A Mirror Murder is going on tour with Rachel's Random Resources, if you wish to participate please contact me on rachel@rachelsrandomresources.com with your name, blog name, preferred post type and availability.
A Mirror Murder by Helen Hollick
Genre: Cozy Mystery/ slight historical (set in the 1970s)
Tour Dates: 15th - 19th September 2025
Publication Date: 2021
Estimated Page Count: 140
Standalone First book in the Jan Christopher mystery series
Formats available: Epub
Types of post available: Reviews, extracts, guest posts and Q&As
Purchase Link: https://getbook.at/MirrorMurder
A MIRROR MURDER
The first in a series of quick-read, cozy mysteries set during the 1970s in North East London and North Devon, featuring the characters of Jan Christopher, her Aunt Madge, her uncle, DCI Toby Christopher and romantic interest DC Lawrence Walker – plus several other endearing, regular characters.
The background of Jan’s career as a library assistant is based on the author’s own library years during the 1970s, using many borrowed (often hilarious!) anecdotes, her life in suburban north east London on the edge of Epping Forest, and her present life in rural North Devon...
July 1971
Eighteen-year-old library assistant Jan Christopher’s life is to change on a rainy evening, when her legal guardian and uncle, DCI Toby Christopher, gives her a lift home after work. Driving the car, is her uncle’s new Detective Constable, Lawrence Walker – and it is love at first sight for the young couple. But romance is soon to take a back seat when a baby boy is taken from his pram, a naked man is scaring young ladies in nearby Epping Forest, and an elderly lady is found, brutally murdered... Are the events related? How will they affect the staff and public of the local library where Jan works – will romance survive and blossom between library assistant Jan Christopher and DC Walker? Or will a brutal murder intervene?
About Helen Hollick
Known for her captivating storytelling and rich attention to historical detail, Helen’s historical fiction, nautical adventure series, cosy mysteries – and her short stories – skilfully invite readers to step into worlds where the boundaries between fact and fiction blend together.
Helen started writing as a teenager, but after discovering a passion for history, was initially published in 1993 in the UK with her Arthurian Pendragon’s Banner Trilogy and two Anglo-Saxon novels about the events that led to the 1066 Battle of Hastings, one of which, The Forever Queen (USA title – A Hollow Crown in the UK) became a USA Today best-seller. Her Sea Witch Voyages are nautical-based adventures inspired by the Golden Age of Piracy. She also writes the Jan Christopher cosy mystery series set during the 1970s, and based around her, sometimes hilarious, years of working as a North London library assistant. Her 2025 release is Ghost Encounters, a book about the ghosts of North Devon – even if you don’t believe in ghosts you might enjoy the snippets of interesting history and the many location photograhs.
Helen and her family moved from London to Devon after a Lottery win on the opening night of the London Olympics, 2012. She spends her time glowering at the overgrown garden, fending off the geese, chasing the peacocks away from her roses, helping with the horses and wishing the friendly, resident ghosts would occasionally help with the housework...
Follow Helen Hollick
Website: https://helenhollick.net/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/helen.hollick
Twitter/X: @HelenHollick https://x.com/HelenHollick
Blog: supporting authors & their books
https://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.com/
Bluesky:
Monthly ‘newsletter’ blog:
Thoughts from a Devonshire Farmhouse.
https://thoughtsfromadevonshirefarmhouse.blogspot.com/
Blog Tour Schedule
Maximum 3 stops per day. Confirmed blogs will appear here.
15th September
16th September
17th September
18th September
19th September