Happy Publication day Caz! Ellen lives!! Caz Frear Katherine Armstrong

A very happy 96th to Tom Lehrer! Witty AND wise...
“I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man; I hate people like that!”
'I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.'
'Be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.'

I'm writing about how women can protect their hearts after menopause and how to recognise the symptoms of cv disease. I would very much like to interview a woman who experienced a heart attack in her fifties or sixties. If anyone can help I'd be enormously grateful.

Book Cover of the Day:
Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, Jessie M. King des.

Tickets for this are limited, and already selling well - but still some spaces left to join me and Kate Griffin for some gothic inspiration ... all in the eerie setting of the Whitby Museum.

Really looking forward to visiting Whitby during the fabled Goth Weekend at the end of April.
Two events to tempt you:
A night in a haunted bookshop - join me, Essie Fox Author & Amanda Mason
A gothic writing workshop at wonderful Whitby Museum
Join us on to dabble the dark side?

This will be fabulous - three great crime writers under one library roof!

You can see Caroline Green, Rachel Wolf Author and Heather Critchlow talk all things crime fiction at Hertford Library next Wed evening!

Pick up a ticket here: bit.ly/4cNDeoH

A holiday in the UK is not a staycation, it’s a holiday in the UK

Aw c’mon, who can blame him for seizing the opportunity? bbc.com/news/world-eur…

Just a reminder that everyone should own a bathroom like this for daily ablutioning. Eltham Palace English Heritage

This will be ghoulish fun. Do join us!

Kate Griffin Essie Fox Author Whitby Bookshop And on Saturday 27th April at Whitby Museum Kate Griffin and Essie Fox Author are leading a creative writing workshop.

Friday, 26th April, join me in conversation with the fabulous Kate Griffin and Essie Fox Author at Whitby Bookshop

#TheExaminer by fiendish genius Janice Hallett is for those who like to read cosy crime while sitting on a bed of nails.
Out in August from Viper Books
Don’t Miss it!

.Viper Books Miranda Jewess

LOVED #TheExaminer - Janice Hallett is not only the queen of black comedy, but also a writer who conjures a complete character in a single line. Her books work so brilliantly because they are built on an almost supernatural genius for observation.

Privileged to have read #TheExaminer

Janice Hallett is a literary national treasure, here giving us the DARKEST of satires. Themes of art, education, collaboration & the deep state are slyly threaded into multi perspective page-turner. Hilarious & horrific!
Grade: DISTINCTION

Saw #TheMotiveandtheCue at the cinema. John Gielgud (Mark Gatiss) and Richard Burton (Jonny Flynn) wrestle over the 1964 broadway production of Hamlet, but they are both haunted men. Just marvellous. Catch it on screen if you can.

Descriptive terms that are only ever applied to women:

Feisty
Bossy
Pushy
Fierce.

I put together this list of Modern and Contemporary British #Gothic Fiction for a student. It's obviously incomplete (I had a 25-item limit and it's tailored to the student's interests) but thought I'd share it for anyone who's looking for reading recommendations.