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GONE WEST signing schedule

01/01/2012

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_NW Signings:

Seattle Mystery Feb 11th noon ; 

Murder by the Book, Portland, Feb 12th, 2pm·


 Calif signings:

Mysteries to Die For, Thousand Oaks, March 3, 1pm

Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, March 6, 7pm

Mystery Ink, Huntingdon Beach, March 11, noon (to be confirmed)

Book'Em Mysteries, S. Pasadena, March 11, 3 pm

And Left Coast Crime, Sacramento :-)

Anthem for Doomed Youth in PAPERBACK will also be out.
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Another one for the holidays:

12/16/2011

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I also set a Regency at Cotehele--my sister lives very close to the house and the first time I saw it I knew it was the perfect setting for a story. Or two.

In SMUGGLERS' SUMMER,  though I described the house pretty accurately, I did add a secret passage. Somehow it also turned up in Mistletoe and Murder...  
    This is the original cover of Mistletoe and Murder. Though somewhat murky, and apparently showing a summer scene, it is a picture of the actual house where the story is set, Cotehele, though I called it Brockdene, so as not to upset surviving family members NOT related to the odd goings-on that Christmas of 1923.  
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E-book edition
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The Bloody Tower review

10/03/2011

 
There's a nice review of The Bloody Tower on the Criminal History website.
<www.criminal-history.co.uk/page12.html>

Click on New Reviews, then on Golden Age.

And explore the rest of the site--lots of good stuff here.


 

Missing Daisies now available in UK

07/18/2011

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Or should it be missing Daisys, as it's a proper name?

Be that as it may, today Die Laughing, A Mourning Wedding, and Fall of a Philanderer came out in the UK.
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Daisy goes to the dentist--but he's not going to be filling any teeth today!
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Daisy's friend Lucy is getting married--or is she?
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Murder can ruin your seaside holiday...
Next week it's Gunpowder Plot and The Bloody Tower:
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A fireworks show is the perfect time to shoot someone!
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Adding to the list of unnatural deaths at the Tower of London...
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Next Daisy cover

06/14/2011

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This is probably the final version of the next Daisy book, coming in January 2012.

I think it's terrific. I like that they've put Daisy's new car in it (click on Gwynne Eight in the list lower right to see photos).

How do you like it?


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Bloody Tower research

12/29/2010

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A reader just commented on the research that went into writing The Bloody Tower. I thought I'd share with you what I told her.


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Researching the Tower was fun. I picked up a book about the history years ago, just in case I ever needed it. Then I found the email address of the librarian there (Royal Armouries Library--no longer at the Tower). Not only was she very helpful about answering my questions, when I went over she arranged a pass for me and had a whole box of books and papers waiting that she thought might be useful, including the Governor's Day Book for the week Daisy was there!

I took loads of photos, of course (though it was a bitterly cold day and I nearly froze in the process!), but when I got home, I discovered I had none of the place where the body is found. Unbelievably, a friend/reader in Canada just then told me he was going to the UK and asked if he could do any research for me. I said if he just happened to be going to the Tower... He did go, and took great pics of the spot--[Thanks, Gray!]
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Daisy found the body at the foot of these steps.

[one of Graham's photos]
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This is The Queen's House (King's, in Daisy's time), where Daisy spent the night. The arch at the bottom is the entrance to the foot of the stairs.


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The entrance to the tunnel under the Bloody Tower itself.
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A Colourful Death in Large Print

09/21/2010

 
A COLOURFUL DEATH is now out in large print in the US and UK.
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This looks like a real Cornish village. Just like Port Mabyn, in fact!
 

signing with Storm Troopers

07/11/2010

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I tried to look scared, honestly!

In aid of 1/River Road-Santa Clara volunteer library (me); 2/children's charities (them)
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Library Journal review

05/02/2010

 
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Returning from a successful business trip to London, artist Nick Gresham finds his paintings have been destroyed in his studio. When the culprit is murdered, Nick is the prime suspect, and amateur sleuth Eleanor Trewynn swings into action. VERDICT Dunn's second cozy set in 1960s Cornwall (after "Manna from Hades") is a delightful romp, full of busybodies, unscrupulous artists, and a charming Westie with character.

 Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
 
 

Signing in Salem

12/06/2009

 
I'm going to be signing in Salem  Saturday, Dec 19:  Borders on Lancaster at 2:30. Signing with me will be  LJ Sellers, author of Secrets to Die For http://www.ljsellers.com/