Comments on: Welcome to Poppy Denby! http://www.poppydenby.com Poppy Denby investigates Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:56:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Fiona http://www.poppydenby.com/#comment-377610 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:56:25 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?page_id=2#comment-377610 Dear Marie. Unfortunately, there won’t be any more Poppy books for a while. I’m sorry to disappoint you. I’m disappointed too as I’m already missing Poppy! But it was a decision made by the publisher. However, I am working on a new series with a new publisher. An announcement will be made later this month, so I can’t say any more about it now! But I hope you might try out my new series down the line.

Thank you for supporting my Poppy books. And for taking the time to comment here.

Happy reading,
Fiona

]]> By: Marie http://www.poppydenby.com/#comment-374938 Sun, 01 Jan 2023 13:30:02 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?page_id=2#comment-374938 I’ve read all six of the “Poppy Denby” series and would just like to know whether there might be a seventh book? Hope so!

]]> By: Fiona http://www.poppydenby.com/#comment-358987 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:29:48 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?page_id=2#comment-358987 Hello Poppy! How delightful to hear from Poppy’s namesake! Yes I deliberately played on the idea that people would assume Poppy was fluffy and silly but she is far from it. Thank you for your kind words and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series (ps, yes Daniel is rather gorgeous, so enjoy him 😉 ). Fiona x

]]> By: Poppy http://www.poppydenby.com/#comment-358409 Sat, 01 Oct 2022 02:37:05 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?page_id=2#comment-358409 I have only read The Jazz Files so far (I only got it on Tuesday), but I really enjoyed it and I’ve ordered the second book. It was an exciting and fast-paced mystery and I loved the way the book captured the feel of the 1920s but also had a forward-thinking attitude to such subjects as mental health, homosexuality and working women. I also didn’t mind in the least reading about a Poppy who was intelligent, brave and resourceful, with none of the fluffy silliness that is so often given to characters with that name (not that I am denying being fluffy and silly). I also liked the fact Poppy was allowed to have these qualities whilst still having an emotional and vulnerable side. It’s always great to read a detective novel where I can feel for the detective as well as enjoying the mystery. And if there is someone gorgeous like Daniel for me to fall in love with, even better!

]]> By: Fiona http://www.poppydenby.com/#comment-295516 Fri, 20 May 2022 10:36:11 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?page_id=2#comment-295516 Hi Stephen, thanks for getting in touch. I assume here you are talking about The Art Fiasco scene at the graveyard in Morpeth. Yes your are correct. However, it would have been impossible for Poppy and her mother to have the conversation they did – which was crucial to resolve their differences that had been building for five books and centred very much around the loss of Christopher – in Flanders. I could have had a grave without a body, but I decided that Poppy’s mother would be more at peace and willing to engage with her daughter if the body was there. These are fictional books and I occasionally change minor historical details for the purpose of the story – when the needs of the story are more important (which they definitely are here). And sometimes I simply make a mistake :) I hope you enjoy the rest of the books. Kind regards, Fiona.

]]> By: Stephen Mayhew http://www.poppydenby.com/#comment-295230 Thu, 19 May 2022 21:25:38 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?page_id=2#comment-295230 Most unlikely that a WW1 soldier’s body would be repatriated to Enlgand. Even the nobility accepted that all soldiers who died would be treated the same. Even now bodies discovered in Flandres Fields are buried locally.

]]> By: Kath Mather http://www.poppydenby.com/#comment-262043 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:29:26 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?page_id=2#comment-262043 Thank you Fiona!

]]> By: Fiona http://www.poppydenby.com/#comment-261924 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 11:13:09 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?page_id=2#comment-261924 Oh Kath, I’m so glad Poppy and I brought you a little joy. Thank you for all you have and are doing. I pray for strength for you as you battle on. And much love from Poppy too.

]]> By: Kath Mather http://www.poppydenby.com/#comment-261920 Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:58:17 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?page_id=2#comment-261920 Well February has been a dreadful month objectively, work beyond grim, annual leave cancelled due to lack of staff and the weather has reflected the awful events in the world. Despite that Poppy Denby has been a bright spot, something to look forward to every night after work and has made the month bearable. ‘The Crystal Crypt’ (finally) arrived and I decided to reread the whole series and what a joy it has been to be transported back to different times and cheer Poppy on as she relentlessly pursues the truth. Fantastic cast of characters- they feel like friends. Thank you so much Fiona.

]]> By: Fiona http://www.poppydenby.com/#comment-186356 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:54:25 +0000 http://www.poppydenby.com/?page_id=2#comment-186356 Hi Margaret. That is lovely to hear! Enjoy The Art Fiasco. There won’t be long for you to wait for the next one which comes out in November. Poppy will be visiting Oxford.

All the best,
Fiona

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