Media & Reviews – The Miss Clara Vale Mysteries by Fiona Veitch Smith

The Pantomime Murders in Newcastle Chronicle – festive fun!

Fiona — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:49:40 +0000

The Pantomime Murders has featured in the Newcastle Chronicle as a book filled with festive fun! They focus on the various locations of the Theatre Royal and Fenwick’s. A lovely article.

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/authors-new-festive-murder-mystery-28291646

The Picture House Murders – #1 Best Seller!

Fiona — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:13:05 +0000

I’m delighted to see that The Picture House Murders has reached the #1 Best Seller spot in historical mysteries on Amazon UK. How heartening that so many people are loving this book. Thank you to all my readers – old and new – who have made this happen. I’m tickled pink and Clara is quietly chuffed.

Library Thing review of The Picture House Murders

Fiona — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:13:33 +0000

The Picture House Murders has received a glowing review from the library review site, Library Thing. You can read the full review here.

“Unputdownable! Five Stars!
Engaging characters, clear background and historical information, inventive plot twists, and diabolical red herrings. Can hardly wait until the next book!”
Library Thing

Writers’ Narrative Magazine – review of The Picture House Murders

Fiona — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 11:28:39 +0000

The Picture House Murders has received its first review appearing in the August edition of the new Writers’ Narrative Magazine. Reviewer, Wendy H. Jones says:

“I am a long-time fan of Veitch Smith’s work, particularly her Poppy Denby Mysteries. Therefore, it was with great excitement, and a little trepidation, I sat down to savour the first in her new Miss Clara Vale Mysteries. The trepidation was born of a fear that this series would not measure up to her previous series. Let me put you out of your misery and say, this one met all my expectations and then some.”

You can read the full review here. (see page 31 – 32). And you can subscribe to Writers’ Narrative yourself. It’s a free monthly online magazine – information on the back page.

The Bookseller – Embla signs Fiona Veitch Smith

Fiona — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 11:20:32 +0000

It was announced in the Bookseller on 9 February 2023 that Emba Books UK had signed Fiona for a three-book deal for the first three titles in the new Miss Clara Vale Mysteries series. You can read the announcement in the Bookseller here.