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The Birthmark Murders Is Out
NowHere’s Where to Find It

The Birthmark Murders, the debut crime novel is now officially available. You can find it in all the usual haunts:
👉 Amazon
👉 Apple Books
👉 Books.by – for those who like things a bit more indie
This story has taken years of thought, lifetimes of emotional fuel, and a good few midnight rewrites fuelled by Earl Grey Blue Flower and Anti Cycle tea from T-Leaf and existential dread.
It’s a crime novel, yes—but also a meditation on memory, mischief, identity, and the mess we call family. Think of it as Call Me By Your Name meets The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, dressed in Cotswold limestone and Finnish melancholy, with a side of black humour and a cat named Grizabella.
If you enjoy character-driven mysteries that whisper rather than shout, that explore queerness and grief without falling into cliché, and that treat laughter as close kin to sorrow—you just might find something in this book that stays with you.
And hey, if you do read it, please consider leaving a review. Even a short one. It helps more than most algorithms will admit.