NEW RELEASE: 'Törtchen, Tee und Tod' + A bit of bad news...
Published: Sat, 01/25/20
Hi everybody - first of all, I'm very excited to announce the release of my first translation! :-)
This is the German language edition of A SCONE TO DIE FOR (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries ~ Book 1). I hope my German readers will enjoy reading the story in their own language - and please do share with any German-speaking friends & family who might enjoy it!
Endlich ist es da!
Törtchen, Tee und Tod (Ein Oxford-Tearoom-Krimi 1)
Ein toter Tourist in ihrem gemütlichen Tearoom – ermordet mit einem Scone! Gemma ist entsetzt. Ganz klar, dass sie den Fall schnellstens aufklären muss, denn Mord ist schlecht fürs Geschäft. Vor allem, weil immer mehr Gäste glauben, dass Gemmas Scones kein Genuss, sondern eine Gefahr für Leib und Leben sind. Hilfe bekommt sie von einem neugierigen Damenkränzchen und der vorwitzigen kleinen Katze Müsli. Dass
ausgerechnet Gemmas Ex-Freund aus Collegezeiten, der sich zum attraktiven Detective gemausert hat, die Ermittlungen übernimmt und ihre herrische Mutter dem Kuppelfieber verfällt, ist das krönende Sahnehäubchen für Gemmas Probleme. Kann sie den Mörder zur Strecke bringen, bevor noch mehr Gäste den Löffel abgeben und sie ihren Tearoom für immer schließen muss?
Falls dir die Geschichte um Gemma und Müsli gefällt, kannst du hier auch schon den zweiten Band meiner Oxford-Tearoom-Krimis, „Tee mit Milch und Mord“, vorbestellen:
Unfortunately, I also have a bit of bad news. I had to make an urgent trip to Taiwan a week ago as my mother - who turns 70 this year - had a health scare, with debilitating leg pain and dangerously
high blood pressure (she ended up in the ER with a blood pressure of 200, dizziness, shortness of breath & chest pain).
It turns out that she needs to have a spinal operation and the earliest date they can fit her in is early Feb. I flew back to Australia yesterday and am back home now, but I will need to return to Taiwan in early Feb to look after my mother for the few weeks post-surgery. (It's really not the best time to be going to Asia and hanging around hospital environments, given the Corona virus epidemic in nearby
China!! Oh well, can't be helped...)
As you can imagine, this has completely disrupted things work-wise. I'd been hoping to finish writing the next book in my English Cottage Garden Mysteries:TROWEL AND ERROR (Book 4) in Jan, ready for release in Feb... but I've only completed 2/3rds of the story so far. I'll only be home for a week now before I have to leave again and I doubt I'll be able to do much writing while I'm in hospital looking after my mother...
So unfortunately, it looks like I won't be able to return to the manuscript until after my mother recovers and I can come home, hopefully at the end of Feb. I will try my best to finish the book in whatever free time I can find, but I really need quiet & isolation to focus on writing and it's difficult with so many things going on.
So I don't think the book will be ready for release until March or maybe even early April... and it also means that the next Bewitched by Chocolate mysteries (Book 7) will be delayed until the second half of the year.
I'm sorry about the delays but I hope you will understand. Due to all the travelling and being off-line, I also won't be checking email or social media as regularly, so forgive me if I'm unable to respond to your messages.
In the meantime, you might like to make sure that you've caught up on all the books in my 3 mystery series! :-)
Here are the most recent releases:
Oxford Tearoom Mysteries: The Mousse Wonderful Time of Year (Book 10)
