I’m excitedly strapping on my digital roller-skates to announce through my virtual megaphone that a brand new Fiona Walker novel is out today, published worldwide by the brilliant Boldwood Books.

The Poison Pen Letters sees the Village Detectives back in action in leafy Inkbury.  Filled with colourful characters and dastardly deeds – plus plenty of tantalising twists and a sprinkle of romance – it is the perfect toasty escape as the nights draw in.

When crime writer Phoebe receives an invitation to her own funeral, she has no intention of taking it lying down. She and her husband Felix are straight on the case, along with old friend and neighbour Juno and pub landlord Mil. But before they know it, the postman drops dead on Phoebe’s doorstep, and the whole village is caught up in the drama.

Phoebe strongly suspects the culprit is close to home, but Felix is convinced it’s somebody from his wife’s past, possibly from their madcap London dating days (which some readers may remember from my ‘nineties romcom novel Kiss Chase). Meanwhile, Juno is investigaing the back-stabbing village book club, and Mil has skeletons of his own in the cupboard.

The Poison Pen Letters is available in hardback, paperback, eBook and audio. Starting at just £1.99, it’s a bargain of a reading treat. Please click below to find out how to buy.

And if you haven’t already read The Art Of Murder, they make the perfect double act!

I am eternally everyone who buys and reads the books in The Village Detectives series, and if you can find the time to review them – even just clicking a star rating at the end – that makes a world of difference too. Please share the news, tell your friends, gift them to crime-loving rellies and send up a wish for Disney+ to commission a series asap.

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