The September edition of the BBC History Magazine contained a great review of The Cleansing Flames (since shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Award). I wanted to link to it at the time, but it wasn’t available online. Now it is. So here it is! It may take a little while to load.
There’s a wonderful new review of The Cleansing Flames on Crimetime. Reviewer Brian Ritterspak describes it as “absolutely splendid”. Thanks Brian! He goes on to say: “As before, character building, locale, atmosphere and historical detail are all beautifully balanced — not to mention the perfectly delivered exigencies of the crime fiction narrative.” Read the whole …
Well, today is the official publication day of my new novel, The Cleansing Flames. It’s the fourth (and possibly final!) instalment in my St Petersburg Mysteries series. I’ve had a lovely P-day so far, hanging out the washing, eating a large fattening raisin croissant and going to the post office. This is the life! Highlight …
UPDATE: COMPETITION NOW CLOSED! My new novel, The Cleansing Flames, is published on Thursday. It’s the fourth (and final!) instalment in my series featuring Porfiry Petrovich, the investigating magistrate I’ve taken from Dostoevsky’s great novel Crime and Punishment. To celebrate the publication, I’ve decided to give away a copy FIVE SIGNED COPIES of The Cleansing …
Chapter One of my new novel, The Cleansing Flames, is available for you to read for free on the Kobo website here. If you like what you see, feel free to pre-order the physical book here or at your favourite bricks and mortar bookshop.