A Blackmailer in Bermuda

I just received the final editing comments from my new editor, Alice Roberts, for A Blackmailer in Bermuda. Now I have to review the final copy and send it off to be published. I hope to get the book out by the end of the year. Unfortunately the publishing process takes what seems like forever,…

Works In Progress

The books in the Elspeth Duff series are always in progress. Number seven, A Blackmailed in Bermuda, is currently undergoing its second review by my new editor. I am planning to have it published this winter. Number eight, working title A Presumption in Perthshire, is in its third draft, and will be published next year.…

Apologies for Lack of an Electronic Version

The Kindle version of A Deception in Denmark should be out shortly. Unfortunately there is always a delay in the electronic version of a book because it has to be reformatted. I appreciate that some of you are impatiently waiting. For fans, the Elspeth Duff mystery number seven is in the editing process. It’s called…

A Deception in Denmark

Today I sent this book to the publisher! I have had to change publishers and my editor was ill for a long time. But the book is finally done! I expect it to be ready for publication in April. Here is the back cover description: Fabia Alberti has stolen the identity and is using the…

At the Kennington Beverley Hills

Author’s Note: Because of a number of unforeseen circumstances, the publication of my next book, A Deception in Denmark, will be delayed until late next winter or early spring. Therefore to keep my readers interested, here is a snippet of how Elspeth Duff got hired by Lord Kennington. At the Kennington Beverley Hills Elspeth Duff turned…