And By Fire
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As of today, And by Fire is on shelves everywhere! Thanks to everyone who has pre-ordered (with a special shout out to my Pyros and First Sparks)! If you havenโt already purchased your copy of And by Fire, I hope I can tempt you to do so today, on launch day. I am dying (well…
Read MoreThe Early Reviews for AND BY FIRE Are in And I am Thrilled!
Less than a week to launch day crime-readers! And by Fire will be on shelves everywhere May 10th and I canโt wait to start getting pictures of it โvisitingโ readers across states and continents. Seriously, if you spot And by Fire in the wild (say at your local bookstore) or it arrives at your door,…
Read MoreAnnouncing the FRIENDS OF FIRE Reader Promotion
Sometimes early birds donโt get worms . . . they get FABULOUS, fiery, BOOK SWAG ๐ Today I am launching my ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Friends of Fire Reader Incentive ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ a swag extravaganza designed to celebrate reader enthusiasm for And by Fire. The Friends of Fire Incentive will reward up to fifty [yes, 50] readers who pre-order…
Read MoreNo Tea No Shade . . . King Charles IIโs Queen Did NOT Introduce Tea to England, But She Made It Fashionable
So, hereโs the skinny: Catherine of Braganza (wife of Englandโs King Charles II) loved tea, but she cannot be credited for introducing tea to the British. Catherine did, however, almost single-handedly turn tea into widely consumed and very fashionable beverage. Where did Catherineโs penchant for tea come from? Portugal. After all she was a Portuguese…
Read MorePoint of Ignition: Where the Great Fire of London REALLY Started
For precisely 350 years, everyone in England believed that Pudding Lane was THE London hotspotโthe place, on the property of Thomas Farrinerโs bakery, that the Great Fire of London sparked. Then a historian and House of Commons Clerk said nope, not so. Yes, the Great Fire beganโas generations of British school children had learnedโon the…
Read MoreAnd By Fire Book Trailer Reveal
Thrilled to share the book trailer for my upcoming novel, And by Fire! I have goosebumps! How about you? And by Fire releases inย less than 2 months (May 10, 2022), but you can pre-order your copy now wherever books are soldโincluding SIGNED copies from my exclusive source, Bards Alley (a women owned Indie bookstore).…
Read MoreA Flat with a View: Niโs place in Bankside
In And by Fire DI Nigella Parker enjoys a posh lifestyle. Not, to be clear, on her salary from the City Police of London (I am writing fiction, not fantasy), but because she comes from a wealthy, Oxbridge educated family. Central to her daily life is a flat in Bankside purchased with money inherited from…
Read MorePre-Order a SIGNED Copy of AND BY FIRE
โ๏ธI like my books like I like my checksโSIGNED.โ๏ธ Seriously, there is something extra special about a signed copy of a book, and my signed copies have pride of place in my personal library. If, like me, you get a thrill when you flip open the copy of a novel and see the authorโs signature…
Read MoreKirkus Reviews AND BY FIRE, and a DISCOUNT on Pre-Orders!!!
Iโve always had MAD RESPECT for folks who Bookstagramโyou know the ones, with the gorgeous, staged pictures of books with props. Itโs an art-form truly. And I assumed it took a heck of a lot of work. SO GUESS WHAT I DECIDED TO DO FOR FUN LAST WEEKEND? That’s right–take some glamour shots of my…
Read MoreLondonโs Great FireโA Selection of Fearsome Facts
The Great Fire of London was an event of HISTORIC proportions. While researching the 17th century timeline in AND BY FIRE, I read a collection of exceptional books on the Fire. In fact, let me drop a footnote in here with a couple of recommendations for those of you who would enjoy a deep dive…
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