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Announcing Taylor & Rose Secret Agents!

Book cover showing Eiffel Tower, aeroplane and running figures

I’m very excited to share some big news – I’m writing a new quartet of books for Egmont UK!

Taylor & Rose Secret Agents will follow the detective heroines of the Sinclair’s Mysteries, Sophie Taylor and Lil Rose, as they turn their talents to becoming secret agents.

It was while I was researching the Sinclair’s Mysteries that I became aware of the huge popularity of spy novels in the years before World War I, which was also when MI5 and MI6 first began. I’ve always loved a good spy story, so I was excited to take inspiration from classic thrillers and real-life tales of brave and bold female spies, to whisk Sophie and Lil into the exciting and dangerous world of Edwardian espionage!

I’m delighted to be working with Egmont on this new series, which I’m thrilled will be illustrated by Sinclair’s Mysteries illustrator and all-round superstar Karl James Mountford.

We revealed Karl’s glorious cover for the first book, Taylor & Rose Secret Agents: Peril in Paris today (subscribers to my newsletter got to have the very first peek) – isn’t it a stunner?

Here’s a bit more about the book:

ALL ABOARD THE TRAIN TO PARIS!

It’s 1911, and the young detectives of TAYLOR & ROSE are turning their talents to ESPIONAGE.

On their latest case for the mysterious SECRET SERVICE BUREAU, the daring MISS SOPHIE TAYLOR and MISS LILIAN ROSE must leave London for the boulevards and grand hotels of Paris.

But DANGER lurks beneath the bright lights of the city – and INTRIGUE and MURDER lie in store. As aeroplanes soar in the skies overhead, our heroines will need to put all their spy skills to the test to face the PERIL that awaits them…

You can pre-order the book now from Waterstones or Amazon

Thanks to lovely Kirsty at The Overflowing Library, you can also add it on Goodreads.

I’m so excited about the new series, which has been enormous fun to write so far! Stay tuned for more details to come – and if you want to be the first with all the latest books news, don’t forget to sign up to my author newsletter here.

2 Comments on Announcing Taylor & Rose Secret Agents!

  1. Amelie
    February 14, 2018 at 9:05 am (6 years ago)

    OMG! im so excited!!!!

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  2. Sabah
    June 15, 2023 at 3:42 pm (9 months ago)

    OMDS I have read this series and I’m absolutely in love with it!!!!! – Apart from the thing about Jack and Ella. Please could you continue the series! I would love to read more of Sophie and Lil’s adventures!

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