I’m delighted to reveal the gorgeously deadly cover of the second novel in The Village Detectives series, The Poison Pen Letters, which comes out on 8th November.

Phoebe and Juno are back with a new case, and it’s perplexingly toxic! There are plenty more sinister goings-on in beautiful Inkbury, alongside new friendships, family fracas, animal antics and village high jinks. Here’s the blurb…

We regret to announce the tragic death of Phoebe Fredericks…

When crime novelist Phoebe opens the post and receives an invitation to her own funeral, she’s horrified. Not least because the date of her death is marked as tomorrow.

Deciding it’s nothing more than a prank from an enemy from her past, she determines to put it to the back of her mind.

But the next morning, when her completely infuriating postman (who likes to think himself her no.1 literary critic) rings her doorbell, a parcel of poisoned pen-nibs explodes in his face. Forced to confront the fact her correspondence is more RIP than RSVP, Phoebe realises someone must want her dead.

Together with the newly-formed Village Detectives – Juno, Mil and Felix – Phoebe resolves to find out who is behind the poison pen letters before they strike again, and her fate is signed, sealed and delivered!

The Poison Pen Letters will be published in eBook, hardback, paperback, audiobook and large print, so it’s perfect to gift as well as guzzle. Print versions can be pre-ordered right now by clicking below, and the audio link will follow soon.

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