Poppy Denby » The Death Beat http://www.poppydenby.com Poppy Denby investigates Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:50:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Poppy Denby in surround sound! http://www.poppydenby.com/blog/2019/07/poppy-denby-in-surround-sound/ http://www.poppydenby.com/blog/2019/07/poppy-denby-in-surround-sound/#comments Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:48:53 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?p=588 Continue reading Poppy Denby in surround sound! →]]> Today is a very exciting day for me, it’s the launch of the Poppy Denby audio books! Hurrah! If you are looking for something to wile away a long journey on holiday or lounging by a pool, then why not download one now? (They are also available in audio and MP3 cds). Narrated by the fabulous Helen Keeley and published by Lamplight Audiobooks,

I am thrilled to hear Poppy and her friends brought to life. I hope you will be too. Please note, the first three books, The Jazz Files, The Kill Fee and The Death Beat are available now. The Cairo Brief will be released next month. Download your books here.


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As with the previous two novels, this was taut and entertaining. I also liked Poppy’s development from the earlier books. She’s always been torn between her upbringing as a Methodist minister’s daughter and her own desires as a career-minded young woman in the 1920s. Her inner conflict felt more pronounced to me in this book. Poppy has enlightened standards for how women should be treated that deviate quite a bit from her very traditional, conservative background, which at times cause her stress. This fits in well with the blossoming awareness about the conditions of immigrants and sweatshops and people forced into prostitution. While it was fun to see 1920s New York, I confess I missed London. In any case, it was an exciting, well written story and a good series addition. Recommended.

You can read the full review here.

]]> http://www.poppydenby.com/blog/2018/08/historical-novel-society-reviews-the-death-beat/feed/ 0 The Death Beat & 1920s US Immigration Policy http://www.poppydenby.com/blog/2018/01/the-death-beat-1920s-us-immigration-policy/ http://www.poppydenby.com/blog/2018/01/the-death-beat-1920s-us-immigration-policy/#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:48:07 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?p=527 Continue reading The Death Beat & 1920s US Immigration Policy →]]> I’ll be giving a talk at Newcastle Central Library at 6pm on Thursday 18 January on the background to The Death Beat. The book is set against the 1921 US Immigration Restriction Act, which has some disturbing parallels with today. Come along for a warm welcome and interesting discussion. The event is free, but please register your interest here. Signed books will be available to purchase.

Ellis Island

]]> http://www.poppydenby.com/blog/2018/01/the-death-beat-1920s-us-immigration-policy/feed/ 0 The Death Beat out today! http://www.poppydenby.com/blog/2017/10/the-death-beat-out-today/ http://www.poppydenby.com/blog/2017/10/the-death-beat-out-today/#comments Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:04:47 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?p=512 Drum rolls and trumpet blasts please … The Death Beat, book three in the Poppy Denby Investigates series, is being released today, simultaneously, in the UK and the USA! Poppy and Rollo travel to New York and find out that it’s murder in Manhattan. To order your book click here.

The Death Beat cover

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