Photo by Katriona Flynn
Welcome to my website
Here you can find out about my writing,
and news of latest projects.
Big news!
I'm delighted to say my new novel Murder on Mont Blanc is now out.
Murder on Mont Blanc is a twisty murder mystery, set in the French Alps in 1931.
The new craze for skiing has hit the Alps, bringing glamour, excitement, money… and murder.
Marie-Laure Monaghan is fresh in her job as a ski instructor. But her first pupil is lying dead in the snow – and she knows it was no accident. Blamed for his death, can she find out who killed him, while not becoming the next victim herself?
Find out more about the book and further Marie-Laure mysteries to come here.
Murder on Mont Blanc is available as both paperback and e-book, to order on Amazon and from the publishers The Endless Bookcase. Plus it's on sale at independent bookshop The Book Nook in Ware.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F64DZ2Z1
theendlessbookcase.com/books/murder-on-mont-blanc/
The novel had its first outing at the Herts Book Festival 2025 on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May - for more about the 2025 great celebration of stories, books and authors, see here. And watch this space for news of the 2026 Herts Book Festival, 16th and 17th May 2026.
Here you can find out about my writing,
and news of latest projects.
Big news!
I'm delighted to say my new novel Murder on Mont Blanc is now out.
Murder on Mont Blanc is a twisty murder mystery, set in the French Alps in 1931.
The new craze for skiing has hit the Alps, bringing glamour, excitement, money… and murder.
Marie-Laure Monaghan is fresh in her job as a ski instructor. But her first pupil is lying dead in the snow – and she knows it was no accident. Blamed for his death, can she find out who killed him, while not becoming the next victim herself?
Find out more about the book and further Marie-Laure mysteries to come here.
Murder on Mont Blanc is available as both paperback and e-book, to order on Amazon and from the publishers The Endless Bookcase. Plus it's on sale at independent bookshop The Book Nook in Ware.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F64DZ2Z1
theendlessbookcase.com/books/murder-on-mont-blanc/
The novel had its first outing at the Herts Book Festival 2025 on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May - for more about the 2025 great celebration of stories, books and authors, see here. And watch this space for news of the 2026 Herts Book Festival, 16th and 17th May 2026.
My Perfect Christmas
A seasonal tale from me, especially if you're feeling rather Bah Humbug...
7.30am. 25th July. Christmas Day. God I hate Christmas.
9.15am. Arrive at the house. One of those big white town houses you get in west London.
The interiors stylist, Polly, is already here. In fact, she tells me from her step ladder as she fixes an oversize star to the top of an oversize tree, she has been here since 5.30 this morning.
OK, she has transformed the house. Fake frost icing the windows. Fairy lights round every doorway, bowls of chestnuts and mandarins, artfully scattered snowflake patterned cushions.
The lounge is a triumph. It’s totally Scandi – grey walls, white fluffy rugs and pale leather sofas. Polly has amassed a forest of white candles in glass holders along the marble mantelpiece while the huge mirror reflects tinsel and garlands everywhere in shades of orange.
Orange?
‘It’s this year’s colour!’ she snaps. ‘Who’s the featured celeb?’
It’s Carly Pinkerton, I say. Have you brought baking stuff? We want her making her famous mint choc-chip Christmas pudding.
‘Yeah yeah,’ says Polly. ‘I’ll get the kitchen set up.’
Read the rest on my short story page here...
A seasonal tale from me, especially if you're feeling rather Bah Humbug...
7.30am. 25th July. Christmas Day. God I hate Christmas.
9.15am. Arrive at the house. One of those big white town houses you get in west London.
The interiors stylist, Polly, is already here. In fact, she tells me from her step ladder as she fixes an oversize star to the top of an oversize tree, she has been here since 5.30 this morning.
OK, she has transformed the house. Fake frost icing the windows. Fairy lights round every doorway, bowls of chestnuts and mandarins, artfully scattered snowflake patterned cushions.
The lounge is a triumph. It’s totally Scandi – grey walls, white fluffy rugs and pale leather sofas. Polly has amassed a forest of white candles in glass holders along the marble mantelpiece while the huge mirror reflects tinsel and garlands everywhere in shades of orange.
Orange?
‘It’s this year’s colour!’ she snaps. ‘Who’s the featured celeb?’
It’s Carly Pinkerton, I say. Have you brought baking stuff? We want her making her famous mint choc-chip Christmas pudding.
‘Yeah yeah,’ says Polly. ‘I’ll get the kitchen set up.’
Read the rest on my short story page here...
