Anyway, if I'd wanted to get the train to and from Oxford for the event tonight - a distance of 53 miles - it would have cost me £108 and the return journey would have taken over EIGHT HOURS.

A bit of information about our October guest. 'Other Women' was *massively* endorsed by Ann Cleeves last night - we're looking forward to hearing more, 16th October Hull Libraries.

So thrilled to see Both Sides of the Couch discussed In today’s The Times and The Sunday Times in a beautiful piece by Claire Cohen. Anna & I are extremely grateful to her for the sensitive way she explored the stories at the heart of the book. #traumarecovery #trauma #bothsidesofthecouch #therapy

Great evening at Waterstones Oxford with Simon Mason talking about his fantastic Finder mysteries, slim books with spectacular hooks and depth. Treat yourself by buying both this weekend. Thanks to the bookselling team for their hard work and hospitality. riverrun

Brilliant to catch up with Mick Herron at Waterstones Oxford last night. Look what he brought back from his Emmys trip for me.

Nov 28 - CITY OF DESTRUCTION, 5th in the Malabar House series. Better start banging the drum: 1951, India. The dying words of a political assassin send Persis to Delhi, India's ancient capital. PRE-ORDER: tinyurl.com/3czdrwxz 1st in series-99p Kindle: tinyurl.com/53u67ab9

The greatest writer who ever lived turns spy… To be in with a chance of winning #ASerpentintheGarden by one of the nicest blokes in crime Howard Linskey Be sure to follow us, Canelo & Howard as well as RT-ing and liking this post. UK only, comp closes at 8pm BST 22/9/24.

Why are women’s dressing gowns so insubstantial? I don’t want to look like a giggling ‘70s nymphet. I want to look like Great Uncle Bulgaria wrestling with arctic existentialism in a John Carpenter remake of The Wombles.

Thrilled to have a Christmas crime story in this cracker of an anthology. Not a turkey amongst them. Highly recommend stocking up on these. (I'll keep punning until you pre-order.) (Fair warning.)

A few tickets remaining for tonight's Ledburied! #HerefordHour🕐 BBC Hereford & Worcester Ledbury Reporter Nicola Goodwin 🎙️📺📚🏊‍♀️🏉

👀CALLING ALL DAPHNE DU MAURIER FANS - I could not be more excited about this stunning new collection of her greatest, darkest stories, introduced by Stephen King! Coming next autumn - these thirteen chilling tales will keep you up well #AfterMidnight...

Sometimes you take a beloved hoodie out of your public rotation and move it into your pajama rotation, and that’s a very solemn moment in the lifecycle of an introvert

Book bargain 👇

For today only, my McIlvanney Prize winning novel The Cracked Mirror is only 99p on Kindle. Having your brain professionally unwound after reading it might cost you a bit more. amazon.co.uk/Cracked-Mirror…

October quiz coming this afternoon. October newsletter with one of the year's biggest #crimefiction titles up for pre-publication competition giveaway and news about our first event coming tomorrow. Make sure you're signed up! bit.ly/IR1NewsletterS…

Delighted to see that THE SECRET HOURS by Mick Herron has been picked by Waterstones as one of their best paperbacks of the year! 🕵️🎉👏

New books from Sabine Durrant is the best news in today’s The Bookseller. Congratulations to Selina Walker and Century Publishing 🔥👌

Happy Publication Day!

I’m thrilled to be involved in Bay Tales in March 2025. This unmissable event was curated by Elementary V Watson (Vic) & Ann Cleeves and is supported by local bookseller Forum Books + the bound + The Accidental Bookshop. Tickets for the full day are available now. See below for details.

Gorgeous wintery book post from Elly Griffiths and Quercus Books #TheFrozenPeople is out in February