Creme de la Crime

The Mannequin House

“A SORT OF EDWARDIAN DIRTY HARRY” Mike Ripley, Shots Magazine. “Morris excels at heartbreaking scenes of pain and violence, imbuing a classic whodunit plot with emotion and psychological depth.” Publishers Weekly Starred Review. “[R]ewardingly abundant in quirky episodes and oddball players still unaccustomed to the early 20th century’s altered mores. Quinn definitely deserves a third …

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Publication day.

Official publication days don’t really mean much unless you’re J.K. Rowling. Which I’m not. Obviously. That said, today is the day officially set aside in the publishing calendar for the release of my new novel SUMMON UP THE BLOOD. Here’s the blurb from my publisher, Severn House: First in a brand-new historical mystery series featuring …

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Summon Up The Blood

“this superior whodunit” Publishers Weekly, starred review “Mesmerizing, repellent, bizarre, intelligent, dark, provocative… utterly fascinating…” Booklist, starred review “An engrossing and disquieting Sherlockian entry.” Library Journal, starred review Sample it on Aerbook: Read Now Buy it on Amazon. First in a brand-new historical mystery series featuring decidedly unconventional turn of the century sleuth, Detective Inspector …

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Adventures in e-publishing Part Four – interview with Kate Lyall Grant

KATE LYALL GRANT has worked in mainstream trade publishing for over twenty years.  In the past she’s been a senior commissioning editor at Hodder & Stoughton and Simon & Schuster UK, specialising in crime, thrillers and commercial women’s fiction, before joining independent publisher Severn House in 2010.  Kate is publisher of Creme de la Crime, …

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