VAL PENNY

This is an exciting time for me. I moved publishers to Joffe Books at the end of last year and am thrilled that the company is re-publishing my back catelogue of DI Hunter Wilson novels as well as having commissioned new books. It is a delight to be able to share my stories with new readers. The third book in the series, Murder in the New Town, is set in Edinburgh and finds Hunter and his team investigating a crime rather closer to home than usual because Hunter's son Cameron

I am delighted that Murder in Gilmerton has been published by Joffe Books and this allows me to share more of my stories with readers. Readers are the life-blood of the book industry - without them, it doesn't exist! So today, let me share a short extract from Murder in Edinburgh with you. I hope you enjoy this and will be tempted to delve further into the story of this mystery to be solved by DI Hunter Wilson and his team. The Extract DI Hunter Wilson and DC Tim Myerscough p

My novel, Murder in Edinburgh, was published by Joffe Books on 13th May. In case you haven't read it yet I wanted to share a little bit of it with you, to entice you into DI Hunter's World. In this scene, local villain Jamie Thomson is keeping up the family busines of theft and burglary while his father is in prison for robbing a bank. Jamie Thomson swaggered along one of the tree-lined streets in the wealthy Edinburgh suburb of Morningside. To him, the capital of Scotland wa

I have now finished the manuscript of the next DI Hunter Thriller. I wanted to treat you all to a short excerpt from near the beginning of the book. Please let me know if you enjoy it. The Extract Chapter one “The festival is here again. I love this time of year. The city is so busy and vibrant,” Hunter smiled at Meera. “Edinburgh is such a beautiful city, isn’t it?” “It is. But what we call The Festival is really several different festivals of the arts. The ori

I am delighted to have been invited to take part in the tour for Shannon Symonds book, Murder by the Book, run by Jessica Thompson of BitterSweet Book Tours. The author tells me that this cozy mystery is perfect for fans of small town whodunits, quirky book clubs, and scrappy amateur sleuths with heart! So she thinks that if you enjoyed Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club, Agatha Christie’s Murder is Announced or The Secret Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams, you won’t be

There are some authors whose books you just know you are going to love. For me, Helen Matthews is one such writer and so I am thrilled that she has been willing to share an extract of her new book, If I Were You, which was published by DP Books only a couple of days ago. I'm sure you'll be as excited to read it as I am when you have enjoyed this taster. The Blurb If I Were You – a gripping standalone psychological thriller from Helen Matthews. Dark, emotionally charged a

It is a joy to have my friend Miriam Drori return to the blog on the publication of her new book Re-Connection. It is always lovely to have early details of a newly launched book, but especially when the author is a personal friend. The tour for the book of short stories entitled Re-Connections is run by Lynsey Adams of Reading Between the Lines and I am grateful to her for inviting me to take part. Thank you for having me back on your blog, Val. I was inspired to put Re-Con

I am pleased to be able to share an excerpt from Sparks the fantasy novel by Trisha Thacker. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did....

I am pleased to introduce Kimberley Webb to the blog today. She has agreed to share an excerpt from her new novel, Jillian's Island. I...

I am thrilled Marsali Taylor has agreed to come back to the blog and share an excerpt from her new novel, An Imposter in Shetland , on...

It was a thrill to produce my first collection of short stories in time for Christmas. It includes stores about DI Hunter Wilson and his...

It is my great pleasure to welcome author Jo Fenton to the blog today. Her crime fiction novels are always an excellent read and I'm...

It was a thrill to produce my first collection of short stories in time for Christmas. If I do say so myself, it makes an ideal and cost...

It is a pleasure to take part in the tour for the new novel, The Queen of Cups Murders by GB Williams. The author has shared a gripping...

It is a pleasure to be able to support the tour for Loyalty and the Learner , the new novel by Miriam Drori. The tour is run by Lynsey...

It is a delight to welcome historical novelist Eleanor Swift-Hook back to the blog. I have managed to persuade her to share an excerpt...

Debut author Anita D. Hunt has agreed to share an extract from her debut novel, Behind the Curtain with us. It was published in August by...

The first novel in my Jane Renwick Thrillers series of novels is The First Cut . The second in the series, A Fighting Chance, will be...

I am thrilled to welcome YA (young adult) author, Hetty Waite to my blog today as part of the tour for the first book in her mew trilogy,...

Hunter’s Rules will launch at The Harrogate Crime Festival! Join me and SpellBound Books at 1pm Friday 19th July at the Alexandra in...