Yanna, Yarna or Janna?

Since writing The Janna Mysteries, I’ve come across some amazing pronunciations of Janna’s name. A reader’s question about it today prompts this post.  As explained in Rosemary for Remembrance, when Janna was learning to talk she had difficulty pronouncing her name: Johanna. She was named after her father, John – although she didn’t know that…

A Ring Through Time book launch

It was heart-warming to see so many friends and to have their support at the launch of A Ring Through Time at Paul Macdonald’s wonderful Children’s Bookshop in Beecroft.  The birth of a new book is always exciting, and it was great to have this opportunity to talk about the inspiration that led to this story, and…

Janna Mysteries discount

Just a reminder that the paperback versions of Books 5 & 6 of The Janna Mysteries (Sage for Sanctuary and Thyme for Trust) are selling at a discount this month! This medieval crime series has been likened to the well-loved Brother Cadfael chronicles of Ellis Peters. Read more about The Janna Mysteries on my website:…

It’s Richard!

I first became interested in the plight of Richard III when, years ago, I read The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey in which she ‘proves’ that the portrayal of Richard had more to do with Tudor propaganda than with reality. A journey to York, while researching my Janna Mysteries, further prompted my curiosity. There…