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Hello, and thank you for visiting my website. It’s been set up as Till Death us do Part, my debut crime novel, is being published. I hope you enjoy the first of Rev. Clare’s sleuthing adventures!
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With thanks and best wishes,
Penny
Reverend Clare’s first case
Weddings can be murder…
Reverend Clare Brakespear is used to a challenge. With a young family to wrangle, a parish to manage and a particularly excitable Golden Retriever by her side, life is never dull. But when she attends a wedding where one of the guests is fatally stabbed with a cake knife, even Clare admits that she might have been given too much to handle this time. As the police investigate the murder, they zero-in on one woman as their prime suspect, who they believe had the motive, means and opportunity to commit the crime. The trouble is, Clare is convinced that they …
‘Brilliantly fun and well plotted, with some wonderful characters . . . I was totally captivated.’
Laura Marshall
Posted on 19th September, 2025 in Events
I am doing a book signing and interview at Cherry Hinton library in Cambridge on Thursday, 16 October and it would be lovely to see any of you who are able to come along. Doors and cafe open at 7 pm, the interview is at 7.30 pm. Click here for …
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Posted on 19th September, 2025 in Events
It was a pleasure to visit this lovely bookshop in Hay-on-Wye on 5 September, and to be interviewed by Jo about the novel, and crime fiction. Jules, the bookshop owner, also provided tea and scones for everyone who attended the event.
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Posted on 19th September, 2025 in News
It is brilliant that people are now reading the novel. It was great to welcome many friends and family to the launch event on 24 July, thank you for coming. Here are some photos- including the ‘installation’ of some things associated with the book!
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Posted on 5th May, 2025 in News
Clare is in Cornwall for her second adventure, and no spoilers, but there is a mystery to unravel! The first draft of the novel is now finished, and whatever rewrites there may be, Clare will definitely be staying at a clifftop hotel on the Lizard Peninsula, and her golden retriever …
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