Something in the Waters – Chapter One
The rains have come to Toot Hansell this winter, and there’s much
more than damp feet at stake …
Trouble Brewing in Harrogate – Chapter One
It all started with a bull and a phone call. It’s going to end with a county in chaos …
All Out of Leeds – Chapter One
A missing necklace isn’t always just a missing necklace, any more than a duck is always just a duck …
Bonfire of the Calamities – Chapter One
Murderers, dragons, and plot … read chapter one of Beaufort Scales’ eighth cozy mystery, Bonfire of the Calamities, here!
A short story regarding wolves and trolls and loyalty
A Gobbelino-adjacent short story involving suspicious wolves, violent unicorns, and really annoying donkeys …
A Collision of Catastrophes, Chapter 1: Leeds Has Teeth
The world might be ending, but angry farmers and out-of-body experiences might end them first … Grab a sneak peek at chapter one of the final Gobbelino London, PI book!
A Short Story Involving Cats, Ghosts, Wardrobes, & Housekeeping
A Gobbelino London PI short story, set in Whitby just before the events of A Menace of Mermaids, and just after a Worry of Weres.
What Happened in London, Chapter One: No One Predicted the Bins
Discover just what the bins are up to in the first chapter of What Happened in London…
December Means Books: A 2022 Reading Round-Up
A round-up of my reading in 2022 in characteristically disorganised but enthusiastic style, featuring pandemics, big bad wolves, and not-vampires.
7 Things – the France Version
Seven wonderful things – and a plague of photos – about the south of France, and Antibes and Caille in particular.