Category: The body at back beach

Shepherding you to your next read is something that I haven’t really given much though to before. A fairly new website, Shepherd, helps readers to find new authors.

How does it work?

An author will come up with a list of books that they have read and recommend that are in some way linked to their own work. They then make a list of five books and write a bit about why the loved each one of them. It’s a great way to not only shepherd someone to their next favourite book, but also to promote the authors book.

What I’m Shepherding you to read next

I won’t give the whole game away, you’ll have to hop along to the website to do that. But I will tell you the theme for my books: The Best Books About the Adventures of Female Amature Sleuths. Fit’s quite well with the Body at Back Beach doesn’t it?

You can find my list by clicking here.

There are a few New Zealand Murder Mystery books out there. From the delightful books of Ngaio Marsh to more recent authors such as Wanda Symon or Paul Cleave. There’s now a new author on the scene, with her first book now out.

Murder Mystery from New Zealand

The Body at Back Beach is set in Port Chalmers, a small town near Dunedin in Otago. It’s not the kind of place that you’d expect a body to turn up. But that’s what happens here. Helena Statham can’t believe it when she stumbles across a skeleton. It’s not long before she becomes drawn into discovering who is behind the murder.

Get your copy today

Available from Amazon, direct from the publisher and from other good retailers. It would be great to read your reviews. Make sure that you share them on Amazon and Goodreads. You can also set it as the book you’re reading on Goodreads.

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Preorder is available for my first novel, the Body at Back Beach. With the release scheduled for next week, in fact, less than a week away, then now is a great time to order. Ebooks will be automatically delivered to your ereader, kindle, tablet or phone on Thursday. Printed copies will follow a day or so later.

Get your hands on a copy

I was able to preorder early (perks of being the author) and I’ve already got a copy of my book here. I can’t even begin to tell you how exciting it is to actually hold a physical book that I’ve written. I can’t wait to share it with you and hear what everyone thinks. Please do take the time to leave me a review once you have read it. You can do that on Amazon, or on Goodreads. You can also mark that you are reading or want to read the book on Goodreads.

Preorder options

There are a number of different places that you can get a copy of the Body at Back Beach from. Check out this previous post with some links here. While you’re here, make sure that you sign up for my newsletter and keep up to date with everything I have going on.

When I was first given the release date for my upcoming book, The Body at Back Beach, it felt like such a long way away. But here we are, just a few short weeks away.

Order before the release date

The Body at Back Beach is available to preorder now, before the 29th May 2024. You can order it from the publisher’s website here. It is also available from Amazon in the UK and US.

When Helena stumbles across what appears to be a skeleton when out for a walk in Port Chalmers, New Zealand, the last thing that she expects is to find herself investigating a murder.

Ebook or paperback

Available in both ebook and paperback format, you can choose how you’d prefer to read this new novel.

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