THE DOLL'S HOUSE - MYSTERY SCENE MAGAZINE...AN EXTRAORDINARY BOOK!

A comprehensive review of THE DOLL'S HOUSE from MYSTERY SCENE MAGAZINE in the US, described as the oldest, largest, and most authoritative guide to the crime fiction genre.

You can read the full juicy review HERE. I really should consider writing more cheerful stuff!

I paraphrase here of course, but I also appreciate both the positives and negatives within...

THE DOLL'S HOUSE by LOUISE PHILLIPS..

“If you’re looking for an intricate, multi-layered mystery, I suggest you pick up a copy of Louise Phillips’ The Doll’s House….an extraordinary book, the prose is elegant, and filled with insight....”

WOW - Publishers Weekly's Review of THE DOLL'S HOUSE - "Phillips’s fascinating follow-up.."

Thank you Publisher's Weekly for your wonderful review of THE DOLL'S HOUSE, which you can read HERE

For fans of Tana French and Patricia Cornwell!!!

Coughs lightly......."The Doll's House by Louise Phillips...perfect for fans of Tana French and Patricia Cornwall..." 

THE DOLL'S HOUSE Goodreads giveaway for all US readers...See link below......

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Publication Day!!

Today's the day folks.....publication of THE DOLL'S HOUSE in the US!!

Thanks to Polis Books!!

WINNER OF THE IRISH CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

Today marks the U.S. release for THE DOLL'S HOUSE, the riveting novel in Louise Phillips's internationally bestselling Kate Pearson series! Read this acclaimed novel from the writer called "Ireland’s finest mystery writer." (San Diego Book Review)

Amazon: http://amzn.to/2uCo9Qm

B&N: http://bit.ly/2vAeZIY

iBooks: http://apple.co/2hFS9K8

Kobo: http://bit.ly/2veQO1t

Indiebound: http://bit.ly/2vfkUlM

Full US Cover Jacket Revealed!!!!

This beauty made me smile....

Final US Cover of THE DOLL'S HOUSE!!

Publication Date USA - 8th August 2017!!!!

Polis Books

Cover Reveal - US Publication Coming August 2017!!

I know I'm not supposed to be on social media as I'm in hibernation, writing, but I couldn't resist sharing this!!!!

WOOHOO, it's the utterly AMAZING cover for the US Edition of THE DOLL'S HOUSE!!! 

Coming August 2017!!

I LOVE IT - I hope you do too!!! :-) 

Thanks to all at Polis Books, especially Jason Pinter and an amazing designer!!!

THE DOLL'S HOUSE COMING THIS AUGUST!!

I feel so lucky working with the amazing team at POLIS BOOKS, and Jason Pinter, for the US publications of both RED RIBBONS and THE DOLL'S HOUSE.

I was thrilled with the cover design of RED RIBBONS (see below) created by the fabulous design cover artist, MIMI BARK, from New York, and even more delighted to hear that she is also currently working on the cover of the upcoming publication of THE DOLL'S HOUSE!!

Actress, Caroline Morahan, is on board too, for the narration of the Audio book, and I can't wait for it all to come together this August!!

In the meantime, it's mood board time....one of my favourite activities!!

Cover Designer Mimi Bark

Actress Caroline Morahan

CRIMESQUAD...I cannot recommend this highly enough!!!

An utterly AMAZING review of RED RIBBONS from CRIMESQUAD.....Today just keeps getting better!! :-)

"Phillips maintains the tension with Red Ribbons, a deeply satisfying crime debut. Rich in atmosphere with a complex plot that really does keep you turning the pages and a list of compelling characters. I cannot recommend this book highly enough..."

READ FULL REVIEW HERE

Finding a new Favourite Mystery Author - By the Book Review!!

THANK YOU ...BY THE BOOK REVIEW, for this amazing review of Red Ribbons....

"There were few things that content me more in a literary way than finding a new Favourite Mystery Author. I really hadn't had one since Colin Dexter retired from writing the Inspector Morse series....Phillips' greatest talent, developed through what must have been thousands of hours of dedicated craft, is her ability to write in different voices with each as individual and believable as the others....(Red Ribbons) is your joy to discover.."

You can read full read here....

Edgar Nominees 2017!!

MWA Announces the 2017 Edgar Nominations

January 19, 2017, New York, NY – Mystery Writers of America announce the Nominees for the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Awards.

The Edgar Awards will be presented to the winners at our 71st Gala Banquet, April 27, 2017 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.

Huge congrats to fellow author Patricia Abbot of Polis Books, and of course, Adrian McKinty too!

And here are the nominees:

BEST NOVEL

The Ex by Alafair Burke (HarperCollins Publishers – Harper)
Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
What Remains of Me by Alison Gaylin (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)

BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR

Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry (Penguin Random House – Penguin Books)
Dodgers by Bill Beverly (Crown Publishing Group)
IQ by Joe Ide (Little, Brown & Company – Mulholland Books)
The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Dancing with the Tiger by Lili Wright (Penguin Random House – Marian Wood Book/Putnam)
The Lost Girls by Heather Young (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

Shot in Detroit by Patricia Abbott (Polis Books)
Come Twilight by Tyler Dilts (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
The 7th Canon by Robert Dugoni (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)
A Brilliant Death by Robin Yocum (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)
Heart of Stone by James W. Ziskin (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)

BEST FACT CRIME

Morgue: A Life in Death by Dr. Vincent DiMaio & Ron Franscell (St. Martin’s Press)
The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle that Brought Down the Klan by Laurence Leamer (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder That Shocked Victorian England by Paul Thomas Murphy (Pegasus Books)
While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man’s Descent into Madness by Eli Sanders (Penguin Random House – Viking Books)
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale (Penguin Random House – Penguin Press)

BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICAL

Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd (Penguin Random House – Nan A. Talese)
Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967
by Mitzi M. Brunsdale (McFarland & Company)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin (W.W. Norton – Liveright)
Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula by David J. Skal (W.W. Norton – Liveright)

BEST SHORT STORY

“Oxford Girl” – Mississippi Noir by Megan Abbott (Akashic Books)
“A Paler Shade of Death” – St. Louis Noir by Laura Benedict (Akashic Books)
“Autumn at the Automat” – In Sunlight or in Shadow by Lawrence Block (Pegasus Books)
“The Music Room” – In Sunlight or in Shadow  by Stephen King (Pegasus Books)
“The Crawl Space” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Joyce Carol Oates (Dell Magazines)

BEST JUVENILE

Summerlost by Ally Condie (Penguin Young Readers Group – Dutton BFYR)
OCDaniel by Wesley King (Simon & Schuster – Paula Wiseman Books)
The Bad Kid by Sarah Lariviere by  (Simon & Schuster – Simon & Schuster BFYR)
Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand  (Simon & Schuster – Simon & Schuster BFYR)
Framed! by James Ponti (Simon & Schuster – Aladdin)
Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry by Susan Vaught (Simon & Schuster – Paula Wiseman Books)

BEST YOUNG ADULT

Three Truths and a Lie by Brent Hartinger (Simon & Schuster – Simon Pulse)
The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group – Henry Holt BFYR)
Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown BFYR)
My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier (Soho Press – Soho Teen)
Thieving Weasels by Billy Taylor (Penguin Random House – Penguin Young Readers – Dial Books)

For details of other nominations visit HERE

Recommended for Collectors - First Mysteries, first editions.....

I am totally charmed to see RED RIBBONS included in The Mysterious Bookshop's recommended first Mysteries for collectors.....Visit here  for full list of titles.

Best Books of 2016 - BOOKLOVER Catlady's Top 16 Reads of 16!

So thrilled to be part of this listing with RED RIBBONS....BOOKLOVER CATLADY's- Best Books of 2016!

"The writing is detailed, engaging and thoughtful. The author writes like it's effortless. Exceptional talent....A cut above. Riveting. Classy." RED RIBBONS (Polis Books)

BOOKLOVER CATLADY'S TOP 16 READS OF 2016
Here they are! These are in no particular order except for my Number One book which is: Some Will Not Sleep by Adam Nevill.
* Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield
* Red Ribbons (Dr. Kate Pearson #1) by Louise Phillips
* The Vegetarian by Kan Hang
* When the Dragon Roars (Starks Trilogy #2) by Nesly Clerge
* Untouchable by Sibel Hodge
* Tuesday Falling by S. Williams
* The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
* Awakening: The Prequel To Charlotte (The Charlotte Chronicles Book 2) by Stuart Keane
* Blood Related: A Psychological Thriller by William Cook
* Tastes Like Fear (D.I. Marnie Rome, #3) by Sarah Hilary
* The Stopped Heart by Julie Myerson
* All Smoke Rises: MILK-BLOOD Redux by Mark Matthews
* Chosen Child by Linda Huber
* Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
* The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

Books of Exceptional Merit!!

GREAT NEWS!! PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STARRED REVIEW FOR *RED RIBBONS*

After the Mysterious Bookshop’s description of ‘Patricia Cornwell meets Tana French’, 2017 is starting off with a bang!! In America, Publishers Weekly, the industry’s leading news and review publication, has given RED RIBBONS a Starred Review. Only a very small percentage of books reviewed receive this accolade, awarded to books of exceptional merit!! And here is the review…..#happy #excited #jumpforjoy

"Irish author Phillips makes her U.S. debut with a masterly psychological thriller...The foibles, fears and strengths of each fully realized character all come into play and affect their judgment. In short, they are people the reader will care about." – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STARRED REVIEW – RED RIBBONS

Read this book!! - RED RIBBONS is Brilliant!

Thank you Maxine Groves of Book Lover Cat Lady for this amazing review of RED RIBBONS!!

Brilliant Irish crime fiction! Totally engaged me from start to finish.I can't believe I've not read more of Louise's books but can believe it's won a host of awards already. If you love crime, if you especially love crime featuring a top criminal psychologist then you need this in your life!

What can I say? The plot is riveting with a creepy sinister taint that I loved. Meet a creepy serial killer. Dead girls with red ribbons in their hair. The past and the present linked with dark secrets and you've got a winner.

I loved Kate Pearson. We meet her for the first time in this novel. She's a top criminal psychologist known for her work on some high priority cases and is called in to help the Garda (Irish police) find the killer behind the terrible deaths of young pretty girls. She's no perfect woman our Kate, she's flawed and very real. Brilliant at her job but with no picture perfect life.

The writing is detailed, engaging and thoughtful. The author writes like it's effortless. Exceptional talent. You know how some crime books "sound" the same? Written in familiar voices? Not this one. A cut above. Riveting. Classy.

READ FULL REVIEW HERE

Crime in the Emerald Isle - The Strand Magazine

When it comes to crime fiction, you don't get much more iconic than the Strand Magazine (CIRCA 1890)....so, I'm really honoured to have been asked to write a piece on Irish crime fiction, the writers who have influenced me, including William Trevor, and the launch of RED RIBBONS in the US with Polis Books.


CRIME IN THE EMERALD ISLE - https://www.strandmag.com/crime-fiction-in-the-emerald-isle/

Publication Day!!!

As today is publication day in the USA, all shares over the next few days are eligible to win a signed copy of RED RIBBONS....

Huge thanks to Jason Pinter of Polis Books for his commitment and vision!

Publication Day Eve - First US Review of RED RIBBONS!!

THE FIRST US REVIEW OF RED RIBBONS IS IN.....

THANK YOU 'JOURNEY OF A BOOKSELLER'

Character Development!

#Writerswise

Tweetchat tomorrow nite 9th Nov 8pm GMT 3pm ET.

SHARING SECRET WRITING TIPS ON CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PRIOR TO US PUBLICATION OF RED RIBBONS NOVEMBER 15TH....

#polisbooks #redribbons #writing

From Los Gatos to Phoenix....

I had a wonderful time in the US over the month of October, from Los Gatos to Menlo Park and on to San Francisco, and then New York and across to Phoenix Arizona....

Here are a few of my favourite pics from the iconic book shop The Poisoned Pen....

RED RIBBONS - U.S. RELEASE DATE NOVEMBER 15TH...

A Crime Cafe!

I'm delighted to be a guest blogger today at Crime Cafe!!

Put on the kettle and read about my trip stateside! Plus there's a competition for a first edition copy of RED RIBBONS in the USA!!

For full details visit Here