After A DEATH IN DIAMONDS stormed up the ebook charts yesterday (thank you if you bought it, hope you're engrossed), I'm pleased to say that MURDER MOST ROYAL is *even cheaper*. (But equally pleased that in May it will be more expensive again and I can earn some royal-ties🙂)

I wrote a little piece for the Royal Literary Fund, featuring Save the Cat and why I make the Queen think about her furniture. It's here: royalliteraryfund.substack.com/p/my-writing-l…

Hugs to everyone who bought A Death in Diamonds today (£1.99 on Kindle). It's 104 on the Amazon chart!

HOW GORGEOUS IS THIS COVER? Thank you, Ediciones Salamandra and Iker Ayesteran for the fabulous illustration :) #AsesinatoConDiamantes #book4

hannah waddingham the TRIPLE THREAT that you are

Huge, huge congratulations to my friend the lovely Kristen Perrin - whose brilliant Murder mystery - How To Solve Your Own Murder is down to the final two #FallonBookClub

My friend Tony Robinson - on not taking us back in time, but looking to a brighter future. Could he be on to something? I’d love to see our NHS back on its feet, at least.

I can hardly contain myself!

Lovely to see The Windsor Knot appearing in Polish. Thank you!

The entire Shōgun landslide sequence kills, but Toranaga’s face when he realizes who just saved his life by prying him out of an early raw burial in the sunken, still-roiling earth (and his following sword laughter) is *sublime*

As someone who's recently undergone major abdominal surgery and is now mid-chemotherapy, I know what the Princess of Wales means when she says it takes time and effort to stay well. Glad she's finally shared the news. It must be very hard, with young children to keep safe too.

Step into the witty world of young Queen Elizabeth II in A Death in Diamonds by SJ Bennett, as she teams up with ex-Bletchley Park code breaker Joan McGraw to unravel a murder mystery in 1950s London. Read on BorrowBox now!

'I love him, but I'm not sure on that'

It’s LBF week so time to remind everyone, including myself, that writers and publishers only tweet the good stuff: the big deals, the successes.

The many disappointments we’re all facing are mainly only to be found in the DMs and down the bar. Write on.

Enjoy!

Look out for A Case of Mice and Murder in July. I loved it! A touch of Beatrix Potter, a whiff of Shardlake and a pinch of Rumpole. The plotting is brilliant and it's a joy for any lover of literature … or justice. Written by an ex-KC (who married an expert witness). Therese Keating

Celebrating Dame Ethel Walker on #InternationalWomensDay Like so many, a celebrated artist in her time who was largely forgotten after her death. The Tate is putting her back on the walls where she belongs.

Huge thanks - coming from the author of the bestselling Supermarket Mysteries and host of the #cosycrime corner! ❤️