Penny Grubb
Penny has been a writer all her life, winning her first writing competition aged 9. In 2004, she won a prestigious Crime Writers’ Dagger for her novel The Doll Makers. In a varied career that has taken her round the world, she has been based in academia, healthcare and the world of writers’ rights. She was awarded her doctorate in 1992. For six years she was Chair of the world’s largest writers’ organisation, the ALCS. Now semi-retired she concentrates on her crime writing. Her novels are a contemporary mix of private investigator and police procedurals.
Penny also works as an editor and writing tutor for both fiction and non-fiction. Her website includes a page devoted to tips and tricks for writers. Her blog is a mix of life experiences, opinion pieces, writer interviews and topics that simply felt were worth recording.
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666 by Michael Brookes and various authors
The 666 horror anthology comprises stories of exactly 666 words and includes tales from Michael Brookes, Nathan Robinson, Linda Acaster, Stuart Aken, Regina Puckett and John Scotcher.
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Like False Money by Penny Grubb
Apparently, the death was accidental but its distorted revelations leave Private Investigator Annie fighting for her integrity and innocence. Like False Money is an exhilarating crime, thriller by Yorkshire based author Penny Grubb.
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The Doll Makers by Penny Grubb
Annie faces an impossible decision and embarks on a journey in search of answers. The Doll Makers, which won an international Crime Writers’ Dagger in 2004, is a dramatic and intriguing crime thriller written by Yorkshire based author Penny Grubb.
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Where There's Smoke by Penny Grubb
Where There’s Smoke is the fourth novel in Penny Grubb’s Annie Raymond mystery series. The world of the modern private investigator has its sleazy side, and in this one, Annie is right up against it. Learn MoreStarting at: £8.50
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Tiger Blood by Penny Grubb
Tiger Blood is book 2 in Penny Grubb’s Webber & Ahmed series of police procedurals.
30 years ago a get-away car was dumped – 15 years ago a middle-aged woman committed suicide – last night someone hacked the city’s traffic systems.
With stretched resources Detective Superintendent Martyn Webber must concentrate on the here and now, but the past is about to rear up and cause mayhem. It’s not only his professional life that is about to be turned on its head.
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Syrup Trap City by Penny Grubb
Syrup Trap City is Penny Grubb’s 7th crime novel. Set in the Northern port of Hull, it features private investigator, Annie Raymond, her boss, the enigmatic Mrs Peters, and Detective Ayaan Ahmed who Annie last met in very trying circumstances in York (see Buried Deep and Tiger Blood).
The story opens as the year draws to a close and Hull looks forward to a momentous year. The wider landscape passes Annie by as the realisation dawns that this routine job is not all that it seems. As she is faced with an unexpected and unwelcome reminder from the past, she realises just how badly she has taken her eye off the ball.
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How to be a Fantastic Writer
This is the book our editors recommend.
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Falling Into Crime - The Annie Raymond Mysteries by Penny Grubb
Falling into Crime comprises the first three of Penny Grubb’s private investigator crime novels. This re-edited trilogy follows Annie Raymond from her first chaotic venture into her chosen profession, through her early struggles, to her emergence as a true professional. It’s a page-turning, fast and turbulent ride, leaving Annie no space to appraise the ambition that took her life on this particular course. Once forced to face it, she knows that a fundamental re-evaluation is long overdue, but the push comes from an unwelcome source that proves more of a threat than anything she has faced before.
The trilogy includes the winner of the 2004 international Crime Writers’ Association Dagger, The Doll Makers, along with John Creasy Dagger nominee, Like False Money, and The Jawbone Gang.
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Preparing for Higher Education Study by Penny Grubb
Preparing for Higher Education Study aims to support students starting out in higher education. It focuses on the key skills required to make the step up from school or college to university education.The conventional student of the 20th century is no longer the norm in many sectors. People now enter higher education via diverse routes.They might for example be experienced individuals holding down responsible jobs who want to build their expertise and enhance their career prospects, but who have been out of formal education for several years, or they might be people with the ability but not the standard pre-requisites for a degree course.This book will give new students the boost they need to make the step up into higher education.Dr Penny Grubb has worked in academia since the 1980’s and has introduced generations of new students to higher education study. Her later academic work focussed on innovative ways to educate so-called fragile learners to give them the foundation and confidence to move on to degree courses. Penny’s academic writing has covered healthcare informatics, software maintenance, creative writing and teaching techniques. Learn MoreStarting at: £3.99
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Boxed In by Penny Grubb
It’s years since Private Investigator Annie Raymond set eyes on PC Jennifer Flanagan, yet here they are face to face because a rogue shipping container turned up in a recycling yard on the outskirts of Hull, and a man died. The grieving widow hurls accusations but too quickly backs off.
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Why is the container undocumented? How did it arrive unnoticed amid the forest of cameras and automated recognition systems?Starting at: £1.99
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