During the First World War, record numbers of women entered the workplace and joined professions previously barred to them. But by the 1920s, many of the gains made towards equality were in danger of being lost...

The bridge of the novel’s title is fictitious, but the real-life Basingstoke Canal is the inspiration for The Body at Carnival Bridge...

Fleet Pond in Hampshire takes centre stage in Murder at Waldenmere Lake, the latest Iris Woodmore Mystery. In this post, I take you on a tour of some of the locations featured in the book...

Fleet Pond, and the society set up to protect it, provided the inspiration for Murder at Waldenmere Lake...

Earlier this year, I took part in an author panel with fellow crime writers T A Williams and Debbie Young to talk about writing cosy crime. Here are some of my answers to the questions we discussed.

Here's a brief introduction to some of the regular characters who feature in the Iris Woodmore Mysteries

Inspiration for Death at Crookham Hall struck in the summer of 2018 on a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament...

Crookham Hall is based on Dogmersfield House, now the Four Seasons Hotel. The restored Georgian manor house in Dogmersfield Park, Hampshire becomes the ancestral home of Lord Tobias Timpson in Death at Crookham Hall...

A glimpse into the lives of the civilian casualties as well as the German and Polish airmen involved in the Exeter Blitz provides a unique insight into those dark days of the Second World War...

An event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Exeter Blitz held a personal association for my family – and inspired reminiscences of our family’s connection with the railways and the bygone era of steam trains.