Where to buy the Veronica Nash series

Due to restructuring at eXtasy Books to meet the needs of the current market they will no longer sell books directly at their site. You can find the Veronica Nash series at these locations... 

Smashwords.

Amazon. 

 

A House fit for Heroines.

Researching a book's always fun. I'm looking at places my characters would live in. This fun Art Deco house is located in Hamilton, New Zealand. It'd suit Veronica Nash and her partner Claire Sibfield-Murray right down to the ground.

The manuscript of the ninth Veronica Nash murder-mystery is almost complete. Like every manuscript in existence an author has to decide it's time to stop tinkering with it and send it out the door.

 

Works in Progress...

Often don't progress. 

I'm a Plotter. Writing murder-mysteries practically requires it. I have to know whodunnit, why, where, how, and when. It's not the kind of thing IMO that can be done using the Pantsing method without needing a lot of refining, head-scratching and rubbing out in many subsequent drafts.

I write an outline before I start on any Veronica Nash story, filling in details as they occur to me. The process can take weeks, sometimes months, but I think it's worth it as it makes writing the manuscript that much easier.

That's not to say plotting out a story beforehand is foolproof.

For my current manuscript I wrote an outline as usual then set to work. It pootled along quite nicely for the opening chapters then hit a snag. The characters were going places and doing things that jarred with what I had in mind. Fixing it required a lot of thought - often subconsciously - and a bit of time. I let it be over the holidays then returned to it afresh. 

And that's when I saw the problem was in the outline, not the manuscript. By rearranging where the principal characters are and what they're doing I overcame the stoppage (Writing is similar to plumbing: Discuss). Once that was solved everything began to flow again.

Moral of the story - Outlines are never set in stone, nor should they be.

Death on the Rocks ~ Out now!

Death drops in...

Veronica and Claire’s delayed honeymoon on the French Riviera is interrupted when a man falls onto their beach. Did Hollywood mogul Solly Myers fall—or was he pushed? He’d plenty of enemies, but negotiating the tangle of friendships and betrayals to uncover the truth is no easy task—especially after one fateful night in the casino.

Death on the Rocks - Out Now at eXtasy Books.

Death on the Rocks ~ Coming soon!

Death on the Rocks ~ Book #8 in the Veronica Nash murder-mysteries - will be released on October 21st!

Death drops in... 

 

Veronica and Claire’s delayed honeymoon on the French Riviera is interrupted when a man falls onto their beach. Did Hollywood mogul Solly Myers fall—or was he pushed? He’d plenty of enemies, but negotiating the tangle of friendships and betrayals to uncover the truth is no easy task—especially after one fateful night in the casino.

Traitor's Gold ~ Out now!

 

Traitor’s Gold

Bell, book, and scandal.

Did Veronica’s father attack a shop assistant, leaving her for dead? The retired magistrate is too ill to answer questions, so the Ladies look for an explanation.

Their quest leads to a historic family scandal and a legendary lost hoard of gold that almost toppled the Crown of England. With a dangerous stranger dogging their footsteps, the stakes are high. For Veronica, solving the case could lead to so much more than clearing her father’s name, but fate has another shock in store...

 

Traitor’s Gold ~ Out Now at Extasy Books!

And the Nun Sang Plaisir d'Amour ~ Out now!

 

Cover art by Martine Jardine

 

And the Nun Sang Plaisir d’amour

The hills are alive with the sound of mayhem...

 

Veronica and Claire head for Derbyshire on a Home 

Office mission to spy on the Willow Woofs—an 

eccentric back-to-nature group. There’s something 

rotten behind their quaint facade, but what can it be?

 

 

Chimes at Midnight ~ Out now!

 

Chimes at Midnight

Death and blackmail walk amongst the Dreaming Spires...

A year-end tradition at St. Barbara’s College Oxford ends in the death of a controversial professor. Royce Sheridan had enemies—but which one killed him? A weekend at a stately home may enable Veronica and Claire to uncover the culprit, but as a snowstorm engulfs the house and the body count rises, they may find more than they bargain for.

https://www.extasybooks.com/Chimes-at-Midnight

eXtasy Books ~ Revamped website

To celebrate eXtasy Books new revamped website they're offering 40% off sale price on certain books!

Head on over to check out a new author or title!

 

Night Flight to Babylon ~ Book #4 of the Veronica Nash murder-mysteries is out now at Devine Destinies Books!

Death in the desert...

A post with a fact-finding delegation to Iraq seems like the perfect way for Veronica Nash to escape troubles at home. When an official vanishes on the voyage out it looks like there’s more to the mission than meets the eye.

Coming soon at Devine Destinies Books!

Book Four of the Veronica Nash murder-mysteries ~ Night Flight to Babylon ~ is now available for pre-order at Devine Destinies Books, and will be out for general release on Friday May 7th.

Cover art by Martine Jardin

Tune in to Ron Clark's interview with me on Chat and Spin Radio at 2.20pm ET/7.20pm GMT to learn more about me and the Veronica Nash murder mysteries!

A Fool in the Marketplace ~ Out now

 

Murder’s afloat on the River Thames.

A pleasant Summer day hobnobbing with lords and ladies at Henley Regatta turns into a nightmare for Veronica and Claire. Someone has poisoned Claire’s oldest brother—and a dreadful secret makes her a prime suspect.

A Fool in the Marketplace - Out Now at Devine Destinies Books.

 

Coming soon...

The third in the Veronica Nash series, A Fool in the Marketplace. is coming soon to Devine Destinies Books and is available for pre-order now!

Murder’s afloat on the River Thames...

A pleasant Summer day hobnobbing with lords and ladies at Henley Regatta turns into a nightmare for Veronica and Claire. Someone has poisoned Claire’s oldest brother—and a dreadful secret makes her a prime suspect.

The first two books in the series - A Dangerous Quality and Murder at Fenton Priory are out now at Devine Destinies Books.

Murder at Fenton Priory ~ Book Two of the Veronica Nash series

Sports day thrills turn to chills when a murderer strikes...

Alumni Veronica and Claire step in when a teacher at their old school is murdered. Who would kill Georgina Maddox, and why? Danger lurks all around the gentle Suffolk countryside, and the sleuths must brave unexpected peril if they’re to bring the killer to justice. 

Murder at Fenton Priory ~ Out Now at Devine Destinies Books.

 

A Dangerous Quality ~ Book One of the Veronica Nash mystery series

Murder comes to stay at the Chesterton Hotel.

Norwich, England, Autumn 1922.

When Great War hero Captain Sylvester Brooke dies at the hotel where she works, Veronica Nash is certain someone murdered him. She investigates—and plunges into a dangerous case of deception, blackmail, and an unspeakable crime.

A Dangerous Quality ~ Book One of the Veronica Nash mysteries, out now at Devine Destinies Books.

Not long now...

Today saw the final touches made to the cover art for A Dangerous Quality, the first book of the Veronica Nash murder-mystery series. Thanks to the cover artist, the talented Martine Jardine, the cover looks pretty much as I imagined my heroine to be. The publication date is due this Autumn. Watch this page for an announcement soon.

Edit to the Limit...

The edits for A Dangerous Quality, the first book of the Veronica Nash murder-mysteries set in the 1920s, are complete. The galleys have gone through a thorough check and returned. All that remains is for the cover art to be approved and a date for release set by my publisher, Devine Destinies. 

This series has been a labour of love for a long time, through the trials and tribulations of everyday life - and I think everyone knows how that's so unsettled these days. I look forward to sharing the release with you all soon. In the meantime, stay safe!

Writing 'The End.'

It's always satisfying to write those words on the first draft of a novel! The shelter-in-place order we're living under is a mixed blessing for me. Yes, we can't go out unless for essentials, but it also allowed me plenty of time to write. Appropriately enough for Shakespeare's birthday, a volume of his works features prominently in the new story.

Life in the Time of Coronavirus

This isn't the most regular of blogs. I see the last post I wrote here was three years ago. Ouch! So, I'll try to update at least every week or so from now on.

The Corvid-19 pandemic afflicting the world is a mixed blessing to writers and artists. Many people are finding the enforced quarantine and restricted movement a burden, for which I sympathise. Not being the most extroverted of people I'm tolerating the isolation better than most. It allows me a bit more time to work on manuscripts without distractions, and even time to create a blog post now and again. I'll also have a nice piece of news to share later regarding a new book series, but more of that anon.

In the meantime, I hope everyone stays safe. Hunker down, observe the measures against the pandemic, and see you on the other side.

Strange Tides - Out now at eXtasy Books!

Cover art by Valerie Tibbs.

A journalist, an islander, and an aviatrix set out on a mysterious quest…and end up saving the world.

The South Pacific, 1937...

When journalist Lynne LaRoche gets mixed up in a bar fight she plunges into an age-old mystery. Sexy islander Sinful Patrice and his sexy black partner, aviatrix Jessie Willard, have trouble on their hands from a trio of hoodlums. Lynne intervenes - and they embrace her in a ménage-a-troi, as a way to thank her.

Togther they set out on an adventure to seek Patrice’s inheritance on a volcanic island and run across a corrupt gendarme and an evil priest who conspire to take over the world. Only Lynne, with the help of Patrice and Jessie, can stop them.

Strange Tides - Out now!
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Read Lynne's earlier adventure, Awake in the Sun, in the Sizzling Summer Shorts from eXtasy Books!

Wake Island, the Pacific Ocean, 1937.

Liberated journalist Lynne LaRoche helps her new lover to trap the killer on his tail. When the Navy gets involved in the shape of rugged Lieutenant Greely, the heat level rises!