Dr Rachel Sargeant / Rae Starling Author
@drrachelsargeant
Thriller, crime & suspense writer with Hera Books, Hobeck Books and HarperCollins. PhD from Uni of Birmingham. I love reading, researching, country gardens & coffee shops. Rep'd by Greenstone Literary Agency.
'Outside-People say we're safe now. But one of us wants to go back.' Preorder AN ORDINARY HOUSE at 25% discount through Waterstones website from 07:00 BST on Tues 21 July until 23:59 BST on Fri 24 July. Use the code SUMMER26 at checkout. @waterstones.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/book/an-ordi...
My #FrontPageFridays guest is Natalie Kleinman with the opening page of her brand-new contemporary romance, Come Fly With Me. #RomanceReads #booksky @nataliekleinman.bsky.social www.rachelsargeant.co.uk/blog/front-page-fridays-week-61
An Ordinary House is a dark, horrifying thriller. However, I chuckled when I came across the Upside Down House in Blackpool and thought of my fabulous cover designed by @herabooks.bsky.social. #upsidedownhouse #Blackpool #coverreveal #thriller #booksky
One of the loveliest things about being an author is the support from other authors. It was great to see top comedy writer @nicolakelsall.bsky.social at my recent book launch for Her Rising Star. #amwriting #writingcommunity #gloucestershire #crimefiction #booksky
Yay! Her Deadly Friend is the 3rd bestselling book at Alison's Bookshop in #Tewkesbury. Others in Top 5: Helm-Sarah Hall, Whistler-Ann Patchett, Flick-Dr Kate Lister & The Battle of Tewkesbury-Steve Goodchild & Dilip Sarkar. Pleased as punch to be in such esteemed company. #indiebookshop #booksky
"A dark, evocative and shocking page-turner that had me in its grip from the very first page. Smart, current and jaw-dropping in places, An Ordinary House is impossible to put down." Thank you, @laurennorthauthor.bsky.social #booksky #thriller www.amazon.co.uk/Ordinary-Hou...
Detective Inspector Steph Lewis comes under an unforgiving media spotlight in a twisty locked-room mystery, where murder is committed live on air. Her Rising Star, book 3 in the #Gloucestershire Crime Series, is out now. #nationalcrimereadingmonth #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
It's #NationalCrimeReadingMonth so why not try a new #crimefiction series? Her Rising Star had its launch party this week. #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
What happens when you give a crime writer a large knife? A prop for the next book perhaps? Nah, it's party time. Cutting the cake for Her Rising Star. #booksky #newrelease www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
Her Rising Star - book 3 in the #GloucestershireCrimeSeries. Detective Inspector Steph Lewis comes under an unforgiving media spotlight in this twisty locked-room mystery, where murder is committed live on air. #newrelease #lockedroommystery #Cheltenham #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
‘This is a good entertaining police procedural with a shocking twist at the end… A good, clever plot and an enjoyable read.’ Thank you, Lynda, of Lynda’s Book Reviews, for the lovely review of Her Rising Star #nationalcrimereadingmonth #gloucestershire #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
It's great when my publisher and my son collaborate. @hobeckbooks.bsky.social put together this video for Her Rising Star using the soundtrack by © Harry Sargeant that samples a traditional lullaby. #crimefiction #newrelease #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
‘If you like smart crime novels that stand out from the crowd I would highly recommend this series. Part police procedural, part locked-room mystery but wholly enjoyable Her Rising Star is out now.’ Thank you @rachelreads1983.bsky.social for the lovely review. www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
‘This was an enjoyable read that I found myself flying through, with a truly great ending.’ Thank you, Donna @lilmissmorfett.bsky.social for a lovely review of Her Rising Star. #nationalcrimereadingmonth #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
Her Rising Star is book 3 in the Gloucestershire Crime series. Available from Amazon, bookshops and the publisher, @hobeckbooks.bsky.social. #cheltenham #gloucestershire #cheltenham www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
Her Rising Star was published this week, so I'm delighted to be reading an extract tonight on BBC Upload. Hear the show at 6pm on BBC Radio Gloucestershire & BBC Radio Wiltshire, & at 7pm on BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio Somerset. Or listen any time on BBC Sounds. @hobeckbooks.bsky.social #booksky
I celebrated Publication Day for Her Rising Star in the garden with a scone and camomile tea, listening to my son's soundtrack for the book on repeat and reading a few chapters of the ebook. Can't beat the rock 'n' roll lifestyle of a crime fiction author... #Gloucestershire #Cheltenham #booksky
Her Rising Star is book 3 in the Gloucestershire Crime series. Available from Amazon, bookshops and the publisher @hobeckbooks.bsky.social . #booksky #cheltenham www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
Bargain alert! Still looking for a #bankholiday read? Like light police procedurals that are rich in character, mystery & setting? Her Deadly Friend, book 1 of Gloucestershire Crime Series, is on offer at #99p until Tues a.m. #booksky #Glouceester #Painswick www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Frien...
The Gloucestershire Crime Series is for fans of #WhitstablePearl & #TheChelseaDetective – light on police procedure but rich in character, mystery & setting. It's a great week to start reading; book 1, Her Deadly Friend, is on offer at #99p. #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Frien...
Excitedly getting the merch ready for next week's launch of Her Rising Star. Music composed by my son, © Harry Sargeant. He samples Ah! vous dirai-je, maman, the melody to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. @hobeckbooks.bsky.social #gloucestershire #crimefiction #booksky
'An Ordinary House... challenges and expands the definition of the psychological thriller... a gripping and immersive read.' Thank you @juliewriter.bsky.social for these lovely words. #preorder #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Ordinary-Hou...
Happy Birthday, Her Charming Man. The second title in my Gloucestershire Crime Series was published two years ago today. Set in #Gloucester & #Sharpness. I'm grateful to publisher @hobeckbooks.bsky.social for letting me realise an ambition to write a series. #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
‘An incredible book, with one of the most unique, compelling voices I’ve ever read.’ Thanks to bestselling author Charlotte Bigland for her lovely words about An Ordinary House. #booksky www.amazon.co.uk/Ordinary-Hou...
'Original, compelling and filled with deliciously unpleasant suspects!’ Thanks to @ajaberford.bsky.social, author of the Inspector George Zammit Series, for the lovely quote about my forthcoming #crimefiction novel, Her Rising Star #BookSky @hobeckbooks.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
'Beautiful writing, a terrific plot and gut-punch of an ending.' Honoured to receive this quote from Brian Price, author of the DC Mel Cotton Crime Series, about my forthcoming book, Her Rising Star. Thank you, Brian @briancrime.bsky.social #booksky #crimefiction amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
‘A tense, twisty plot with a heart-rending ending.’ Honoured to receive this quote from Jackie Baldwin, author of Highland Bookshop Murders, about my forthcoming book, Her Rising Star. #Gloucestershire #CrimeFiction @hobeckbooks.bsky.social amazon.co.uk/Rising-Star-...
‘Dark, gripping & an absolutely compulsive read... utterly addictive & impossible to forget.’ Delighted to receive this quote from Charlotte Leonard, author of Afterwards and One Little Lie, about my book, An Ordinary House. @herabooks.bsky.social amzn.eu/d/06itijKU