SL Beaumont writes crime fiction and mystery novels, most notably The Kat Munro thriller series, the award-winning standalone thriller Shadow of Doubt and the Carlswick Mysteries. She cites her early influences as Enid Blyton, Agatha Christie and JK Rowling. She is also a fan of Natasha Lester, Richard Osman, Ken Follett and LJ Ross.
Shadow of Doubt won the Indie Reader 2020 Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Award and was long-listed for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel. Death Count was a semi-finalist for the 2021 Publisher’s Weekly Booklife Prize. The titles in The Carlswick Mysteries series were awarded honorable mentions at the San Francisco Book Festival and have been finalists in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards.
Prior to becoming an author, SL Beaumont worked in banking in London and New York, and she is now a partner in a chartered accountancy firm in Auckland. Her passion for travel has seen her take many long-haul flights from New Zealand. Her love of history helps determine the destination, and the places she visits are a constant source of inspiration for her.
You can keep in touch via her Reader’s Group or drop her an email below.
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Radio New Zealand interview with Kathryn Ryan
The War Photographers Sell Sheet
Plains FM Bookenz interview with Ruth Todd
Words from the Bubble interview with Rachel Dore
Death Count Sell Sheet
Shadow of Doubt Sell Sheet
IndieReader Discovery Awards Press Release
SL Beaumont would love to hear from you. If you have questions about any of her books, would like to arrange for an interview or order a signed copy, please reply below.
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