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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · 21d

Can’t wait

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Janice Hallett @janicehallett.bsky.social · 21d

Guess where #TheKillerQuestion tour is today? 🤔 Can’t wait to see everyone at the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival‬⁩ at 12pm when @orlandomurrin.bsky.social ‬⁩and I are chatting about Cosy Crime with the amazing @jenniegauthor.bsky.social 🤩 #writerontour #lifeontheroad #budleighsaltertonlitfest

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Jun 4

Cracking book

D. V. Bishop's CARNIVAL OF LIES out now @dvbishop.com · Jun 2

23 days until my new Cesare Also historical thriller CARNIVAL OF LIES is published by @panmacmillan.bsky.social! Grazie @orlandomurrin.bsky.social & @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social for the lovely quotes. Pre-order here: linktr.ee/D.V.Bishop

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Antony Johnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social · May 13

Looking forward to #CrimeFest this weekend! Don't miss the panel I'm moderating, "The Modern Cosy – Niche Work If You Can Get It" with David Brawn, Fliss Chester, @orlandomurrin.bsky.social, and Katherine Hall Page, on Friday at 1.40pm 🔍

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Apr 11

Is he wired up to something?

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thanks Colin - and my editor takes all the credit

Colin the Copywriter @colinthecopywriter.bsky.social · Apr 11

Blurbs in the wild: Cosy crime loves a niche setting. How to emphasise that niche & the cosiness's inherent humour? Dish up the puns. @orlandomurrin.bsky.social and @transworldbooks.bsky.social Knife Skills for Beginners throws 6 cooking/murder-related puns at the reader. Deadly but also delicious.

Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin

Blurb:
A recipe for disaster.
When chef Paul Delamare takes a job teaching at an exclusive residential cookery school in Belgravia, the only thing he expects his students to murder is his taste buds. But on the first night, the unthinkable happens: someone turns up dead...

The school rests on a knife-edge.
The police are convinced Paul is the culprit. After all, he’s good with a blade, was first on the scene – and everyone knows it doesn’t take much to push a chef over the edge.

It all boils down to murder.
To prove his innocence, he must find the killer – as well as teach his students how to make a perfect hollandaise sauce. One mistake and he’ll be next to get the chop.

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Apr 1

Love the styling

Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Apr 1

Look at this beauty just collected from Dulwich Books👀📘

Murder Below Deck is the follow-up to @orlandomurrin.bsky.social ’s brilliant Knife Skills for Beginners
⚓️📘🛳️📘🔪
#BookSky

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Katie Allen @katieallenauthor.bsky.social · Apr 1

Look at this beauty just collected from Dulwich Books👀📘

Murder Below Deck is the follow-up to @orlandomurrin.bsky.social ’s brilliant Knife Skills for Beginners
⚓️📘🛳️📘🔪
#BookSky

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 29

I'm in a lather of Saturday excitement because I've been nominated for the Capital Crime Fingerprint Debut Award, along with @jenniegauthor.bsky.social, Marie Tierney, @louiseminchin.bsky.social and Claire Wilson. Now it's down to YOU! Cast your vote by 31 May - www.capitalcrime.org/fingerprint-...

FINGERPRINT AWARDS — Capital Crime Festival

www.capitalcrime.org

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Kirkwood Public Library @kirkwoodlib.bsky.social · Mar 28

Ever wonder how fun an author can be who writes a grisly murder? Wonder no more, Orlando Murrin is the exact guest you want at a party.

kplpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1278428/epis... @orlandomurrin.bsky.social

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 26

As the end of the UK tax year looms, any other Blooskies fed up that the tax allowance for car travel is still 45p per mile, unchanged since 2011? (Not my Audi - I drive a VW)

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 25

This was great fun but I also learnt heaps from you both.

Sam Bilton @mrssbilton.bsky.social · Mar 25

I so enjoyed recording this episode with Caroline Crampton & @orlandomurrin.bsky.social

The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · Mar 21

@mrssbilton.bsky.social
New episode from Sam and Comfortably Hungry!
Murder in the Kitchen!
Fun episode and convo!
open.spotify.com/episode/4m4u...

#podcast #food #foodinfiction

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 21

Thanks so much - and for your insights. Great to share a review with the incomparable @sukpannu.bsky.social

AJ Hawley's World of Crime @ajhawley.bsky.social · Mar 21

Enjoyed reading 2 new debuts this week. @sukpannu.bsky.social and @orlandomurrin.bsky.social . A joint review of Mrs Sidhu's Dead and Scone and Knife Skills for Beginners: hawleyreviews.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/t...

The year of the Chef

Looking through TBR list, I came across two ‘debut’ authors with an unexpected synchronicity, with both protagonists being chefs. You may wonder how I didn’t know this. However, I…

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 18

Ha! Thank you

Be kind today @learntobekind.bsky.social · Mar 18

@orlandomurrin.bsky.social after chapter 2 I am hooked. Clue in a book.

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@FrancesC.bsky.social @franapunk.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thank you @orlandomurrin.bsky.social Book post to get excited about 🔪🔪

Book cover of Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando Murrin

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 15

Brilliant!

AfricanGrey 👨🏻‍🦰⚧️♠️🏳️‍🌈 @campersand.bsky.social · Mar 14

@orlandomurrin.bsky.social getting a @yellowjackets96.bsky.social tattoo while reading this! #KnifeSkills #ForBeginners

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 15

Agreed

Diane Jeffrey Author @dianejeffreyauthor.bsky.social · Mar 14

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓 was reviewed in today’s 𝑫𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑴𝒂𝒊𝒍.

“𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠”, apparently!

I’ll take that!!! ❤️

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 11

Hope so, although some readers find it a bit dark. (I don’t)

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thank you, Camryn!

AfricanGrey 👨🏻‍🦰⚧️♠️🏳️‍🌈 @campersand.bsky.social · Mar 11

“Knife Skills for Beginners,” by @orlandomurrin.bsky.social bought based on #AlibiBookshop in Vallejo’s “kitchen murder” recommendation! #BuyGoodArt #BuyGoodBooks #ShopLocal #BookSky

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 8

I'm giving away ten (yes, 10!) copies of the US edition of #KnifeSkillsForBeginners - complete with recipes converted to cup measures. Feel free to retweet/follow me, but to enter, just comment below, expressing your support for Ukraine. (Winners drawn on Tues, UK only.) #standbyukraine #democracy

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Deb’s Book Reviews @debsbookreviews.bsky.social · Mar 6

🎉🎉Happy Publication Day 🎉🎉

📕Murder Below Deck by Orlando Murrin 📕

Well, here we are again following the trials & tribulations of Paul Delamare - chef, writer & amateur sleuth. Enjoy!

Review tinyurl.com/yh2prdb2

#BookSky💙📚 @orlandomurrin.bsky.social @bantambooksuk.bsky.social

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thanks Tom!

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Tom Murdock @thmurdock.bsky.social · Mar 6

Wishing you fair winds for this one, Orlando! Looking forward to catching up with Paul

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 6

You’re invited on a dream cruise aboard a superyacht, only to be hit by a vicious Atlantic storm. Find out how Paul navigates his way out of catastrophe in #MurderBelowDeck, OUT TODAY! ‘Should be prescribed on the NHS’ (Heat).'Absolutely hilarious’ (@dianejeffreyauthor.bsky.social) @transworldbooks

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Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thank you so much for such a great and thoughtful review

The Cosy Moose @thecosymoose.bsky.social · Mar 5

💙📚⚡️ #BookSky Surrounded by the ultra-rich in the opulent surroundings of a luxury SuperYacht, Chef and writer Paul Delamare may be the lone beacon of almost-sanity. Murder Below Deck is a fabulously entertaining murder mystery, with plenty of action and humour by @orlandomurrin.bsky.social

Review: Murder Below Deck – Orlando Murrin

Poor Paul Delamare. In the first book from Orlando Murrin - Knife Skills For Beginners - he ended up stepping in to teach culinary classes after a so-called friend bailed out. The friend was later murdered, dragging Paul into the case. And now he's out at sea, on a SuperYacht, to help write another friend's biography. Business woman and philanthropist Xera has recently married, and her new husband Billy is not Paul's biggest fan.

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