A real pleasure to meet and talk mystery over brunch with the lovely @alexpavesi.bsky.social at the BFI this morning.

I left university in 2019 with £49,600 of debt. A few months later, I became an MP and have since received a salary that puts me in the top 5% in the country. 6 years on, the repayments from my salary have brought this total to down to £48,600 - just £1,000 less.

Read @alexpavesi.bsky.social's "Ink Ribbon Red". Really liked "Eight Detectives" when it came out, so I got this when it was released, but for some unaccountable reason took over a year to get around to it. As someone who reads a lot of this kind of thing, I found it as gripping (and clever) 1/2

Q&A with Alex Pavesi about his new novel, INK RIBBON RED. tinyurl.com/3abvhpp7 @alexpavesi.bsky.social

NBCC member Robert Allen Papinchak interviewed @alexpavesi.bsky.social‬ ("Ink Ribbon Red") for@publisherswkly.bsky.social‬:

Wicked Games: PW Talks with Alex Pavesi

The author’s latest, ‘Ink Ribbon Red’ (Holt, July), is a mind-boggling mystery about a group of friends who gather to play a game in which they imagine each other’s murders.

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Ink Ribbon Red, my second novel, is now out in paperback in the UK. Here are some of my favourite lines (quote cards made by my wonderful US publisher - the book is out in the US next month):

Ink Ribbon Red, my second novel, is now out in paperback in the UK. Here are some of my favourite lines (quote cards made by my wonderful US publisher - the book is out in the US next month):

Again: Britain (not just this government but all of the recent ones) has a problem with knowledge work. Fishing, steel are manly proper jobs with a Victorian sense of place and history. Creative industries & HE are treated as secondary; derided or ignored.

Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺@katherineschof8.bsky.social · 2y ago

This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse. A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c

Absolutely adore Alex’s deft, brilliantly intricate novels (treat yourself to Eight Detectives or Ink Ribbon Red if you haven’t already) so this has made my Monday.

Alex Pavesi (Author)@alexpavesi.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've just finished Death at the White Hart, by @chrischibnall.bsky.social, a top-tier murder mystery that is equal parts creepy and compulsive. Out in the UK later this week!

I've just finished Death at the White Hart, by @chrischibnall.bsky.social, a top-tier murder mystery that is equal parts creepy and compulsive. Out in the UK later this week!

Chris Chibnall@chrischibnall.bsky.social · 2y ago

Six days till Death at The White Hart is published in the UK. 📚💙⚡️

For any US-based neygalley users, Ink Ribbon Red is now available to request (and featured on the homepage!) www.netgalley.com

Ink Ribbon Red is only 99p today, if you want to read a country house thriller that's a little different... amzn.eu/d/9M1RajV

it genuinely sucks that basically nothing on the internet works well anymore. search? barely works. social media? filled with garbage engagement-bait designed to game the algorithm. news websites? pages that refresh at random or so covered in video ads that it’s impossible to read stories

Amused myself with this today (I am easily amused, as we know)

Well here they are. My top 10 books of 2024! ✨️ What a year. Can't wait to do it all again in 2025 🥰📚 #BookSky

So chuffed to be part of this excellent collection.

Bert’s Books@bertsbooks.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've been a bit rubbish with #BertVent this year... We've still been doing it, but I've forgotten to tell you what they are. So we're gonna do a mega-thread! These are the books I've enjoyed the most in this year. Each day during December, we've given one away!

I've been a bit rubbish with #BertVent this year... We've still been doing it, but I've forgotten to tell you what they are. So we're gonna do a mega-thread! These are the books I've enjoyed the most in this year. Each day during December, we've given one away!

All of these books are, of course, available to order at bertsbooks.co.uk We accept National Book Tokens (should you get any in the next couple of days) and you'll get free delivery across the UK. Exciting.

Bert’s Books@bertsbooks.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've been a bit rubbish with #BertVent this year... We've still been doing it, but I've forgotten to tell you what they are. So we're gonna do a mega-thread! These are the books I've enjoyed the most in this year. Each day during December, we've given one away!

What a fantastic list to be included in ❤️

Bert’s Books@bertsbooks.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ink Ribbon Red by @alexpavesi.bsky.social is another cleverly constructed murder mystery from the author of Eight Detectives. Don't take my word for it, though, Michael, our resident crime aficionado also loved it.

Ink Ribbon Red by @alexpavesi.bsky.social is another cleverly constructed murder mystery from the author of Eight Detectives. Don't take my word for it, though, Michael, our resident crime aficionado also loved it.

Email from publisher. Anyone think this is okay ? No, it’s not okay. I’ve spent more money on promo than they’ve sent me royalties. Whereas, the audiobook rights are mine and have paid me way more. This is such a c%nt email.

Set up my Bookstagram reviews on Saturday and forgot to share this earlier today🤦‍♀️. Thoroughly enjoyed reading Ink Ribbon Red by @alexpavesi.bsky.social thank to Michael Joseph Books : www.instagram.com/p/DDrBGWSgGh...

An interview I did with Suffolk libraries, talking about my career: www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/meet-the-aut...

Check out the latest episode of The Spark podcast and newsletter, featuring an interview with author @alexpavesi.bsky.social, plus reading recommendations, writing resources, and updates on my moseying! madelynpostman.substack.com/p/05-decembe...

Very excited to receive this forthcoming @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social novel, looks and sounds fantastic!🎅🔪

Tis the season to buy your loved ones SIGNED BOOKS! I was at Waterstones Sauchiehall St. today scribbling in a stack of #Spector books. #christmasgifts... need I say more? Nice to see #CabaretMacabre alongside the new @alexpavesi.bsky.social too; I haven't read it yet but am looking forward to it.

How does everyone else seem to know which celebrities are / are not writing their own books? I'm so out of the loop 😅

Happy Friday, #BookSky! 💙📚 How's your week been? What have you been reading? I wanted to post my November Wrap Up a day early (busy weekend ahead!) My top read of the month was absolutely without a doubt Ink Ribbon Red by @alexpavesi.bsky.social. Was was your favourite read this month? 😊

Maybe someone in publishing could invent the 'premium paperback' that would be released on the same day as the hardback, but (unlike the hardback) actually be comfortable to read and carry around.

I finished INK RIBBON RED by @alexpavesi.bsky.social this weekend - such a mind bending puzzle of a book, an original, complex and utterly engrossing mystery which follows six friends, a seemingly innocent parlour game, and a lot of murder... Read my review! ⬇️ aquintillionwords.com/2024/11/24/i...