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Gavin / G. B. Ralph
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📚 Author 🕵️‍♂️ Cosy mysteries 👬 Romcoms
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Gavin / G. B. Ralph @gbralph.com · Nov 27
Hi, my name is Gavin 👋 I'm an author of cosy mysteries and romantic comedies, publishing under my initials, G. B. Ralph.

My writing features:
😅 chaotic yet lovable characters getting themselves into all sorts of trouble,
🕵️‍♂️ an astonishing amount of crime, and
😘 handsome men falling for each other.
Selfie of author G. B. Ralph alongside the Murder on Milverton Square book cover design and the start of a speech bubble. Green garden in the background. Badge that reads "Hello my name is G. B. Ralph" with a New Zealand flag and rainbow pride flag underneath. Speech bubble that reads "I'm an author of cosy mysteries and romantic comedies. My writing features chaotic yet lovable characters getting themselves into all sorts of trouble, an astonishing amount of crime, and handsome men falling for each other. Book cover images of Poison at Penshaw Hall, Death in Douglas Glade, and Fright on Stage Right. Green garden in the background.
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Tonight's viewing 🕵️‍♂️📺
Phone notification from Netflix showing Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
January 16, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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Today's writing involved:
😬 unforgivably bad form,
💃 sisters before misters, and
👴 keeping the old boy happy.

🚧 WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
📈 Book status: First draft (26%)

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Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
Addison Harper and Sergeant Jake Murphy are off to a shaky start with their new living situation. So, when Addison has the chance to get out of town and clear his head, he’s quick to climb aboard. …
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January 16, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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January 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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MM ratings, as the Romans might have written 👬🧮
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January 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Free virtual event with Ross Montgomery in just over an hour.

Register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/bn-midday-...

The Murder at World's End was such a fun read and I can't wait to hear more about it ☄️💀

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Midday mystery virtual event poster. Ross Montgomery in conversation with Jennie Godfrey. Registration on Eventbrite is required to attend this event. Thursday 15 January at 3pm ET
January 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Today's writing involved:
🤔 a thought experiment,
🙅‍♂️ the dangers of taking a guess, and
🤰 a few months, you say?

🚧 WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
📈 Book status: First draft (25%)

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January 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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Today's writing involved:
💁‍♂️ a friendship hierarchy,
👯‍♂️ a body double, and
😠 an antagonistic attitude.

🚧 WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
📈 Book status: First draft (24%)

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January 14, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Next author newsletter out tomorrow, featuring:
💀 a game of murder,
📚 a new bookshop, and
🏖️ a nice little break.

Get it: gbralph.com/mailing-list/

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January 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Today's writing involved:
😱 the stuff of nightmares,
🤡 an entitled brat, and
😌 delicious vindication.

🚧 WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
📈 Book status: First draft (23%)

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January 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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‘No worries. Have fun,’ Jake said with a smile, ‘and behave yourself.’

‘Always.’ Addison climbed out, shutting the door behind him and turning to find a grinning seventy-something-year-old woman standing on the footpath.

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January 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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Brilliant fun, an absolute delight ☄️
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January 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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‘Speaking of…’ Addison looked up from their table and past the growing clusters of people on the platform to the unoccupied tracks beyond, as if he could have missed the arrival of a stonking great steam locomotive. ‘Where is this train, anyway?’

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January 9, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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Today's writing involved:
🐍 a hissing 's' sound,
😮 appreciative gasps, and
🤨 a mixture of wonder and confusion.

🚧 WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
📈 Book status: First draft (22%)

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January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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What a delightfully despicable number of readers on my author mailing list 😈

You too can join this extremely intelligent and devilishly charming group 😘 gbralph.com/mailing-list/
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January 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Not again 🔒😅

WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
Pre-order: gbralph.com/killer-on-th...

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Screenshot of text with the word "lock" highlighted: Considering his many recent minor driving violations, Addison reckoned he ought to count himself lucky he wasn’t riding in the back seat. The thought prompted him to glance over his shoulder, through the clear, hard plastic divider. He’d really rather not be locked back there if he could avoid it, not again.
January 8, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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New year, new profile banner image 🖼️
The Milverton Mysteries book cover images
January 7, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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After a few weeks of painting the house, Christmas, NYE, etc, today's writing involved:
😎 exposition disguised as rambling,
🏔️ a geological marvel, and
👵 a dozen Mabels.

🚧 WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
📈 Book status: First draft (21%)

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Killer on the Kelvin Explorer
Addison Harper and Sergeant Jake Murphy are off to a shaky start with their new living situation. So, when Addison has the chance to get out of town and clear his head, he’s quick to climb aboard. …
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January 7, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer 🚂💀
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Screenshot of text with the word "low" highlighted: An impromptu photo shoot, on the tracks, with a train due in any minute. Sure, the low camera angle with a backdrop of the underside of the platform edge, the tracks, and the occasional spindly weed growing through the gravel ballast no doubt lent the shots an industrial, concrete jungle aesthetic. But the stupidity was breath-taking.
January 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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‘Mrs Coleman is over there,’ Sophia said, pointing her out for Addison’s benefit. The woman wielded a clipboard, an arm full of small orange hi-viz vests, and a look of mild frazzlement.

WIP: Killer on the Kelvin Explorer

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January 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Rainy afternoon activities:
✅ Read book
✅ Update website header for NYE
✅ Overhaul links page: gbralph.com/links/
December 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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A few days at the beach with partner, parents, siblings, and niblings 🏖️🎄 [1/3]
Couple selfie Christmas food Santa sock contents Bush walk
December 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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I skip town for a few days and they're wiped out, again! Recently I've been restocking my local bookshop every other week 🤯😍

A huge thanks to the wonderful Bruce McKenzie Booksellers, local readers, and book gifters for moving so many copies of The Milverton Mysteries!

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Author G. B. Ralph holding a stack of paperback copies of The Milverton Mysteries with bookshelves in the background.
December 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Mum is very on theme this Christmas with this book of train-related cosy mystery crime puzzles 🚂💀 That's me sorted for this afternoon!

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Selfie in front of a Christmas tree, holding a book titled Mystery on the Tracks: 100 cosy crime puzzles
December 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Addison on top in April, 2½ years after stumbling over his first 💀 in Milverton, is my final writing highlight of the year 🏆🎉

Thank you so much to all the wonderful readers for sharing my cosy, quirky, queer, Kiwi mysteries. It means everything!

Now let's see what we can get up to in 2026 💪
2025 writing highlight 9 of 9: charting. Murder on Milverton Square by G. B. Ralph ranked number one on Amazon's Best Seller in LGBTQ Mystery chart
December 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Sure, the low camera angle with a backdrop of the underside of the platform edge, the tracks, and the occasional spindly weed growing through the stone ballast no doubt lent the shots an industrial, concrete jungle aesthetic. But the stupidity was breath-taking.

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December 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM