It’s been an thrilling week for film and TV news at Joffe Books and the good news keeps on coming! We’re delighted to announce Havana Rose Liu, Dennis Haysbert and Danny Ramirez are set to lead in the film adaptation of Taylor Adams’ No Exit, a thriller for 20th Century Studios directed by Damien Power.

Deadline reports: ‘David Rysdahl, Dale Dickey and Mila Harris are also starring in the thriller, which just wrapped production in New Zealand.

Scott Frank, the co-creator of The Queen’s Gambit, is producing the movie that will stream in 2022 as a Disney direct-to-consumer original feature on Hulu in the U.S. and internationally on Disney+ as a Star feature.

Written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, the script tells of a young woman (Liu) stuck with a group of people at a mountain rest stop during a blizzard. Things take a turn for the dangerous when the young woman discovers a kidnapped child in a car belonging to one of the people inside, setting in motion a terrifying life-or-death struggle to discover who among them is the kidnapper.’

Thank you, Deadline. You can read the full article here and catch-up with previous news regarding Taylor Adams’ No Exit here. If you’d like to read the book before the film is released, you can purchase a copy of the eBook or paperback via the following link: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073BVCHKG.

Congratulations, Taylor! We can’t wait to see your fantastic novel come to life on screen – viewing party, anyone?!

Film and TV rights for Faith Martin’s DI Hillary Greene crime series have been optioned by LA-based Southwell Neal Entertainment (SNE). 

Martin was represented in the deal by Kate Nash of the Kate Nash Literary Agency while SNE was represented by Darren Trattner from Jackoway Tyerman in LA.

The DI Hillary Greene series currently has 18 novels and has sold over two million copies. The series is a cold case homicide investigation centred on a “flinty, brilliant” detective living in Oxfordshire. The titles follow Greene as she is partnered for the first time with former LAPD detective John Sullivan.

SNE’s Becky Southwell and Dylan Neal plan to create a dramatic TV series in a co-production with the UK, along with the support of Play Media in Canada.

Neal commented: “We are thrilled that Faith has entrusted us with bringing Hillary to the TV screen and know that her millions of loyal readers will be joined by even more TV viewers. We believe that everyone will fall in love with this addictive procedural and the two complicated leads at its heart, just as Becky and I have.”

If you haven’t read Faith Martin’s million-selling gripping crime mystery series yet – where have you been?! You can purchase eBook and paperback editions of each book in the series via Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/kindle/series/B084T4J2SC. Happy reading!

We’re delighted to announce The Silent Listener has been optioned for screen by Deanne Weir of WeirAnderson Films. Deanne Weir is a former media lawyer and executive turned producer, investor and company director.  She is passionate about storytelling, change-making and gender equality.

Deanne's company WeirAnderson.com invests in entrepreneurs and storytellers to help them change the world. Deanne is Chair of Ai-Media, an ASX listed global provider of speech to text services, and Seer Data & Analytics, a technology start-up helping the social sector make better decisions through the use of data and insights.

WeirAnderson.com has made direct investments in various Australian feature films, including I Used to Be Normal, BabyTeeth, Miss Fisher & The Crypt of Tears and I Am Woman.  The newest projects, under the WeirAnderson Films banner with Deanne as Executive Producer, are Blaze, the feature film debut of artist, writer and director, Del Kathryn Barton with producer Sam Jennings of Causeway Films, and How To Please a Woman, from writer / director Renee Webster and producers Judi Levine and Tania Chambers.

A board member of Screen Australia for eight years until 2016, Deanne was instrumental in the development of its Gender Matters program and remains a member of its Gender Matters Taskforce. Deanne is also Chair of the Sydney Film Festival and For Film’s Sake, an advocacy organisation providing opportunity for all women in production, distribution and cultural exhibition.

Deanne on why she wants to bring The Silent Listener to the screen:

First and foremost, The Silent Listener is a cracking read, a complex multi-layered story that leaves the reader thinking well beyond the last page. Literary and film comparisons are The Dry by Jane Harper and Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing. Lyn Yeowart’s writing is similarly visual and cinematic, I can see the characters walking across the screen as I read. While much of the story is internal to Joy, there are many ways to show her internal world on screen, and to highlight the contrast between the harshness of her external world and the rich interior one that she creates for her own survival. As a genre piece, whether you call it a gothic psychological thriller, or a murder mystery with gothic themes, there is definitely a global market for well-made stories of this kind, and I believe this is an Australian story with significant international appeal. The book’s themes explore the ongoing impacts of violence and trauma, community hypocrisy, toxic masculinity and mental health issues. And by bringing the story to screen, we can make it accessible not just for those who have loved the book, but for a whole new audience who may then turn back to the book to go even deeper into Joy’s world. I can't wait to help bring Lyn Yeowart’s distinctive voice and compelling story to a broad screen audience. 

The UK edition of The Silent Listener is available to pre-order here and will be released on Thursday 24 June 2021 – prepare to be hooked!

We’re delighted to announce that The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder by award-winning author, Victoria Dowd, is now available in audio! The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder is the first book in the Smart Woman's Mystery series and winner of the People’s Book Prize for Fiction 2021.

A faded country house in the middle of nowhere.
The guests are snowed in.
The murders begin.

Discover a golden age country house murder mystery brought bang up to date. Narrated by Esther Wane, this ‘fun and quirky take on the classic whodunit mystery’ is not one to be missed.

You can pre-order a copy of the audiobook via the following link: https://adbl.co/3xjR2Sn. Release date is Tuesday 29 June 2021. Huge thanks to Tantor Audio for publishing the audiobook edition of The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder!

May is local history month, national walking month and national crime reading month, so the fantastic team at Bridgwater Library have set to work to create a wonderful display to combine the three. If you’re in the Somerset area, pop in and say hello to the friendly team and check out their selection of crime novels set locally, books on historic Somerset crime, and walks in the surrounding area.

Our very own David Hodges and his Sergeant Kate series are included in the local Crime Walks, where readers are invited to walk the locations of some of the murders in books by local crime writers, including David, and immerse themselves in their stories.

Thank you to everyone at Bridgwater Library for creating this immersive experience. If any of our readers participate in one of David’s Crime Walks, please get in touch at office@joffebooks.com and let us know what it was like to follow in the footsteps of Sergeant Kate and her team of trusty detectives. You can find out more about the local Crime Walks in Somerset by visiting Bridgwater Library or their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BridgwaterLibraryUK.

THE DETECTIVES
Kate is a feisty, young police detective, with a dynamic approach to her job. She is plucky and tenacious, but prone to being impetuous and headstrong, which often lands her in tight spots and does not exactly endear her to her crusty detective inspector.

In stark contrast to Kate, her detective partner, Hayden, is an overweight, untidy ex-public schoolboy, with a pompous, laid-back attitude, which drives her to distraction. But he is also highly intelligent, with a keen, analytical mind and a practical, reasoned approach to everything, which, with a prevailing wind, can sometimes act as a brake on his partner’s more impulsive actions.

THE SETTING
A patchwork of fields, peat moor and marshland, dotted with picturesque villages and criss-crossed by man-made irrigation ditches or rhynes, the Somerset Levels covers an area of about 160,000 acres between the Mendips and Quantock Hills, in the County of Somerset. Sparsely populated outside the local towns of Bridgwater, Glastonbury and Street and prone to flooding, it is a haven for wildlife. A wild, secret place with an atmospheric brooding stillness that creeps into the very soul; a place where the booming call of a bittern or the beating of an owl’s wings in the mist is bound to fire the imagination of any self-respecting crime novelist, whose thoughts will invariably turn to . . . murder.

THE AUTHOR
David Hodges is a former police superintendent with thirty years’ service. Since ‘turning to crime’, he has received critical media acclaim, including a welcome accolade from Inspector Morse’s creator, the late great, Colin Dexter, and he is now a prolific novelist with eleven published crime novels and an autobiography on his police career to his credit. His previous police experience has enabled him to provide a gritty realism to his thrillers and his Somerset Murder Series, featuring feisty female detective, Kate, and her partner, Hayden, has gone from strength to strength, attracting interest in the United States as well as in the UK.

The wonderful team at Culturefly – a collaborative website written by a group of not-so-average Joes and Janes for those who love all things creative and cultural – have posted a piece by our very own Joy Ellis on the Fenland location of her books.

For those of you who are yet to discover Joy Ellis and her DI Nikki Galena series, this feature provides some interesting context to the creation and inspiration behind the series and Joy’s main character: the Fenlands themselves! “I think it all came together one evening when we were walking our first two English Springer Spaniels, Max and Rowan, out from the village and onto the fen lanes. There was what could only be described as ‘a moment’, when the atmosphere of the location just stopped me in my tracks and filled me with wonder . . . Beautiful as it was, it held a kind of menace, and that was the pivotal moment when I realised that the main character in my new novel was going to be the Fenland itself.”

You can read the full article here: www.culturefly.co.uk/the-patient-man-author-joy-ellis-on-the-fenland-location-of-her-books/.

Joy Ellis is one of six authors on the British Book of the Year’s Crime & Thriller shortlist, with the award winner announced on Thursday 13 May, 2021. Good luck to everyone involved in tonight’s award ceremony!

This morning the winners of The People’s Book Prize 2020/2021 were revealed. We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that Victoria Dowd’s debut novel, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder, is The People’s Book Prize 2020/2021 Fiction winner! Congratulations, Victoria!

Safe by Jane Adams and The Smart Woman's Guide to Murder were selected by readers as finalists in the Fiction category. They're both fantastic books and we're thrilled that Victoria went on to win. Congratulations to both Victoria and Jane for their wonderful achievements!

A huge thank-you to everyone who voted in The People's Book Prize. We have the best readers and community of book-lovers whose unwavering support for our authors never fails to amaze us.

Full details about this year’s winners can be found on The People’s Book Prize website here. Want to know more about Victoria and the Smart women? Watch this short video clip here where Victoria talks about her debut murder mystery novel, The Smart Woman's Guide to Murder, winner of The People’s Book Prize 2021 for Fiction.

Haven’t read the books yet? You can purchase both books via Amazon using the following links:

The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder by Victoria Dowd: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087C12B9L
Safe by Jane Adams: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08BS3CJTD.

We’re so excited to kick-start a brand-new series of blog posts called ‘Feature Friday’, starring some of our very own Joffe Books authors! This feature is designed to allow authors to have free rein to discuss a topic of their choice to share with our readers.

This week we’re delighted to have David Hodges in the spotlight for our first Feature Friday post. Without further ado, over to you, David!

TO PLAN OR NOT TO PLAN – THAT IS THE QUESTION

I am often asked by people, ‘How do you plan your crime novels?’ The answer I give them is, ‘I don’t.’

To plan or not to plan is a knotty question in the fiction writing world. Some writers spend hours, days – maybe even weeks – planning each stage of their novels down to the finest detail, specifying exactly what is going to happen in each chapter right down to the end. But that approach does not work for me. I have certainly tried – especially in the early stages of my writing career – but I found it a boring, laborious task that simply tied everything down so tightly that it completely ruined my enjoyment of writing.

That is not to say that I don’t have a plan at all – which may sound a little contradictory – but what I mean is, I have an idea in my head as to where my novel is going, which has invariably been inspired by something I have seen or heard in everyday life. It could be a creepy, derelict house I am driving past one night, when I see a light on in one of the windows where there shouldn’t be, or an off-the-cuff remark from someone who suggests in a jocular way that the local mortician could be sending more people on their way himself to make his business more viable. If what I’ve seen or heard strikes a chord, it will set me thinking, ‘What if?’ From that point on, the story will develop in my mind and I will spend a fair bit of time jotting down ideas on an A4 pad, until the plot emerges. At that stage, I begin writing and the story carries me forward almost of its own volition. At times I may have to change or amend things as new options occur to me. That is the downside of this kind of approach, and it requires a totally focused mind to remember what effect any changes might have on what has been written before. But the central theme remains locked in my brain and I build the twists and turns around this. In short, I know where the story is going and roughly how it will end, and the beauty of it all is that I have a ball writing it, which for me is the main thing.

So, should writers plan their work? I have to say that is up to the individual writer. If planning works for them, then great, but if it doesn’t, as long as the storyline is consistent and holds the reader, then what does it matter? The important thing with a crime thriller is to remember that it is intended to thrill. However much planning goes into it, if it doesn’t do that, then it becomes a damp squib. Maybe I am out of sync with the views of many of the writing schools, but one size can never fit all in a creative industry and, if my style or approach makes me a maverick, then that is what I am, and as long as people keep reading my novels, I will keep writing them.

DAVID HODGES

David Hodges is the author of the Somerset ‘On the Levels’ series, published by Joffe Books and featuring feisty detective sergeant, Kate, and her husband and partner, Hayden. His last published novel, Witch Fire on the Levels, is shortly to be followed by his new one, Stalker on the Levels. A former police superintendent, with thirty years’ service, David is married with two daughters and four grandchildren.

Joffe Books, in conjunction with bestselling crime writer Dorothy Koomson and literary agent Susan Yearwood, is seeking to discover a new crime fiction writer to join our bestselling list. We are launching a new writing prize for unagented crime fiction writers of colour to turn their fantastic manuscripts into bestsellers. The winner will receive a two-book publishing contract with Joffe Books.

The competition aims to champion authors from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds writing in one of our favourite crime fiction genres: electrifying psychological thrillers, cosy mysteries, gritty police procedurals, twisty chillers, unputdownable suspense mysteries, shocking domestic noirs . . .

Whether you are writing your crime fiction debut, previously published or self-published, if you are an unagented crime fiction writer of colour, we want to hear from you!

DOROTHY KOOMSON, BESTSELLING CRIME WRITER, says: “I think crime fiction in all its glory could really benefit from more stories by traditionally underrepresented writers out there. This competition is one way of doing that. I’m so excited to be a judge on this and can’t wait to read the submissions.”

SUSAN YEARWOOD, SUSAN YEARWOOD AGENCY says: “Joffe Books is one of the most innovative and inclusive-thinking digital publishers in publishing today and I am pleased to be asked to judge Joffe’s inaugural competition to find a great crime writer. I have long been a fan of Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers in this genre and I look forward to meeting big talent in crime writing.”

EMMA GRUNDY HAIGH, JOFFE BOOKS says: “We are very excited to launch this competition. If we are to create meaningful, long-lasting change within our industry, it is not enough to claim to have an open-door policy. It is our responsibility to actively seek out writers from communities that are underrepresented in our genre and support them in building sustainable careers. I can’t wait to discover the fantastic writers that enter this competition and get their work to the hands of readers.”

THE PRIZE
The winner will receive a two-book publishing contract with Joffe Books.

HOW TO ENTER
Entrants are invited to submit their full-length manuscript, written in English, along with a synopsis of the book and author biography, to prize@joffebooks.com. 

The opening date for entries is 1 May 2021. The closing date for entries is 30 September 2021 23.59 p.m. GMT. No entries received after this date will be accepted.

THE JUDGES
All submissions will be read and judged by the Joffe Books team, Dorothy Koomson and Susan Yearwood from Susan Yearwood Agency. The winner of the competition will be selected by these judges based on the strength of the writing and commercial potential.

Jasper Joffe

Emma Grundy Haigh

Dorothy Koomson

Susan Yearwood

ABOUT JOFFE BOOKS
Joffe Books is one of the UK’s leading independent publishers of excellent commercial fiction, especially crime and mystery fiction. We are renowned for working closely with authors from across the world to create fantastic books and turning them into bestsellers. Since 2014, we have published more than 500 books by over 70 authors, sold over 10 million books and been shortlisted for Independent Publisher of the Year twice (including in 2021!). Our roster of award-winning authors and New York Times, USA Today and Amazon bestsellers includes Joy Ellis (currently up for Crime & Thriller Book of the Year), Faith Martin, Robert Goddard, Rick Mofina and Stella Cameron.

While Joffe Books maintains open submissions for all authors, this competition is designed to offer an exclusive opportunity to Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers, who are particularly underrepresented in crime fiction publishing.

ABOUT DOROTHY KOOMSON
Dorothy Koomson is an award-winning, global bestselling author of 16 Sunday Times bestsellers. She was featured on the 2021 Powerlist as one of the most influential Black people in Britain and appeared in GQ Style as a Black British trailblazer. Dorothy uses her platform to support new writers and recently launched The Happy Author podcast. Her latest paperback, All My Lies Are True, the follow-up to the ITV-adapted, The Ice Cream Girls, is out now. Her next book I Know What You’ve Done, is published in July (Headline) and available to pre-order now.

Image credit: Niall McDiarmid (used above)

ABOUT SUSAN YEARWOOD
Susan Yearwood began her career in publishing in the early 1990s, gaining valuable experience at Virago, now part of Little, Brown Book Group and Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Random House). Susan Yearwood Agency was founded in 2007, starting the successful careers of debut writers Kerry Young, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and Prajwal Parajuly, shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Susan now represents a wide range of clients who write everything from book club fiction, crime/thriller, YA novels, well-being and cookery.

“The 2021 longlists for the prestigious CWA Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced.

The world-famous Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre, and have been synonymous with quality crime writing for over half a century.”

Congratulations to both Judi Daykin and Margaret Murphy who have been longlisted in separate categories for the CWA Dagger Awards!

This is a wonderful achievement and we’re beyond proud of our authors for being nominated for the below awards.

Judi Daykin’s Under Violent Skies for The John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger
This award is for the best crime novel by a first-time author of any nationality first traditionally published in the UK in English during the Judging Period. ‘Best crime novel by a first-time author’ means that the author must not have had a novel of any sort traditionally published before under any name whatsoever. In the case of novels with more than one author, all the authors must meet this requirement.

Margaret Murphy for the CWA Dagger in the Library
The Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by an established crime writer that has long been popular with borrowers from libraries. It also rewards authors who have supported libraries and their users.

Both Judi and Margaret are in excellent company and we wish every author longlisted the best of luck!

The shortlists will be announced at 9am on Thursday 20 May, before the winners in each category are revealed on Thursday 1 July.

We’re thrilled to announce that Under Violent Skies by the wonderful Judi Daykin is now available in audio! Under Violent Skies is the first book in the DI Sara Hirst series and has been hailed by readers as a “brilliant debut novel”.

Set under the brooding skies of North Norfolk. Meet Sara Hirst as she searches for her lost father and finds that great beauty sometimes conceals great violence.

You can pre-order a copy of the audiobook via the following link: https://adbl.co/3e2ZddT. Release date is 20 April 2021. Thank you to Tantor Audio for publishing the audiobook of Under Violent Skies!

It’s been an excellent week for audiobook releases and our next announcement just adds to this excitement – Charlie Gallagher’s Maddie Ives books 4, 5, and 6 are all now available in audio! Congratulations, Charlie, we’re delighted to hear this news!

If you’re not familiar with Charlie’s Maddie Ives series, where have you been?! Don’t worry, there’s plenty of time to catch up and binge-read the entire series of eBooks, paperbacks or audiobooks. Whatever your taste, we’ve got you covered!

Big thanks to Lorella Belli and Bolinda for making this happen and publishing the audiobooks.

Listen to a teaser for each audiobook below, or dive straight in and purchase the audiobooks from all great booksellers including: Bolinda.com, Audible, Amazon, Apple and Google Play.

HE KNOWS YOUR SECRETS: https://amzn.to/39fW0WB

HE WILL GET YOU:
https://amzn.to/3fdWNv6

THE DEADLY HOUSES:
https://amzn.to/3riKO1z

We’re thrilled to announce that D. E. White’s Glass Dolls, book one in the addictive Detective Dove Milson series, is now available in audio! Narrated by Zara Ramm, the Glass Dolls audiobook is the perfect lockdown pick-me-up and accompaniment for those long walks we’re all finding ourselves taking.

Glass Dolls is now available on Audible: https://amzn.to/31iE09u

But that’s not all . . . Audiobook lovers are in for a real treat this week as The Ice Daughters, book two in the Detective Dove Milson series, is now available to pre-order! You can have book two in the series lined-up ready and waiting for you once you’ve devoured book one, and if that isn’t welcome news during this difficult time, I don’t know what is!

The Ice Daughters is now available on Audible: https://amzn.to/3cmZsAV

INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR

We are delighted to announce that Joffe Books has been shortlisted for Independent Publisher of the Year for this year’s British Book Awards!

We are honoured to make the cut for the second year running, and could not have done it without all the talent and hard work of our authors, in-house team and amazing freelancers.

Check out the full list of nominees here: https://www.thebookseller.com/british-book-awards/independent-publisher

BOOK OF THE YEAR – FICTION: CRIME & THRILLER

We are equally ecstatic that the wonderful Joy Ellis has been shortlisted for the Crime and Thriller Book of the Year for The Patient Man! Joy has worked incredibly hard and we are thrilled that she has been awarded this recognition.

Here’s the full shortlist for the Crime and Thriller category: https://www.thebookseller.com/british-book-awards/crime-thriller

For those of you yet to read The Patient Man (it’s an absolute corker), you can find it here: https://geni.us/thepatientman

Thank you to all our authors and readers who have supported us on our journey over the last few years, and congratulations to all the nominees!

We’re delighted to announce a number of our wonderful authors have been chosen by the TCKPRCA committee to feature in the Reader’s Choice Awards line-up!

Featuring this year is:

• Love Byte by David Atkinson

• The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder by Victoria Dowd

• When He Vanished by T.J. Brearton

• Murder the Boys by Judith Cutler

• Witch Fire on the Levels by David Hodges

• Crime in the Gallery by Catherine Moloney

• Crime in the College by Catherine Moloney

• Murder Among Friends by Janice Frost

• Before He Kills Again by Margaret Murphy

• Don’t Scream by Margaret Murphy

• Hidden in the Heart by Beth Andrews

Congratulations to David, Victoria, T.J., Judith, David, Catherine, Janice, Margaret and Beth!

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the award, TCK Publishing Reader's Choice Awards believe readers deserve to have a choice in the outcome of the awards. This belief has helped structure their casting, voting and award process and is central to everything they do. Once an author's submission has been approved by the TCKPRCA committee, it will appear on the Readers Choice Voting Page.

Over to you, our lovely readers! It’s up to you to decide a winner in each category. To cast your vote, please visit: https://www.tckpublishing.com/2021-readers-choice-voting-page/ and read the guidelines below:

How to vote:

• You may have to disable pop-up blockers to vote depending on your web browser. The pop-up notification when you vote is necessary so that bots and spammers cannot vote.

• If you are clicking on a book to vote but nothing is happening, scroll down the page and click “Change Vote” (it’s right above the “Share on Facebook” button).

• You can vote one time for ONLY ONE BOOK per category.

• Just click the arrows on the left and right side of the voting form to navigate between categories.

• Click on the BOOK TITLE of your favourite book to cast your vote and then you’re set to view your results.

• To change your vote, just click on the “CHANGE VOTE” option on the lower left corner of the voting form (just above the Facebook sharing option) and then click on the title of the book you want to vote for instead.

• Only one vote per IP address will be accepted. Offices and schools usually only have one IP address, so it would be best to vote from home to avoid losing votes.

• The awards committee will check the legitimacy of each vote before announcing the winners.

Good luck to our authors, and a big thank you to our readers for participating!

The wonderful Victoria Dowd, author of The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder and Body on the Island, is in the latest edition of Waitrose magazine!

Her most recent publication, Body on the Island, features in ‘10 things to do this week’ where readers are encouraged to ‘curl up with a crime thriller’ in Fran Quinn’s weekly guide to livening up lockdown.

At number five in the list of ten, Body on the Island is pitched as the perfect antidote to lockdown blues: ‘Dive into a murder mystery. Curl up and be whisked off to the Outer Hebrides in Victoria Dowd’s Body on the Island, a darkly comic, modern take on the Agatha Christie-style crime story, set on a survivals skills course.’ Pick up a copy of Waitrose magazine this weekend to read more.

Congratulations, Victoria! Body on the Island is available in eBook and paperback via Amazon. Be sure to get your copy while the launch deal lasts: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08W9F5ZKC. Only 0.99 for a limited time only!

Last week Joy Ellis had an exceptional week. After securing the #1 spot on Amazon’s Kindle Top 100 with Secrets on the Fens, Joy went on to appear in the Bookseller’s Bookstat e-Book Top 10 charts with Secrets on the Fens sitting nicely at number 3!

Huge congratulations to you, Joy, and thank you to all of our wonderful readers for making this happen!

Secrets on the Fens is available on Amazon.

We’re thrilled to announce Secrets on the Fens has reached #1 in Amazon’s Kindle Top 100!

Thank you so much to everyone who has bought a copy already. If you're yet to do so, you can still grab a copy at the bargain launch price of 99p / 99c: https://geni.us/secretsfensfbt

Huge congratulations to Joy Ellis for this fantastic achievement!

Get to know author Daisy White – aka D. E. White – in this interview with West Sussex County Times: https://bit.ly/38YCuOC

Daisy, who lives just south of Horsham, has published her seventh crime novel, The Ice Daughters, which is book two in the Detective Dove Milson series. For anyone who missed our December launch (where have you been?!), her latest novel is out now and available on Amazon. Grab a copy today to see what all the fuss is about: https://geni.us/icedaughtersfbt

If you’re yet to discover Glass Dolls, book one in the Detective Dove Milson series, you can still purchase a copy of the eBook and paperback via Amazon: https://geni.us/glassdollsfbt

We’re delighted to see Helen H. Durrant’s Forgotten Victim as a new edition in the Bookseller’s Digital Bestseller Lists. Coming in hot at number three, Helen’s latest soared straight to the top three upon entry and we couldn’t be happier! Congratulations, Helen, and a big thank-you to all of our lovely readers for your continued support.

Forgotten Victim is available on Amazon