Brighton Belle

Sara Sheridan was born in Edinburgh and studied at Trinity College, Dublin. She has received a Scottish Library Award and was shortlisted for the Saltire Book Prize. Sara blogs on the Guardian site about her writing life and puts her hand up to being a 'twitter evangelist'. She also speaks on BBC Radio, most recently on Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent, and mentors writers for the Scottish Book Trust.

Sara Sheridan never fails to surprise. Unfailingly stylish, undeniably smart, Miss Bevan is destined to bring the exploits of the past to the best-seller lists of the present - Daily RecordBeautifully realised vivid characters, both heroes and villains, the atmospheric Brighton setting and plot that zipped along at a lovely pace left me in no doubt that Sara Sheridan and Mirabelle Bevan are a crime force to be reckoned with - GoodreadsBeneath that prim exterior lies a fearless, fly-by-the-seat-of-her-pants kind of gal. One part Nancy Drew, two parts Jessica Fletcher, Mirabelle has a dogged tenacity to rival Poirot - Sunday Herald