The Picture House Murders – The Miss Clara Vale Mysteries by Fiona Veitch Smith http://www.claravalemysteries.com Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:13:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.14 http://www.claravalemysteries.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/clara-vale-logo-150x150.png The Picture House Murders – The Miss Clara Vale Mysteries by Fiona Veitch Smith http://www.claravalemysteries.com 32 32 The Picture House Murders – #1 Best Seller! http://www.claravalemysteries.com/the-picture-house-murders-1-best-seller/ http://www.claravalemysteries.com/the-picture-house-murders-1-best-seller/#respond Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:13:05 +0000 http://www.claravalemysteries.com/?p=221 Continue reading The Picture House Murders – #1 Best Seller! →]]> 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.

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]]> http://www.claravalemysteries.com/clara-on-location-spanish-city-whitley-bay/feed/ 0 Publication day for The Picture House Murders! http://www.claravalemysteries.com/publication-day-for-the-picture-house-murders/ http://www.claravalemysteries.com/publication-day-for-the-picture-house-murders/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2023 08:45:56 +0000 http://www.claravalemysteries.com/?p=188 Continue reading Publication day for The Picture House Murders! →]]> Lights, camera, action! It’s publication day for The Picture House Murders, the first in the Miss Clara Vale Mysteries. Is it too early for champagne? While I ponder that, you can get your copy now! Ebook, print or audiobook via Amazon, or order a copy through your local bookshop. Embla Books, Bonnier Books UK

Order your copy here!

Clapperboards and the reel of film lie on a wooden board.
]]> http://www.claravalemysteries.com/publication-day-for-the-picture-house-murders/feed/ 0 Library Thing review of The Picture House Murders http://www.claravalemysteries.com/library-thing-review-of-the-picture-house-murders/ http://www.claravalemysteries.com/library-thing-review-of-the-picture-house-murders/#respond Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:13:33 +0000 http://www.claravalemysteries.com/?p=164 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
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