THE MANTUARY BY JULIE WASSMER – BOOK REVIEW

THE MANTUARY BY JULIE WASSMER – BOOK REVIEW

Published by The Conrad Press on the 13th of November 2024 Julie Wassmer is a UK TV drama writer who wrote the BBC series EastEnders for almost twenty years before becoming the author of the popular Whitstable Pearl Mystery crime novels—now a major new TV series starring Kerry Godliman, Howard Charles, and Frances Barber. Her debut novel,  The Whitstable Pearl Mystery, followed in 2015, published by the award-winning Little, Brown Book Group. Nine books in the Whitstable Pearl Mystery series have since followed, including Murder at the Allotment, published in May 2024. The third season of the TV series Whitstable…

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FOLKESTONE BOOK FESTIVAL 2024

FOLKESTONE BOOK FESTIVAL 2024

I went to an author event at the book festival last week as it was an introduction to some of our local authors, I thought I knew most of them but I was super surprised to see the line up and only knew three of them!  Where have they been hiding, I made contact with most of them and waiting to hear from them about their writing journey and books. I will then do a series of posts about each author, I am excited to get to know them.     It was lovely to catch up with Paul Robinson…

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MURDER AT THE ALLOTMENT BY JULIE WASSMER – BOOK REVIEW

MURDER AT THE ALLOTMENT BY JULIE WASSMER – BOOK REVIEW

Published by Constable, May 2024 I have been waiting for ages for this book to be released as I was so looking forward to it. Julie is one of my favourite authors plus we get to see the series on television as well. We now have ten books set in Whitstable all about Pearl Nolan and her detective agency plus her romance with the Canterbury detective. What a good pair they make as they go about solving crimes from missing dustbins to murder, must be all those DFLs (down from London) causing all this mayhem in the coastal town of…

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FAVOURITE AUTHORS AND NEW BOOKS

FAVOURITE AUTHORS AND NEW BOOKS

There is nothing better than the postman delivering a new book and this week I received two but even better is that they were from my favourite two local authors. So if you like Whitstable or Folkestone then you may be able to recognise some of the locations. The launch of the new book Murder at the Allotment, details below and where to get tickets. Get your tickets for a great night on Thursday 16th May when we celebrate the launch of a NEW Whitstable Pearl book, Whitlit’s 10th anniversary AND the filming of the 3rd season of the TV series.…

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