And By Fire
A Flat with a View: Ni’s 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…
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✍️I like my books like I like my checks—SIGNED.✍️ 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 author’s signature…
Read MoreKirkus Reviews AND BY FIRE, and a DISCOUNT on Pre-Orders!!!
I’ve always had MAD RESPECT for folks who Bookstagram—you know the ones, with the gorgeous, staged pictures of books with props. It’s 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 MoreLondon’s Great Fire—A 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…
Read MoreSir Christopher Wren’s Stamp on a NEW London
In 1666 when London caught fire, Christopher Wren wasn’t the city’s most famous architect—not by a long shot. Just thirty-three years old, Wren was considered an amateur in the field, albeit a passionate one. His actual job was as a Professor of Astronomy at Oxford (where he’d also been commissioned to design and build a…
Read MoreLondon Circa 1666—oh the smell!
And By Fire is a dual timeline crime novel. While Nigella and O’Leary race around modern London trying to stop a brutal killer, a second pair of unlikely detectives (a lady-in-waiting to the Queen and a royal fireworks maker) search for a missing friend—a bookseller who disappeared into the smoke of London’s Great Fire some…
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