I have some very exciting news to share with you today.

First, Murder Most Unladylike Book 4 has a beautiful cover! I can now exclusively reveal that it is YELLOW, it has FIREWORKS and I love it. It’s going to pop on shelves just as strongly as the first three books do, and I can’t wait to actually see it in stores. I’m working hard on the edits for it, and it’s currently scheduled to arrive with UK readers in late March 2016.

But that’s not the only update I have to give you. As we were working on the cover, it became clear that the original title we chose was just too long to fit – the words were very difficult to read! So we decided to go back to the drawing board, and come up with something snappier, that my illustrator Nina could really get her teeth into – and the winner was . . .

JOLLY FOUL PLAY

Henceforth, therefore, Murder Most Unladylike Book 4 will be known as Jolly Foul Play – and you can see its gorgeous cover below! I hope you’ll agree with me that this is totally brilliant, and very much in keeping with the other three books.

And if you’d like a little reminder as to the plot, this is what I can currently tell you:

It’s a new year at Deepdean – Daisy & Hazel are now in the fourth form. The school has a whole new group of mistresses . . . and a new Head Girl and Prefects. But these Big Girls are certainly not good eggs – they rule the school by bullying all of the younger years, and each other.

By the beginning of November, tensions are running high, and it’s hardly a surprise when, after the fireworks display at Deepdean’s Bonfire Night Celebrations, Head Girl Elizabeth Hurst is found dead. She’s been hit on the head by a heavy object. But who could have done it? And what does the murder have to do with the secrets that are suddenly being discovered on pieces of paper all round the school? One thing’s for sure . . . sparks will fly.

I’m so excited to share Jolly Foul Play with you all (as soon as I’ve finished it!) and I hope you’ll love Daisy and Hazel’s fourth adventure!

But although it’s still six months away, you can pre-order the book NOW from Amazon. So what are you waiting for? Go go go!