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Etymology of the day is 'on tenterhooks' (not 'tenderhooks'): tenters, once a common sight, are wooden frames on which freshly milled cloth is stretched so that it dries without shrinking. To be on tenterhooks is to be as tense and taut as the cloth itself.

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Anyone near Perth tomorrow night, please pop in and say hello! We had Rick Astley last week and hoping for Ewan McGregor this week. 😉

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This gorgeous book, The Secrets of Blythswood Square by Sara Sheridan will be keeping me company while I wait out the foul weather 🤗

If it’s a twisty mystery and/or pacy thriller you’re after, then look no further as I have five female authors who will blow your mind! The Athenian Murders by V.J. Randle What I Hid From You by Heleen Kist_ author None of This is True by Lisa Jewell Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding

You might not be able to get The Silent Killer in Poundshop but you can get it for just 99p for a short while. Either that or you could buy a small box of matches. But only one of them will fire you up* Check it out here: amazon.co.uk/Silent-Killer-… (*It's not the matches)

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Delighted to see Rob Parker's "The Troubled Deep" on the shelves at last 🎉🎉 I was honoured to get to read and advance copy. It's as cool as the dark depths of water that harbour the most shocking of secrets! May it fly, Rob Schutz

✨ 6 DAYS TO GO! ✨ I’m so excited for #REDEMPTION to hit the shelves in paperback next Thursday! 🥳💛 Seeing the paperback in the flesh makes me wonder which colour we should go for with the next book… what colour would you like to see? 💚💙🩷💜 #booktwt

Happy tenth bookaversary, Louise Beech/Louise Swanson 🎊🎉💐 Have enjoyed all the ones I've read 🍾

Very much over the moon to see #TheTroubledDeep amongst The Times and The Sunday Times’ list of best thrillers of the year so far - doubly thrilled to be alongside so many greats, not least Anna Mazzola - Updates only., Luca Veste and Gillian McAllister! thetimes.com/culture/books/… Raven Books

Fun fact about my Book Launch: I printed out, cut and hung those book covers all by myself. The things we do to help make our books successful 😅😅😅

47 days and counting till publication for #TheMissingHour and the lovely folk at Waterstones are offering 25% off pre-orders placed before midnight on Monday using code PREORDER25 #WPreorder waterstones.com/book/the-missi…

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I've got five signed copies of the pb of The Silent Killer to #giveaway It's the first in a series about a senior cop in the first stages of early onset dementia. To get your name in the hat just retweet and like the post and follow me. UK only. Offer closes March 17. #readers

Happy #IWD2025 Here's a thread of my favie Scottish historical women - the ones I'd go away for a weekend with if I could. 👇 I'm on my way to Perth Museum tonight to give a talk about women's history in my books. The dream. Have a good one, ok? x

Readers in the UK: my debut novel IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS is currently for 99p for a Limited Time. If you haven't read my books yet, perhaps you can start with this one? amazon.co.uk/Company-Strang… There's a sequel also called IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE 🤩

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