
A Short Story Involving Cats, Ghosts, Wardrobes, & Housekeeping
A Gobbelino London PI short story, set in Whitby just before the events of A Menace of Mermaids, and just after a Worry of Weres.

What Happened in London, Chapter Two: Don’t Fall for the Doughnuts
It’s not just the bin she has to worry about. There’s a problem with names, too …

What Happened in London, Chapter One: No One Predicted the Bins
Discover just what the bins are up to in the first chapter of What Happened in London…

December Means Books: A 2022 Reading Round-Up
A round-up of my reading in 2022 in characteristically disorganised but enthusiastic style, featuring pandemics, big bad wolves, and not-vampires.

7 Things – the France Version
Seven wonderful things – and a plague of photos – about the south of France, and Antibes and Caille in particular.

The A-Z of the Booklover’s Life
A very serious look at the important ingredients in the reader’s life, because these things matter.

Reading Aloud from Beast-Laid Plans
Reading chapter three of ‘Beast-Laid Plans’, and the risks of upsetting women of a certain age, especially where there are dragons involved …

Beast-Laid Plans – Chapter Two
DI Adams has accepted dragons. Even an invisible dog. But a Beast…? Read chapter two in the seventh Beaufort Scales cozy mystery now!

Beast-Laid Plans – Chapter One
Missing dragons. Rampaging beasts. Ladies of a certain age and temperament … Read chapter one in Beaufort Scales’ seventh cozy mystery here!

Serial Killers, Aliens, & Very Angry Zombies
A book chat containing surprisingly few books, but some thoughts about changing reading patterns and book love.