Florence Nightingale's influence extends beyond her revolutionary work as a nurse during the Crimean War. She transformed the way nursing care was delivered during future conflicts – and revolutionised how patients were treated in hospitals and at home.

I've always wanted to write a mystery where the murders occur in an isolated location with only a small group of suspects. And Murder at Merewood Hospital is the result...

Seaside holidays evolved in the 1920s with clothes becoming skimpier and holidaymakers looking for new types of entertainment...

Meet four of the leading characters in A Killing at Smugglers Cove...

A Killing at Smugglers Cove is set in Dawlish and Exeter in South Devon. I had great fun writing about places that are so familiar to me - this won't be Iris's last visit to Devon! Let me take you on a tour of some of the locations featured the book...

Iris Woodmore is strongly influenced by her suffragette mother. This is Violet Woodmore's story...

The Body at Carnival Bridge features four women who go against convention to enter professions previously barred to them. As a result, they make deadly enemies...

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...

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