I am working hard on Death at Brighton Pavilion (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries, 14). I have to do some traveling, so I have not set up a pre-order … I envision horrible things going wrong I can’t fix when I’m away. When I get back, my number one priority will be to put this book on pre-order! Look for the pre-order in early October.

The trip will involve much about Captain Lacey! I will do a London walk of his haunts and take plenty of photos and vids to share. Also on the roster is a visit to Salamanca, one of the Peninsular War battle sites. James Gillies, the narrator for the audio books, and I have plans to meet up in Covent Garden for a Captain Lacey dinner. 

Then Rome, where I will research the world of Leonidas the Gladiator (the real world, not the tourist one). Again photos and vids are in my plans! 

I’ve picked a title for Book 1 of Leonidas: Blood of a Gladiator. I hope to release early next year!

I will try to write while I’m away–let’s see how that works out. (And my travel plans notoriously go awry, so I am adding a caveat that these are my travel plans. The reality might be different, but I’ll keep you posted.)

P.S. I turned in Book 4 of Kat Holloway to my editor at Berkley–more on that pub date when I know it.

There will be a Kat Holloway (Below Stairs Mysteries), Book 4. I’m working on it now, very close to being finished to turn in to my publisher.

The title will be Murder in the East End and will be out in 2020 (more on that when I know). Kat learns more about Daniel and his past while solving a mystery of a nurse missing from the Foundling Hospital.

I’m hard at work on other books too (Death at Brighton Pavilion gets my full attention once I turn in the Kat book).

I will also be heading to London this fall, and photographing and videoing many of the spots from the Kat and Captain Lacey books. I’ll be sharing!

Going to Rome this trip too, so I’ll be visiting Leonidas as well!

I just want to say again that Death at Brighton Pavilion is coming soon! I hope to have it available for pre-order in mid-July. I’ve had to travel, but I want to get this ready before I travel again. :-)

Meanwhile, the latest Kat Holloway novel, Death in Kew Gardens, is available! In print, e-book, and audio. http://gardnermysteries.com/books/kat-holloway-victorian-mysteries/death-in-kew-gardens/

I am also working on Leonidas! Hope to have his first book out at the beginning of the year. I’m thinking of Blood of a Gladiator as the title.