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17 hours ago

Dottie update. 6 months old. Still the world’s best ears. ... See MoreSee Less

Dottie update. 6 months old. Still the world’s best ears.Image attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment

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Six months already?! She sure is beautiful!

She is beautiful 😻

She beautiful 😻

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2 days ago

For years, I have been thrilling my children with tales of the advent calendars we had when I was a lad. No chocolates, no Lego, no bloody plastic dinosaurs. Not even any glitter! Just lovely pictures: a candle, three wise men, a bauble perhaps, like the ones we dreamt of seeing on the tree that we weren’t allowed to put up until Christmas Eve, when the Matchmakers and orange and lemon slices also came out.

Well, imagine my delight when I stumbled across this glorious relic from the golden past at the National Trust place up the road. No plastic tat that will end up being swallowed by a fish and take a hundred years to decompose. Nothing that will rot your teeth. Just a scene depicting a typical English yuletide and, I can confidently predict, twenty-four pictures that would defrost the chilliest heart.

The whole family are going to take it in turns to open the doors. The children have already declared it the ‘best Christmas ever’ and we haven’t even opened door one yet. My only wish, indeed all I want for Christmas, is a picture of the Baby Jesus behind door 24.
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For years, I have been thrilling my children with tales of the advent calendars we had when I was a lad. No chocolates, no Lego, no bloody plastic dinosaurs. Not even any glitter! Just lovely pictures: a candle, three wise men, a bauble perhaps, like the ones we dreamt of seeing on the tree that we weren’t allowed to put up until Christmas Eve, when the Matchmakers and orange and lemon slices also came out.  Well, imagine my delight when I stumbled across this glorious relic from the golden past at the National Trust place up the road. No plastic tat that will end up being swallowed by a fish and take a hundred years to decompose. Nothing that will rot your teeth. Just a scene depicting a typical English yuletide and, I can confidently predict, twenty-four pictures that would defrost the chilliest heart.  The whole family are going to take it in turns to open the doors. The children have already declared it the ‘best Christmas ever’ and we haven’t even opened door one yet. My only wish, indeed all I want for Christmas, is a picture of the Baby Jesus behind door 24.Image attachment

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It's very pretty...but no chocolate?

🤣 glad you found one at last… I sent them one last year via your agent but I think I recall you saying it didn’t arrive 🤔☹️

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7 days ago

Finished the latest round of edits on The Wasp Trap so took Sherlock to the local National Trust for lunch. Well, I had lunch. Last time I brought him here I bought him a sausage sandwich and the woman behind the till thought I was insane.

Perhaps she was right?
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Finished the latest round of edits on The Wasp Trap so took Sherlock to the local National Trust for lunch. Well, I had lunch. Last time I brought him here I bought him a sausage sandwich and the woman behind the till thought I was insane.  Perhaps she was right?

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What is wrong with that woman? My go to deli take away is 4 sausages, 2 for me and 1 for each of my furbabies. If I go into the shop and don't get sausages they actually sulk, well Poppy does, Freddie is always just happy to see me again 🤣🤣❤️

Nope! Our doggies deserve a sausage sarnie x

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3 weeks ago

The paperback of The Psychopath Next Door has landed! Doesn’t it look pretty?

Published worldwide on January 28th, The Psychopath Next Door is a standalone but is also part of the Magpies universe, with appearances by at least one character from that series.

What’s it about? A woman who decides the little girl next door is probably a psychopath like her…and sets out to teach her how to be evil.

Here’s the full blurb:

Ethan Dove’s family has moved to a new home in a safe community, and it’s exactly the fresh start they need. Not only is his marriage to Emma hanging by a thread, but his son, Dylan, and twelve-year-old daughter, Rose, deserve to have a happy childhood.

After Rose is bullied by the boys across the road, Ethan is relieved when the woman who lives next door steps in. Fiona Smith has come into their lives at just the right moment, and when she offers to look after Rose during the school holidays, Ethan and Emma can’t believe their luck.

Which is exactly what Fiona wants. Because, far from being the perfect neighbour, Fiona is the last person you should trust with your child. With a vicious plot for revenge, Fiona is happy to train Rose to be her accomplice, especially when she begins to suspect that Rose might not be as innocent as she appears…

Available to pre-order now as an ebook, paperback or audiobook mybook.to/PsychoNextDoor
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The paperback of The Psychopath Next Door has landed! Doesn’t it look pretty?  Published worldwide on January 28th, The Psychopath Next Door is a standalone but is also part of the Magpies universe, with appearances by at least one character from that series.  What’s it about? A woman who decides the little girl next door is probably a psychopath like her…and sets out to teach her how to be evil.  Here’s the full blurb:  Ethan Dove’s family has moved to a new home in a safe community, and it’s exactly the fresh start they need. Not only is his marriage to Emma hanging by a thread, but his son, Dylan, and twelve-year-old daughter, Rose, deserve to have a happy childhood.  After Rose is bullied by the boys across the road, Ethan is relieved when the woman who lives next door steps in. Fiona Smith has come into their lives at just the right moment, and when she offers to look after Rose during the school holidays, Ethan and Emma can’t believe their luck.  Which is exactly what Fiona wants. Because, far from being the perfect neighbour, Fiona is the last person you should trust with your child. With a vicious plot for revenge, Fiona is happy to train Rose to be her accomplice, especially when she begins to suspect that Rose might not be as innocent as she appears…  Available to pre-order now as an ebook, paperback or audiobook https://mybook.to/PsychoNextDoorImage attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment

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You should have seen my next-door-neighbours' faces when I told them the title of this book

Looking forward to this Mark, The Magpies was one of the first books I downloaded to my kindle many, many years ago 📖👍

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3 weeks ago

Yes I’m joining the influx. Twitter/X is a sad place these days so I’m hoping for better on Bluesky. Come give me a follow (username is markedwardsauthor) and I’ll follow you back. If you haven’t got Bluesky Social yet just grab it from the App Store and sign up. I’m on Threads as markedwardsauthor too. ... See MoreSee Less

Yes I’m joining the influx. Twitter/X is a sad place these days so I’m hoping for better on Bluesky. Come give me a follow (username is markedwardsauthor) and I’ll follow you back. If you haven’t got Bluesky Social yet just grab it from the App Store and sign up. I’m on Threads as markedwardsauthor too.

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I can't find you! 😞

At the risk of sounding old, I’ve never heard of bluesky?

Why can’t I find you?

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3 weeks ago

I’m busy editing. Dottie is… less busy. Aim for later this week, when edits are finished: #bemorecat ... See MoreSee Less

I’m busy editing. Dottie is… less busy. Aim for later this week, when edits are finished: #bemorecat

15 CommentsComment on Facebook

Are you editing your book due to come out in July?

I have a beautiful kitty. Her name is Scarlett. She is my life and my joy

Clearly a very happy cat x

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4 weeks ago

I have had an extremely relaxed and fun birthday. Record shopping, a pub lunch and now wine and cheesecake. Extremely spoiled. Cheers from Sherlock and me! I have a feeling the next year is going to be a good one. ... See MoreSee Less

I have had an extremely relaxed and fun birthday. Record shopping, a pub lunch and now wine and cheesecake. Extremely spoiled. Cheers from Sherlock and me! I have a feeling the next year is going to be a good one.

199 CommentsComment on Facebook

Ooh, what records (vinyl??) did you buy

Happy birthday my fellow Scorpio 🦂 I love Cheesecake x

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Yes yes yes! Going to see #LanaDelRey again!
Finished the latest round of edits on The Wasp Trap so took Sherlock to the local National Trust for lunch. Well, I had lunch. Last time I brought him here I bought him a sausage sandwich and the woman behind the till thought I was insane.  Perhaps she was right?
Yes I’m joining the influx. Twitter/X is a sad place these days so I’m hoping for better on Bluesky. Come give me a follow (username is markedwardsauthor) and I’ll follow you back. If you haven’t got Bluesky Social yet just grab it from the App Store and sign up. I’m on Threads as markedwardsauthor too.
It’s been a good year for horror and Heretic is one of 2024’s best, especially in its first half. Later, I could sense the writers going ‘how are we going to get out of this?’ but the build-up was exquisite and there was at least one really good jump scare. Amazing performances, reminiscent of Barbarian in places - and it had a Lana Del Rey reference! Recommended if you haven’t seen it yet.
I’m busy editing. Dottie is… less busy. Aim for later this week, when edits are finished: #bemorecat
I have had an extremely relaxed and fun birthday. Record shopping, a pub lunch and now wine and cheesecake. Extremely spoiled. Cheers from Sherlock and me! I have a feeling the next year is going to be a good one.
My dad painted this for me (there’s a lot of talent in my family). I’ve always dreamed of running a book shop, even though I know it must be an incredibly hard job, something people do out of passion and love. This post is dedicated to all the booksellers out there - and to my dad, a carpenter and woodturner by trade, from whom I must have inherited the urge to create and to make stuff

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