Deborah Lawrenson

I love Mary Stewart’s romantic suspense novels: their sense of adventure and intriguing storylines, their strong-willed heroines, and most...

How can Penelope Kite afford to live in Provence? It’s been bothering some early readers of Death in Provence , and I think that’s great...

After a "soft launch" of ebook and audio only, the paperback edition of Death in Provence is out now from Orion in the UK! A b...

  Thrilled to be able at last to share some great news...a new two-book deal with HarperCollins in the USA and Orion in the UK. But th...

  When the lavender is harvested in Provence at the end of July, a heavenly scent is carried on warm evening breezes. Alerted by the fi...

  November in Provence has been glorious. Each day the hillsides have been turning a deeper gold, and the bright sunlight brings everyt...

The sun cut sharp as a blade across the floor tiles. Penny felt the warmth on her face as she padded to the window and pushed open woo...

                       

  I'm having a break from writing at the moment, enjoying the sun, reading and working in the garden. But the other day, the mood c...

  “It was one of those days so intensely alive and aromatic you could hear as well as smell the fig tree in the courtyard. Wasps hummed in ...

Travelling and reading: two great passions that often give pleasure together. Yesterday I travelled through France on the high-speed train ...