Robert’s Diary

After what seemed like an endless winter, spring arrived in Slovakia a couple of weeks ago, and a week later, summer. Just over six weeks ago, the lake in the park where we take our dogs was frozen, and the ice was thick enough to walk on. Today, I’m sat in my little office in…

It’s been more than two years since The Girl in the Ice was published, and it has been a life-changing couple of years. The book has sold over a million copies, and is in the process of being translated into 27 languages. It hit the #1 spot on the Amazon US Kindle store, #1 on…

I’ve spent the past week in bed with a chest infection, so I’m blogging about this later than planned. I’ve also had to miss out on the snow here in Slovakia, and the Christmas market, and I was gutted that I had to cancel a book signing in Brno in the Czech Republic last week….

I was in London for publication day last week of The Girl in the Ice, and spent the morning visiting Waterstones in Piccadilly and Trafalgar Square to sign some copies, and then I had lunch with my publisher. It was such a fun morning, and a lovely lunch, but it all happened so fast that…

Last Breath has been nominated in the semi finals for the Goodreads Choice awards 2017. I would really appreciate your vote to get me to the final. You can cast your quick, one-click vote via this link below, thank you 🙂  https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-mystery-thriller-books-2017  

Today is the publication day of Cold Blood, the fifth book in my Erika Foster series. Publication days are always very exciting, and nerve wracking, knowing that this is the first time readers get to hold a copy in their hands. I spend the day wondering how many people are opening the book for the first…

I’m over the moon, gobsmacked, stunned, and so happy to hear from my fabulous publisher Bookouture that The Girl in the The Ice has now sold ONE MILLION copies. This time last year I was nervously gearing up for the book launch, and worrying how readers would take my change of direction from writing romantic…

I want to thank everyone who has contributed to the success of The Girl in the Ice, The Night Stalker and Dark Water and for making 2016 such an incredible year. I never dreamed that I would publish three best selling crime thrillers in one year, that I would have a number one bestseller in the USA,…

I’ve just heard that The Girl in the Ice and The Night Stalker are the #1 and #10 best selling titles on Kobo UK for 2016!   Thank you to everyone who has bought copies and recommended my books to their friends who use Kobo e-readers. Thank you also to the fabulous team at Kobo!…

I’m pleased as punch to tell you that my romantic comedy, Miss Wrong and Mr Right is being re-issued by my fabulous publisher, Bookouture. It’s the same novel, no additions or subtractions, but it has a fabulous new cover, and it will now be sprinkled with a little Bookouture magic… It will also be available…

I’m thrilled to say that The Girl in the Ice won the 2016 The Papercut Award for Best Page Turner at the Dead Good Reader awards at the Harrogate Crime Festival. This was an award decided by reader’s votes, which makes it all ht more special. Thank you to everyone who voted! I made a short video…

I’m so proud and excited to announce that the first two Erika Foster novels, The Girl in the Ice and The Night Stalker have sold over a million copies! I heard from my editor last week, with the precise figure of 1,003,000! I never dreamed I would be lucky enough to sell so many copies…

It’s two weeks since The Girl In The Ice was published, and I’ve been overwhelmed with the response to the book and my new female detective, Erika Foster. The kindle edition has gone into the top 100 in America, Australia, Canada, France and Spain, and is currently sitting at number 2 in the UK Kindle…

I’ve been working on an audiobook edition of Miss Wrong and Mr Right and I’m thrilled to say it’s now complete. I’ve had a great time working with the audiobook narrator, Jan Cramer who is fantastic and has brought the characters to life in ways I hadn’t imagined. Jan trained at The Central School of Speech…