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,…
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.…
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, the sixth Elspeth Duff mystery, is now available on Amazon.com and other amazon sites. I hope you enjoy it!
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…
Author’s Note:Â 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…
I have only hinted about Elspeth’s life before the murder in Malta, so as a Christmas gift to you I thought I would write a snippet about her time in Hollywood. This story would have taken place in 1989. A Christmas Eve Reflection in Hollywood Elspeth Duff Craig stood at the kitchen counter and surveyed…
If you have not read A Crisis in Cyprus, this snippet may contain spoilers. An Afternoon at the National Portrait Gallery Elspeth Duff was seldom late and even on those rare occasions her tardiness resulted from a situation beyond her control. Yet today her delay was of her own making. She looked into the mirror…
In July I was knocked down by an untethered standard poodle and suffered a severe concussion and broken bone in my back, luckily without nerve damage. My doctor has told me I should not be writing anything as complex as a novel for the next six months. She did say, however, I could write short…
We are pleased to announce that a Crisis in Cyprus is now available for purchase from https://www.createspace.com/6032597. The Kindle version will be available from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Ann-Crew/e/B00I5GB0A0/) shortly. Elspeth Duff Intervenes . . . Recovering from injuries sustained on her last assignment as special security advisor to the Kennington international hotel chain, Elspeth Duff is sent…
On Saturday I attended a book talk by an author who has written a mystery about the town where I now live. She spoke of her favourite character, one she had not originally intended to put in her book. An author naturally has favourites in each book. I thought I would list mine. When writing…
