Home Sweet Home & a SALE!

Published: Wed, 03/04/20

"Poppy Lancaster had never been so wet and miserable in her life. Her fingers, jammed inside unwieldy rubber gloves, were numb and stiff with cold, and her clothes were soaked through and clinging to her unpleasantly. Water had even somehow seeped into her wellington boots and her feet squelched inside wet socks, making her grimace with every step..."

... and so begins TROWEL AND ERROR, Book 4 in my English Cottage Garden Mysteries :-)

Yes, I'm home and back in the saddle!

After a harrowing journey through eerily deserted airports, it's lovely to be back home in Perth, safe and sound.

Here's the view from the plane window as we came in to land - you can see the Swan River snaking its way into the city and the (few!) skyscrapers of downtown Perth on the left of the horizon. Beyond that is the Indian Ocean!

Now that I'm back in Australia, it's so nice not have to wear a mask all the time when going out, although I'm still washing my hands constantly (for 20 seconds at least, with soap & water!) or using alcohol sanitiser... Plus making sure that I refrain from touching my face when out in public (you know, the best way to get infected is to touch contaminated surfaces with your fingers and then unwittingly touch your nose, mouth or eyes).

I hope you're all taking these precautions too!

Of course, Muesli - like a typical cat - completely ignored me when I arrived back home. ;-)

A dog would have rushed up, tail wagging, tongue lolling, wriggling with delight and overjoyed to be reunited after nearly a month apart. A cat? Muesli didn't even bother getting off her bed - haha!

She did eventually deign to stroll over and inspect my suitcase in a disdainful fashion, then proceeded to complain - very loudly - that her breakfast was late and she was extremely hungry.

Oh well, I guess there's nothing like getting straight back to normal life!

So... I'm back into the manuscript. I have to admit - after almost a month away and multiple interruptions and distractions - it's been rather difficult getting going again. I feel like an old car that doesn't want to start in the mornings!

Anyway, I'm plugging away at it and I'm still hoping to finish the book in time for release in early April.

SALE! Just 99c / 99p for one week only...

Perfect timing to celebrate my return home :-) - TWO DOWN, BUN TO GO - the 3rd book in my Oxford Tearoom Mysteries, has been discounted on Amazon and is just $0.99 / £0.99 / 0.99 EUR for one week only... so if you haven't read it yet, don't miss out!

(And please share with any book-loving friends & family!)

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All my mysteries are written to that they can be read as standalone stories, so it doesn't matter if you haven't read Books 1 and 2 yet - you can start the series with Book 3. But it IS definitely better if you read them in order, because there are continuing back stories for the various characters which span the different books in the series (the murder is always solved and the case closed in each book).

(* unfortunately, the discount is on the Kindle edition only, not the paperback or the Audible version - although you can pick up the audio version HERE if you're interested)

A sinister phone call in the middle of the night throws tearoom sleuth, Gemma Rose, straight into a new murder - featuring a mysterious killing in the cloisters of an old Oxford college. The investigation points to scandals and feuds within the University, but Gemma finds unexpected clues popping up in her little Cotswolds village as she sets out to solve the mystery with the help of her mischievous tabby cat, Muesli. Meanwhile, her quaint English tearoom is in trouble, with kitchen explosions galore and a missing pastry chef... and her love life is in turmoil as she struggles to decide between the dashing Dr Lincoln Green and her old college flame, sexy CID detective Devlin O'Connor. Add an exasperating mother driving her as nutty as a fruitcake and the nosy Old Biddies meddling at every turn... can Gemma solve the mystery and save her best friend from a life behind bars?

"I tore through this delicious little mystery so fast that my Kindle is still smoking!" ~ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thanks for reading - talk soon!

Hsin-Yi
(H.Y. Hanna)

Website: www.hyhanna.com

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