husband, hiding a secret that could shake their family to the core… I'm delighted to be hosting the blog tour for The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore ..read more

When neatly packed male body parts wash up by the River Elbe, Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues begin a perplexing investigation. As the murdered men are identified, it becomes clear that they all had a history of abuse towards women, leading Riley to wonder if it would actually be in society’s best interests to catch the killers. But when her best friend Carla is attacked, and the police show little interest in tracking down the offenders, Chastity takes matters into her own hands. As a link between the two cases emerges, horrifying revelations threaten Chastity’s ..read more

  How do you take down an enemy when no one believes they exist? When the lawyers of alleged war criminal Hannibal Strauss are caught up in a terror attack in The Hague, barrister Michael Devlin immediately suspects all is not what it seems. Teaming up once more with Agent Joe Dempsey, they must find who's behind it all before any more innocent lives are lost. With their key witness on the run and assassins on their tail, their only lead is a codename: the Monk, a legendary and mysterious foreign agent with a fearsome reputation. But what is his stake in this dangerous game? And just who ..read more

Saturday 6th April saw Brighton welcome authors, publishing insiders and readers to the first Beyond the Book Festival. I was thrilled to be invited to attend and had a wonderful day at this welcoming, entertaining and illuminating event.  As anybody who attends book festivals and events will know, the choice of guests and how they interact with one another is so important. The Beyond the Book Festival board excelled themselves here. I attended every panel or event over the course of the day and was so impressed with the variety of events on offer, as well as the discussions or performan ..read more

  I'm thrilled to share the nominees for the third annual Capital Crime Fingerprint Awards with you today. Readers can vote for their preferred winners in each  category on the Capital Crime website. The winners will be announced at a special ceremony at the Capital Crime festival on Thursday 30th May, which will again take place at the Royal Leonardo Hotel. Crime Audio-Book of the Year THE RUNNING GRAVE by Robert Galbraith (narrated by Robert Glenister)  THE BLACKBIRD by Tim Weaver (narrated by Joe Coen, Brendan McDonald, Anjili Mohindra) THE BEDROOM WINDOW by K. L. Sl ..read more

Six months since the earth-shattering events of The Space Between Us, the revelatory hope of the aliens’ visit has turned to dust and the creatures have disappeared into the water off Scotland’s west coast. Teenager Lennox and grieving mother Heather are being held in New Broom, a makeshift US military base, the subject of experiments, alongside the Enceladons who have been captured by the authorities. Ava, who has given birth, is awaiting the jury verdict at her trial for the murder of her husband. And MI7 agent Oscar Fellowes, who has been sidelined by the US military, is beginning to thin ..read more

I'm thrilled to help announce the full lineup for this year's Capital Crime Festival, which will be held at the Leonardo Royal Hotel St Paul's, London from Thursday 30th May - Saturday 1st June 2024. Capital Crime is always the highlight of my year, you couldn't wish for a better organised, interesting, friendly and accessible festival. I hope to see lots of you there, tickets are selling fast so don't miss out! London’s Capital Crime Festival Announces Full Lineup With 50% Of Tickets Already Gone  London’s highly anticipated Capital Crime Festival is back this May 30th to June 1st, with ..read more