F.E. BIRCH
F.E. Birch is an ex-cop from the North East but she's not a Geordie. She is a prolific short story writer with a trail of pseudonyms and publications behind her. With a penchant for dark, deep and the disturbing, her crimes are rarely cosy. Her debut novel, 'She’s Not There' was published early 2023. Maman, a stand-alone suspense thriller is due 20th April 2024. She has self-published two collections of competition winning short stories, 'Bowl of Cherries' and 'Rather Like Marzipan' with their third due in July 2024, 'Blood Oranges, My Love'. She is also published by Harper Collins (2013) with stories about being an undercover cop …
With a bendy EDS body, GSOH and a tad clumsy, she wears many hats and loves wigs. Her friends call her Effie.
Effie's books
She's Not There
Maman (Special Edition Hardback)
Maman (Paperback Edition)
Nowhere to hide... Eyes are everywhere... A community in turmoil...
DS Kat Dubois finds herself embedded in the close-knit community of Glendargie, investigating the harrowing discovery of a body.
The problem? The found skeletal remains belong to a woman who was cremated two years ago.
Jed Gillespie is the man who found the body. A one-ti
Nowhere to hide... Eyes are everywhere... A community in turmoil...
DS Kat Dubois finds herself embedded in the close-knit community of Glendargie, investigating the harrowing discovery of a body.
The problem? The found skeletal remains belong to a woman who was cremated two years ago.
Jed Gillespie is the man who found the body. A one-time famous crime writer, he now lives in Glendargie trying to come up with the next big idea to get his career back on track - but this discovery could have been pulled right from the pages of one his very own novels.
As the town begins to pull itself apart, and infighting and suspicion spread like wildfire, DS Dubois must fight to keep her head above water and her own demons at bay, while fighting to find out what really happened in quiet, quaint Glendargie - for better or worse.
An award winning debut from a 'major new crime-writing talent', She's Not There is bold, uncompromising, gripping and not to be missed.
Maman (Paperback Edition)
Maman (Special Edition Hardback)
Maman (Paperback Edition)
Maman - a twisted suspense novel!
DS Joanna Armstrong, a top child protection detective, becomes the accused when one of her twin babies develops facial bruising - sending her into a spiralling post-natal psychosis.
Her life falls apart in an instant. Her team are torn, the doctors think she’s fabricating her illness, and even one of her ow
Maman - a twisted suspense novel!
DS Joanna Armstrong, a top child protection detective, becomes the accused when one of her twin babies develops facial bruising - sending her into a spiralling post-natal psychosis.
Her life falls apart in an instant. Her team are torn, the doctors think she’s fabricating her illness, and even one of her own colleagues appears hell bent on destroying her.
Can Joanna to clear her name when everything seems stacked against her? Can she break through all the prejudice before time runs out? Or is she really mad like they all say?
Maman is a gripping tale of family, loyalty, and most of all, truth and justice.
Maman (Special Edition Hardback)
Maman (Special Edition Hardback)
Maman (Special Edition Hardback)
Maman - a twisted suspense novel!
DS Joanna Armstrong, a top child protection detective, becomes the accused when one of her twin babies develops facial bruising - sending her into a spiralling post-natal psychosis.
Her life falls apart in an instant. Her team are torn, the doctors think she’s fabricating her illness, and even one of her ow
Maman - a twisted suspense novel!
DS Joanna Armstrong, a top child protection detective, becomes the accused when one of her twin babies develops facial bruising - sending her into a spiralling post-natal psychosis.
Her life falls apart in an instant. Her team are torn, the doctors think she’s fabricating her illness, and even one of her own colleagues appears hell bent on destroying her.
Can Joanna to clear her name when everything seems stacked against her? Can she break through all the prejudice before time runs out? Or is she really mad like they all say?
Maman is a gripping tale of family, loyalty, and most of all, truth and justice.