Newsflash!
Baby Dear is on a 99p UK Kindle Monthly Deal all July!
The Hobcast
-
The Hobeck Books podcast – have a listen!
-
Daria’s Daughter
‘Chillingly suspenseful…‘
Carmen Radtke
-
The Runaway
‘a stonking good read’
Jo Bartlett
-
Pact of Silence
‘It’s suspense with a capital ‘S’
Amanda James -
The Cold Cold Sea
‘An emotional read, a turbulent read.’
Nicki’s Book Blog
Find out more about:
Popular Posts
- Close Encounters of the Malware Kind, or: How to Kill your Computer
- The Writing Life: Getting paid...
- 50 Shades of Being Published
- The Complete 50 Shades
- A budgie called Balthasar
- Shiva, our rescue dog - the whole story
- Switzerland... The Rhine Falls
- Surviving Parenthood
- Seven weeks and counting... Stuff...
- The Week of Small Frustrations...
- Word Perfect… English as she is spelled…
- I don't believe it!!!
- Find a publisher, move to a new flat…
Archive
Tag Archives: Hobeck Books
Book news! #amwriting #crimefiction
About ten days ago, a contract arrived in N.E. Switzerland. I signed, and sent it back to crime fiction publisher Hobeck Books, where it arrived on Friday. So now it’s official – book twelve is on the way, and I’m … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged books, crime fiction, Hobeck Books, publishing, Writing
4 Comments
I #amwriting, #travel in Switzerland and a Chill award!
It’s been a busy week here in N.E Switzerland. On Monday, I travelled to Zürich to meet up with writing friends Louise Mangos – who’s coming on the blog later this month with her choice of Classic Comfort books – … Continue reading
Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, My books, The Writing Life, travel
Tagged Alison Baillie, books, editing, Hobeck Books, Louise Mangos, Writing
Leave a comment
Classic Comfort Reads… with Sue Shepherd
The idea behind the Classic Comfort posts is that each featured writer chooses a favourite title from the classics – we’ll define ‘classic’ as pre-1940 – and a favourite comfort read, a book they always return to, for whatever reasons. … Continue reading
Posted in books, Guest Posts
Tagged Agatha Christie, crime fiction, Hobeck Books, Kate Atkinson, Sue Shepherd, Swindled
2 Comments
Taster: Pact of Silence
It’s two more days until Pact of Silence hits the stores. We’ve had some lovely reviews from ARC readers and bloggers; huge thanks to you all. I know not everyone likes every book – I don’t either, but it’s always … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged crime fiction, Hobeck Books, Pact of Silence, Writing
Leave a comment
I #amwriting #books in Switzerland…
I have a couple of pieces of book news to share this weekend. First of all, Pact of Silence, suspense novel eleven (I can hardly believe I’ve written eleven…), is up on pre-order now, to be published on November 16th. … Continue reading
Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged am writing, crime fiction, feel-good fiction, Hobeck Books, Pact of Silence, Switzerland
4 Comments
Classic Comfort Reads… with Alison Morgan
The idea behind the Classic Comfort posts is that each featured writer chooses a favourite title from the classics – we’ll define ‘classic’ as pre-1940 – and a favourite comfort read, a book they always return to, for whatever reasons. … Continue reading
Posted in books, Guest Posts, The Writing Life
Tagged A.B. Morgan, Hobeck Books, John Falkner, Quirk Series, reading, Roald Dahl
4 Comments
Summer on the building site…
It’s the fourth of July – Happy Independence Day, if you’re celebrating today. Happy summer too, and here’s hoping we get one. Here in Switzerland, we’ve had bursts of heat followed by violent storms followed by days of drizzle… and … Continue reading
Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, My books, The Writing Life, travel
Tagged audiobook, Baby Dear, Book Lover's Companion, Daria's Daughter, Hobeck Books, Lianne Walker, podcast, Vienna
5 Comments
Future plans and a #NewBook
It’s the holiday weekend in Switzerland, and we have a couple of bookish things to celebrate here in my flat. The first is something I’ve been sitting on for a few weeks – then on Friday afternoon an interesting envelope … Continue reading
Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged Hobeck Books, Lake Constance, novellas
18 Comments
How (not) to make your first podcast…
Hobeck Books are very clued up about all things audio. They put out a podcast every week, with book news and chat, and an interview with someone in the book world – one of their writers, cover designers, or others … Continue reading
Posted in books, Life in Switzerland, The Writing Life
Tagged Daria's Daughter, Hobcast, Hobeck Books, interview, podcast, Writing
2 Comments
A sneak peek inside Daria’s Daughter… #newbook
I’m very excited about my new book, published next week by the lovely people at Hobeck Books. It’s set in my old home town, Glasgow, so today we’ll have a look at some of the places in the book, and … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged Daria's Daughter, Hobeck Books, Writing
8 Comments