JR RO Thorp

An image showing an event for a book titled Death On Ice, at Common Press Bookshop in London on 12 June.

/reappears briefly -

I'll be at @capitalcrime.bsky.social in London at 11.40am on 13 June, doing an event about chilly crimes in cold climes. Come heckle me about Finn/show me your #DeathOnIce photos in person/throw walruses onto the stage. #capitalcrime25

www.capitalcrime.org/tickets

/disappears

Well. What an intensely miserable honour, to be content-scraped like lichen off a rock.

family favorite peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1911

family favorite peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1911

Last night in People Are Great, Actually:

Spouse runs a pub in Ireland, & a non-Irish man was introduced to the idea of a 'pub quiz'. FASCINATION ENSUED.

"Where do you get questions?"
"We write them!"
"What do you mean? You think, 'I know this, I wonder who else does??'"

He's quizzing next week.

In other breaking news, magnolias are in full bloom around here.

An extremely beautiful tabby cat looks at the camera while lying beside a copy of Death On Ice by R.O. Thorp published by Faber.

Because my readers are Fantastic & Understand Priorities, I now have a flood of #DeathOnIce images with pets. Big pets small pets cat babies dog babies. OUTSTANDING WORK.

If you have a copy & an animal, please continue this holy trend. (If no animal? Borrow animal!)

#CatSky #BookSky #CatsofBlueSky

Death on Ice by R OThorp: packed full of chills, thrills, shocks and sharks – book review – Welcome aboard the Dauphin, a state-of-the-art ship on its way to the Arctic with a passenger list that includes scientists on a marine research voyage... and a mixed bunch of wealthy passengers looki...

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"With a twisting plot which quickly runs into deep trouble, some entertaining personality clashes, and lots of dark secrets popping up through the frigid air, Death on Ice is overflowing with cool, contemporary vibes... Don’t miss the boat!"

im deadly serious here this is a 14th century illustration of a horse dying and going to hell

Author interview: A pivot to ‘cosy crime’ requires a high level of literary craftsmanship The worlds that I’m creating with the detective novels and with 'Learwife' are different. They’re going to do very different things for you

Me in @irishexaminer.bsky.social on sophomore syndrome and cosy crime!

"The level that you have to write at to make sure that you are entertaining and also baffling people who know and love all of these stories back to front is considerable."

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores. An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Bookshop.org seems to have a 15% off code: LOVEBOOKSELLERS.

On how I wrote a book in 27 days to entertain a friend on maternity leave and ended up working with @faberbooks.bsky.social's incredible Crime team: A Blanchard Twins Tale

Death on Ice: An Interview with R.O. Thorp Happy Valentine's Day! If you'd like a dash of murder mystery with your romance today, we have just the guest for you. R.O. Thorp tells us all about her new series with scientists and sleuths, the Bla...

I talked to the deeply lovely @swordsandsapphics.bsky.social about writing a novel in 27 days, the difference between writing literary and crime fiction, and why queer representation is so important in your nan's fave cosy murder mystery novels.

Have a read here: tinyurl.com/ROThorpSSP

I'm excited to share my review for Death on Ice by RO Thorp #mystery #cosymystery #newrelease #DeathOnIce

R O Thorp – Q&A Death on Ice by R O Thorp is published on 13 February 2025 by Faber. She kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Death on Ice. Death On Ice is a murder mystery in the class…

Over on my blog I’ve a Q&A with R O Thorp. Her new book Death on Ice is out today from @faberbooks.bsky.social fromfirstpagetolast.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/r...

Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp – a review BLOG TOUR When Faber and Faber got in touch to invite me onto the blog tour for one of their new debut authors of course I said yes! Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp introduces us to the Blanchard twins, Rose and Finn. They are marine biologists who are on a luxury Artic cruise for work, alongside an assortment of passengers who are there to enjoy themselves.

Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp – a review BLOG TOUR

When Faber and Faber got in touch to invite me onto the blog tour for one of their new debut authors of course I said yes! Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp introduces us to the Blanchard twins, Rose and Finn. They are marine biologists who are on a…

🛳️'A brilliant modern cosy.' Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants
🛳️'How can something so damn cold be so damn cosy?' Oskar Jensen, author of Helle and Death

Death on Ice by R. O. Thorp is out now from all good bookshops 🛳️

https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571386581-death-on-ice/

R O Thorp – Q&A Death on Ice by R O Thorp is published on 13 February 2025 by Faber. She kindly answered a few of my questions. 1. Tell us a little about Death on Ice. Death On Ice is a murder mystery in the class…

To celebrate #DeathOnIce coming out today with @faberbooks.bsky.social, here's me doing a Q&A with the brilliant @janetemson.bsky.social about whether I plan my books (um), poetry, writing as joy, and ridiculous green teas.

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#BookSky #BookBirthday

A beautiful white cat with a pink nose sits atop a copy of Death On Ice by R.O. Thorp, a mystery novel with a luxury cruise ship cracking ice across its cover.

#DeathOnIce IS OUT TODAY with @faberbooks.bsky.social!

Find it at all your fave bookshops:
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#BookSky #CatSky

Why would you make your narrator unreliable. I trusted you and purchased this book and this is how you repay me

The most jubilant walrus in all of art stares at the viewer, resplendent with tiny teeth, a feathery tail and what looks like near-human fins. It is coloured gold, for reasons that are unclear. The text underneath reads Phoca Jubata, which was a species description of the walrus before it was reclassified as Odobenus rosmarus.

TEN DAYS OF WALRUSES til publication of #DeathOnIce by
@faberbooks.bsky.social: DAY TEN! Out tomorrow!

THIS IS MY VERY FAVOURITE WALRUS IN ART. It's by German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel Schreber (1739-1810).

Thanks to all the lovely early readers of #DeathOnIce! MY WALRUS SMILES UPON YOU

Scientific American’s 10 Most Anticipated ‘Microhistories’ Coming Out in 2025 Scientific American’s Brianne Kane can’t wait to check out these fascinating deep dives into ‘micro’ topics that reveal big insights about science and society

“Pardon the pun, but Franklin seems to have seen the forest through the trees…”—I am so thrilled @sciam.bsky.social says my #FranklinStove book is one of its 10 most anticipated microhistories for 2025 (and a pun is pretty much always forgivable)

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Albrecht Dürer's drawing of a walrus head from 1521, in which a walrus looks combative from a page. The text above its head reads: "Das dozig thyr van dem ich do das hawbt conterfett hab, ist gefange worden in der niderlendischen see und was XII ellen brawendisch mit für füssen" (The animal which I have drawn this picture of was captured in the Dutch Sea and was twelve cubits in size with four feet)

TEN DAYS OF WALRUSES til publication of #DeathOnIce by
@faberbooks.bsky.social: day nine!

Albrecht Dürer's walrus from 1521, held in the British Museum, is justly famous, partly because the walrus appears crazed with bloodlust.

Are the walruses in #DeathOnIce also crazed? PREORDER TO FIND OUT.

A tortoiseshell cat has her full body blissfully inside a white woman's hand and her eyes closed beatifically

Cat has curled up with full weight on literal palm of hand, writing going super well

A Mechanical Galleon 1580x1590 from Augsburg (British Museum)

An amazing automaton, it even played music.

A colour lithograph in which a beautifully attired walrus in a pink and yellow suit with white shirt and purple cravat sits resplendent on an ice floe. A tiny top hat and monocle complete the look.

TEN DAYS OF WALRUSES til publication of #DeathOnIce by
@faberbooks.bsky.social: day 8!

This 'Old Man Walrus' is a 1913 colour lithograph by MT 'Penny' Ross, a cartoonist and one of Walt Disney's earliest collaborators. Would not vote this walrus into power, is clearly the 1%.

#BookSky #WalrusSky

A coloured lithograph of a woman sitting at a table in a dress, hat and shoes entirely made up of book volumes.

Book launch dress.

"The Circulating Library", 1830s lithograph from a painting by George Spratt, held in the @rijksmuseum.bsky.social collections. #BookSky #FashionSky

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