Reputation - 3 days to go and details of events

As pre-publication plans go, getting covid less than a fortnight until a book comes out is far from ideal - so please excuse the brevity of this post, and the blurriness of the above picture, snatched from a belated book unboxing video. With three days to go, I am playing bad catch-up here…

But I wanted to list the various events - many online but some which will be happening in real life - to celebrate my fifth novel, and third thriller, Reputation.

First, though is a link to a Guardian feature I did on Reputation, Anatomy of a Scandal and the zeitgeisty nature of my thrillers. I took voluntary redundancy from that paper 13 years ago, so it felt wonderful to be back in its pages - even if I wasn’t writing the story. (And that was hard! Never interview a journalist seems to be the consensus, and I can see why.)

I’ve also chatted to Tatler and Harper’s Bazaar, to Radio Leeds, and - tonight - to Times Radio; to the Sunday Session in New Zealand, and the Australian Sisters in Crime podcast. (I’m assured I’m not incoherent in that one, but I’m bright red as I had a fever, so please excuse that!) I’ve just recorded a podcast for Blood Brothers, to come on pub day, and there are several further podcasts, including Book Off! and In Suspense Podcast lined up.

But here are the events, with links attached.

Reading Party Event on March 2, 7pm. A read along to celebrate publication eve of Reputation. Tickets from £2.

Griffin Books - digital launch of Reputation. I did an event for Anatomy of a Scandal 3 years ago at this Penarth bookshop and am delighted to be talking to Mel virtually here.

Suffolk Libraries on March 7, 7pm. Free to support Suffolk Libraries Day.

Leeds library on March 10, 6pm, as part of the British Library’s Breaking the News exhibition.

Warwickshire libraries event - Tuesday 22 March, 7.30pm. Free. I did an event with Costa novel winner Claire Fuller in December with these organisers and over 400 people attended online.

Crawley Wordfest: Bar at the Noir - Wednesday 23rd, 7pm. Free.

Heffers, Cambridge, with Kate Rhodes. £7 entry including soft drinks and fizz.

Plus various zoom events for the Women in Law bookclub, among others, and a super exciting real-life literary festival event I’ll be sharing as soon as I can. Hope to see some of you virtually, if not in person.