Simon Van der Velde
@SimonVdVwriter
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Award winning author of Backstories (RF Gold Medal) and The Silent Brother (CWA Gold Dagger shortlist). Father of two. Repped by @OKeeffe05
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Joined February 2015
For reasons I'm not yet allowed to tell you - The Silent Brother - published by @northodoxpress is no longer available for sale. Ginormous thanks to Northodox for their faith, support and all round brilliance. Watch this space for news... #crimefiction #bookbloggers #amreading
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When Eddie how told Alexander Isak he could be a great STRIKER was there perhaps something lost in translation? #nufc #PremierLeague #traitor
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Just Finished @JaniceHallett 's #TheKillerQuestion - What a joy! An intricate mystery finally solved through the most unexpected medium. Hallett truly never ceases to amaze, challenge and entertain. Funny too
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Six nights a week the cast of Daughter of the Revolution perform to a sold-out audience, until the lead actress is beheaded live on stage. Every cast member has a motive, but who is guilty? #ATrialInThreeActs by Guy Morpuss is out now ⚖️ https://t.co/zv9cnvKpPk
@guymorpuss
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View from the balcony- better than the one on the other side of the camera - which is me in shorts - but I love living here 😎
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At last! The ms of my latest book - Bodysnatchers (WT) has gone to the editor. 🥂It's done - at least it is until she gets back to me 😳 #books #CrimeThriller #Bookblogger #Bookreviews
@Dees_Book_Blog @Squadpod3
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Suspicious teenager visits Manchester with annoying father
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What a launch! 😱 Huge congratulations to @KateAGriffin and @Marciathewriter aka Lila Cain on the launch of #BlackbirdsOfStGiles 🐦⬛ So moving to celebrate with you at @Hatchards and hear a beautiful reading by @ignatius_sancho 🥳 Get your pre-orders in asap (it’s out Thursday)
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Great time at @waterstonesncl last night, lovely audience, fabulous friends, lots of laughs and a few beers afterwards. Perfect.
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Lovely evening @ForumBooks Corbridge for the launch of @OskarCoxJensen's fiendishly clever Helle's Hound. Thanks to Oskar and to Heather for making me so welcome - and for the fizz too 🥂 #Books #CrimeFiction
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Recommended Reads # 39 - Just finished The Rush by Beth Lewis - a hugely compelling insight into the savagery of the Klondike gold rush seen through the eyes of three often brave, sometimes vulnerable and always resilient women.'⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Many thanks to @RuthvanZalinge for this pithy little review 😊
Just finished this by @SimonVdVwriter Brilliant read! Now to find something else! #BooksWorthReading #BookReview #BookRecommendations
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#RecommendedReads28 I’m not accusing @TariqAshkanini of having first-hand experience of what happens in this shocking, layered and emotionally true story, (I wouldn’t dare) – but it certainly feels like it. Dark, tense and vivid, #TheMidnightKing is one of my books of the year.
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Researching the next #book, Bodysnatchers - looking out over an utterly beautiful #Derwentwater - and they call this work 😉
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#RecommendedReads27 - Helle's Hound is a charming, tasty and fiendishly clever mystery in which our heroic sleuths can be relied upon to follow their gut – to many of the capital’s finest eateries - which adds an extra piquancy, given that the victim was eaten by her Wolfhound.
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