My new book made her first appearance at Clunes Booktown in late March 2024 – and now she’s available to all!
The She-Wolf of Baker Street in inspired by several things – my love of the Holmes stories, my delight in writing adventures full of queer characters and how much I like writing about fantastical things. In particular, I wanted to write about werewolves from a female perspective – specifically from the viewpoint of an older, menopausal woman who is maybe no longer the moon’s bitch!
So here we have a kickass, bisexual, menopausal werewolf and her very much non-paranormal lodger, who is trying to solve a murder without most of the salient clues! Along the way I also explore some ideas of where vampires and werewolves came from, and who the real monsters are.
The cover art is by the very talented Jill Harris, who has also done the covers for the re-releases of my Vampires of Melbourne books, The Opposite of Life and Walking Shadows, and the upcoming third book of the series, Beyond Redemption.
The blurb!
Audrey Hudson has been a werewolf all her adult life, but after the terrible, unsolved slaughter of her found-family in Edinburgh, she withdraws to London, where a collector of cryptid artefacts kidnaps her.
Luckily, a young detective named Sherlock Holmes rescues Audrey, and although oblivious to the existence of werewolves and ghosts, he’s convinced he can find out who killed her family.
She offers the awkward genius a room in her Baker Street house, if he can find someone to share with. Enter John Watson – and his best friend Nicola ‘Nick’ Murray – whose own cryptid encounters will have a significant bearing on the inhabitants of 221B.
Of course Sherlock’s investigations suggest a much bigger mystery is at play: one involving a disturbing case on Dartmoor with a Greek interpreter; Sherlock’s agoraphobic sister, Myca; Audrey’s long-dead love, Ruby Stockton; and the fate of Great Britain’s mystic heart.
Will Holmes and Watson be able to unravel the mysteries that have haunted Audrey’s life?
Can Audrey protect her new pack, or will she again lose those she loves to unknown enemies?
You can get She-Wolf in paperback and ebook from:
- Clan Destine Press
- Improbable Press (US)
- see the Books2Read link for other sellers!