Flaming Nora

I'm all shook up about this!  Featured in the Crime Readers' Association newsletter for August 2021.  My debut cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel. Cosy Crime Featuring 12 Elvis Impersonators Will Leave You All Shook Up! Glenda Young My debut cosy crime, Murder at the Seaview Hotel , is released by Headline in August 2021 in ebook, hardback and audiobook, with the paperback in November. It’s set in Yorkshire, in the seaside town of Scarborough, and stars a troupe of twelve Elvis impersonators called Twelvis. They arrive at the Seaview Hotel for an Elvis fan convention but their story takes a dark turn when one of the Elvis impersonators is murdered and his blue suede shoes are stolen. Hotel landlady Helen Dexter and her rescue greyhound Suki are soon on the case to solve the murder. Murder at the Seaview Hotel is the first in a series of three cosy crimes starring Helen Dexter and Suki and set in the Seaview Hotel.   Cosy crimes are all about sleuthing, ...

This week I finally sent off the completed manuscript to my   publisher, Headline, for the second in the series of my cosy crime novels. It's called Curtain Call at the Seaview Hote l and is out in May 2022. There's still a long way to go before I can consider this novel finished, however. There's editing to be done once it returns from Headline, plus proof-reading and copy editing. But still, I breathed an enormous sigh of relief at having finished the manuscript at last. It's been a joy writing this book and I've loved bringing the characters from Murder at the Seaview Hotel back to life. I'm absolutely over the moon to have been interviewed on the Visit Scarborough podcast about my cosy crime novel set in the seaside resort.  My book is the first of a series of three to be set in Scarborough and published by Headline. It's out in ebook, hardback and audiobook in August and in paperback in September. It's called  Murder at the Seaview Hotel  and yo...

A missing dog and a disappearing husband – can Val solve these mysteries on her first day as a Private Detective? My short story about Val the village detective, called “On The Case” is published today in The People's Friend Special No. 212. It's a lovely little story. __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

You can enter to win a lot of Scarborough goodies to help celebrate the release on August 5 of my cosy crime set there - Murder at the Seaview Hotel The winner will receive a signed hardback book, a box of Scarborough fudge, a stick of Scarborough rock, postcards and bookmarks PLUS a solar-powered dancing Elvis!   Why Elvis? Because my book stars 12 Elvis impersonators called Twelvis. One is found dead with his blue suede shoes missing and hotel landlady Helen Dexter is on the case to solve the crime. Five runners-up in the competition will each win a stick of Scarborough rock, postcards and bookmarks. Competition closes on Saturday 7 August at 12 noon. Enter at the pinned post here.  Good luck! __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

I'm really happy to have not just one, but two, novels included in The Bookseller's Buyer's guide to Fiction (August 2021 to Jan 2022). The books featured are my cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel  which is out in ebook, hardback and audiobook in August 2021... ...and my saga The Miner's Lass   which is out in paperback in October. Also in the special Northern weekly edition of The Bookseller, T he Miner's Lass   gets another mention too. __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I'm absolutely over the moon to have been interviewed on the Visit Scarborough podcast about my cosy crime novel set in the seaside resort.  My book is the first of a series of three to be set in Scarborough and published by Headline. It's out in ebook, hardback and audiobook in August and in paperback in September. It's called Murder at the Seaview Hotel and you can hear me on the p odcast on the Visit Scarborough websit e.  I begin speaking at 9 mins and 50 seconds. __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

I'm very honoured this week to be featured, not once, but twice, in this month's Case Files - which is the newsletter for the Crime Readers' Association.  My debut cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel is featured as it's published very soon, on August 5th, with Headline. I'm also featured in an article called  The Daily Grind   where I chat about my writing desk, my writing routine and the snacks I like to eat as I write (cheese scones, crumpets).  You can read the latest edition of  Case Files here. I'm honoured to report that my novel  The Paper Mill Girl   has been reviewed by none other than the British Association of Paper Historians in their recent newsletter.  Researching my historical novels are my most favourite part of the whole process. I spend up to 6 weeks researching details of the era which make their way into my writing. It helps to give a flavour of authenticity, as much as I can, to my work.  I'm absolutely over the moon ...

I'm honoured to report that my novel The Paper Mill Girl   has been reviewed by none other than the British Association of Paper Historians in their recent newsletter.   Researching my historical novels are my most favourite part of the whole process. I spend up to 6 weeks researching details of the era which make their way into my writing. It helps to give a flavour of authenticity, as much as I can, to my work.  I'm absolutely over the moon that my research has been recognised by such an esteemed group. And just as importantly, that they enjoyed reading it too. You can read the review below, simply click on it to enlarge it.  You can buy the book here. __ Glenda Young Twitter:  @Flaming_Nora Facebook:  GlendaYoungAuthor

I'm very honoured to be featured, not once, but twice, in this month's Case Files - which is the newsletter for the Crime Readers' Association. My debut cosy crime Murder at the Seaview Hotel is featured as it's published very soon, on August 5th, with Headline. I'm also featured in an article called The Daily Grind   where I chat about my writing desk, my writing routine and the snacks I like to eat as I write (cheese scones, crumpets).   You can read the latest edition of Case Files here. __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor

This week, once again, I've been knee-deep in editing my second cosy crime, Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel. It's not an easy process, and one that I'm dedicating the whole of July to. The latest edition of my monthly newsletter went out to readers and fans this week. If you'd like to read it, it's online here.    And you can sign up to receive the newsletters via my website, here This week I have a competition running on my Facebook page to win one of my saga novels plus a bar of gorgeous Galaxy and free bookmarks. Three prizes to be won. Enter at the pinned post on my Facebook page at http://facebook.com/GlendaYoungAuthor  This week I gave an online Community Lecture for Sunderland University, all about writing historical fiction at the end of WW1 in Sunderland. Details are here. Researching my historical saga Pearl of Pit Lane I made a clippy mat at  Beamish Museum.  Anyway, it fell to bits as I'm rubbish at sewing. The lady who's going to repair it ru...

The latest edition of my monthly newsletter to readers and fans has just been sent out. If you'd like to sign up to receive the newsletter by email, click here. And if you'd like to read the newsletter first before you decide if it's something you'd like to receive - with competitions, special offers and news, then i t's here __ Glenda Young Twitter: @Flaming_Nora Facebook: GlendaYoungAuthor