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Born the same year as the Russians launched Sputnik, I confidently expected that by the time I reached adulthood, the human race would have a pioneer colony on the Moon and be heading off towards Mars. So I was at a loss to know what to do once I realised the Final Frontier wasn’t an option and rather lost my head - I tried a lot of jobs I didn’t and married a totally unsuitable man.

Now I've finally come to terms with the fact that I’ll never leave Earth, I have a lovely time writing science fiction novels and teaching Creative Writing at Northbrook College in Worthing. I live in Littlehampton on the English south coast with a wonderful husband and a ridiculous number of books.

Recent Blog Posts

Can’t-Wait Wednesday

2 October

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. This week’s Can’t-Wait offering: Blood over Bright Haven – release date 29th October 2024 by M.L. Wang
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Review of NETGALLEY arc Where is Anybody? – Book 5 of the Gideon Sable series by Simon R. Green

23 September

I’m a fan of Green’s writing. See my reviews of his Ishmael Jones series, featuring an alien dark ops agent and his alluring sidekick, Penny, in Buried Memories, The Dark Side of the Road, Very Important Corpses, Death Shall Come, Into the Thinnest of Air, Murder in the Dark, Till Sudden Death Do Us Part, Night Train to Murder, The House on Widow’s Hill and his paranormal James Bond hero in The Man With the Golden Torc. I also thoroughly enjoyed the first four books in this fantasy heist series, The Best Thing You Can Steal, A Matter of Death and Life, What Song the Sirens Sang and Not of This World, so was delighted when I saw this offering and immediately snapped it up.
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday

11 September

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. This week’s Can’t-Wait offering: The Ballad of Smallhope & Pennyroyal – release date 12th September 2024 by Jodi Taylor
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Review of NETGALLEY arc A Messy Murder – Book 2 of the Decluttering Mysteries by Simon Brett

10 September

I’m a fan of Brett’s twisty murder mysteries with a splash of humour and a sardonic commentary on modern British society. I’ve enjoyed reading Death on the Downs, The Liar in the Library, The Killer in the Choir and Guilt at the Garage in the Fethering Mysteries, but my favourite series is his more recent Decluttering Mysteries featuring Ellen in The Clutter Corpse and An Untidy Death and Waste of a Life. So I was delighted when I spotted this latest offering – would I enjoy it as much as previous books?
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Review of INDIE Ebook Snakebitten – Book 3 of the Shadows of Eireland series by Joanna Maciejewska

6 September

I’m a fan of this author – Pacts Arcane and Otherwise, is one of my all-time favourite Sand and Sorcery series – see my reviews of By the Pact, Scars of Stone, Shadows of Kaighal and Demon Siege. I’ve also thoroughly enjoyed this urban fantasy adventure set in an alternate version of Dublin suffused with thoroughly dangerous magic. Here are my reviews of Humanborn and Myth-Touched, so I was thrilled when Joanna contacted me with an arc of Snakebitten.
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