Gavin / G. B. Ralph
@gbralph
📚 Author 🕵️♂️ Cosy mysteries 👬 Romcoms 👨🏫 Gay librarian approved 🏳️🌈 (he/him) 📍 Aotearoa NZ 🇳🇿 Get my newsletter ⤵️ 🔗 gbralph.com/links
It's not all sunshine and sweetness in Milverton 💀 Investigate the first #mystery for: 😊 Quirky locals ☕ Questionable coffee 🧁 Tasty treats 😼 A cheeky cat 🕵️♂️ An amateur sleuth 👵 A sly sidekick 👮♂️ An appealing policeman 🏳️🌈 A very slow-burn gay romance 💀 And of course… murder! #books 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
It's spooky season in Milverton and the theatre has produced a sudden, unscripted, and very real death – what a nightmare! Fright on Stage Right: gbralph.com/fright-on-st... #Books #CozyMystery #SpookySeason 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
Milverton is in the running for the Terrific Town Award, so a dramatic death at the opening ceremony is far from ideal. Investigate my purplest book for: 🧶 A cosy craft fair 🕵️♂️ An amateur sleuth 🐐 A cheeky goat 🏳️🌈 A (very) slow-burn gay romance 💀 And of course… murder! #Books #Mystery 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
Ahem 🫢 A few surprises in the results there. For those words and many more, you can read the books! The Milverton Mysteries are lots of fun, very cosy, and a little bit gay gbralph.com/the-milverto... #CozyMystery #Mystery 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
And here's round 1 with Heated Rivalry. At the time I asked if these books were the most incompatible comparison titles ever? 😅
Email isn't glamorous, but she is reliable 📨 Tomorrow's quick missive features a grid of recent reads, a question of reading habits, a reminder, a theatrical drag concert, a table of books for Pride, and a cat not watching the football. Subscribe: gbralph.com/newsletter #Author 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
Consistent, aesthetic, on-brand reading? Not 'round here, partner. Not 'round here 🤠 Mood reading is all vibes, all the time ✨ And apparently the vibes this month alternated between fun mysteries, fit sportsmen, fantasy adventure, and the end of the world ft cat royalty 👑 #Books 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎
Sleuths, take your seats and keep an ear out for your next clue… Addison's back for opening night at the theatre and he has front-row seats with Sergeant Jake Murphy – this might just be his perfect date! Are you ready for the show? gbralph.com/fright-on-st... 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️ #Audiobooks #Mystery
Addison’s back for opening night at the theatre and he has front-row seats with Sergeant Jake Murphy – this might just be his perfect date! Philip Battley is back too, lending his superb voice acting talents to narrating the latest Milverton Mystery audiobook, out next week! #Books 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
It's June, which for many means Pride Month 🏳️🌈✨ Whether your days are getting brighter and warmer or darker and colder, celebrate by cozying up with a good book on the beach or in front of the fireplace, depending on your hemisphere. [1/4] #Books #CozyMystery #PrideMonth 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
This year’s Queer Indie Book Sale for Pride has over 100 authors, with almost 200 books! I’m one of those authors and I have two of my titles in there – a cosy mystery with very slow-burn gay romance and a quick, light, fun, gay romcom – alongside so many more! Make sure you check them out x
I'm a big advocate for reading whatever you like, whenever you like. In saying that, I'm also a real sucker for some themed reading… Now, June means #PrideMonth for so many in the northern hemisphere. Perfect excuse to read even more #LGBTQ+ books than usual? www.mnbennet.com/pride-promo 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙📚🌎
Can we count on you to get on the case? In just 24 hours we're starting our investigation for the next Mysterious Murders short story competition. This year's theme is "Locked Room" – a classic of the mystery genre! Details below 🔍 #Writing #WriteSky #WritingCommunity 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
It was such a treat seeing Fright on Stage Right reviewed in the NZ Listener late last year 🎃🎭 The Milverton Mysteries is introduced as a "charming cosy series" which I think is just wonderful 🥰 The books: gbralph.com/the-milverto... #BookReview #BookSky #Mystery 🌈📚🇳🇿📚💙🔎💀📚👀📚🌎🌈✒️
My co-drivers kept me amused on the road, so big thanks to them. And thank you to our organiser extraordinaire, to those who led sessions, and to everyone who made the weekend pure magic. [9/9]
…over wine and cheese, pizza, cocktails, and late-night cups of tea. Bonus points for living my Crash Bandicoot dreams by traversing a wonky, rickety pier covered in slippery moss and missing planks without falling in the lake. [8/9]
…short jaunts into town and lakeside walks with ice cream, while soaking in the hot spa pools and doing cold plunges in the icy waters… [7/9]