Author Archives: jlmerrow

25th January, as well as being my parents’ wedding anniversary (blimey – 62 years and counting!) is traditionally the day on which premier Scottish poet Robert Burns is celebrated. Happy birthday Rabbie – you’d have been 261 today! 🙂 So … Continue reading →

I’m delighted to say that a collection of my f/f short fiction is now available in ebook – paperback due out next month. And it’s on sale at JMS Books at 20% off – for a limited time only, so … Continue reading →

This week I’m snippeting again from the first Plumber’s Mate Mystery, Pressure Head, because why not? It’s still early days for Tom and Phil, in terms of forgiving and forgetting the past: “You can’t just turn up after a dozen … Continue reading →

I’m in the middle of writing the sixth Plumber’s Mate Mystery, which has a working title of Stop Cock, and is set in Italy while Tom and Phil are on honeymoon. So for this week’s snippet I’m going right back … Continue reading →

Like many retailers right now, Smashwords has a sale on, and all my eligible books are at 50% off! You can find a full list here: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JLMerrow ETA: Sale ends January 1st, so you’ll need to be quick to snap … Continue reading →

The first Christmas cards have arrived, I’m sitting here dressed in red and green and I’ve even managed to do a bit of present shopping, so here’s a snippet from my newly-released super-quick holiday read Just Like Santa. Here, nursery … Continue reading →

If you fancy something short and sweet with a holiday flavour, my super-quick Christmas read Just Like Santa is now available in standalone ebook for the first time: Jason loves working at the Bright Eyes nursery, but he’s not so … Continue reading →

It’s always struck me as somewhat bizarre that, in recent years, Black Friday sales have become increasingly popular in the UK. After all, it’s not like we’ve embraced the family-and-food fest of Thanksgiving which precedes it. Nevertheless, the sales seem … Continue reading →

In a total change of mood from last week’s Wild Flowers of Berlin, this week I have a snippet for you from Belling the Kat, a light-hearted shifter story from a new mini-collection of a few of my super-quick f/f … Continue reading →

It’s Remembrance Sunday tomorrow, which makes it particularly apt that my sombre (but hopeful) super-quick read set in the aftermath of WW2, Wild Flowers of Berlin, is out today. When I was researching this story, I watched colour footage of … Continue reading →