I’m very excited to announce that my new novel, Love’s Knife, is on pre-order on Amazon now and will be published on 2 September.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1YK2C8G
This is my first new novel since the pandemic lock-downs and a serious bout of writer’s block, so I’m delighted to be writing, publishing and meeting readers again.
The ebook pre-order is up now and the paperback will be up soon. Love’s Knife is the first in a new medieval murder mystery series – the Trobairitz Sleuth series.
Beatriz de Farrera is a trobairitz (a female troubadour) under the patronage of Lady Philippa, heiress of Toulouse. In the tense power plays swirling around Lady Philippa, murders start to occur. Beatriz has to use her listening and deduction skills to solve the crimes, assisted by the keen observations of her deaf friend Anna. The series is set in late 11th- to early 12th-century southern France and northern Spain.
You can read the prologue for Love’s Knife for free here.
I am currently releasing a chapter a week from Love’s Knife on Saturdays on Substack. Subscription is £5 per month. This week, Chapter 12 is released. Paying subscribers receive access to the archive of previously released chapters, the new weekly chapters and a free ebook or paperback when the serialisation is completed in August.
Free and paying subscribers will receive occasional posts on my research for the novel. I’ve already posted on:
Trobairitz (the female troubadours)
and posts coming up will cover the medieval salt trade in Occitania and the development of the pilgrim routes to Compostela, the Camino de Santiago.
Looks great, Tracey. Agree with Linda that the cover looks brilliant.
Congratulations! Love the cover.