“I don’t remember exactly when I decided I wanted to be a novelist - but I think, like a decent pot of tea, it was brewing for some time.”

 

Fliss Chester was born in London and raised in the south east of England. She attended Guildford High School for Girls, and from there the University of York where she studied Art History. If her degree taught her anything, it was how to describe a picture, so with that skill set in mind she talked her way into a career in sub-editing and spent many happy years captioning pictures (and maybe doing just a little bit more) on homes and lifestyle magazines.

Her first three books follow the romantic liaisons of Jenna Jenkins and are perfect get-away reads, especially if you like your books full of fun, glamour and naughtiness. With Jenna you’re never far from a hilarious mishap or cheeky quip, and her adventures will take you from the Alps, to a gorgeous Bordeaux chateau and finally to the glitz and splendour of Monte Carlo.

In 2019 Fliss started writing The Fen Churche Mysteries. These period whodunnits follow amateur sleuth Fenella Churche as she solves crimes straight after the second world war. She’s a heroine with gumption and a knack for seeing the world - and crimes - through the eyes of a crossword puzzler… so if you can’t solve your two across, you might need to work on your four down…

In 2022 Fliss created The Cressida Fawcett Mysteries, taking a step back in time to the jazz age of the 1920s, with flappers, socialites, martinis… and murder. The Honourable Cressida Fawcett loves interior decor and claims that her eye for design, means she has an eye for a crime. With her loyal pug Ruby and her best friend Dotty by her side, she solves classic English country house style murders, which keep readers guessing all the way until the final denouement!

 

“The great thing about fiction is you can create characters using the best, and sometimes the worst, bits of people you've met or imagined.”

– Fliss Chester, Psychologies Magazine

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Absolutely loved this book! Page turner extraordinaire! Brilliant characters, full of laughs and a brilliant read!

KiwiKaz, Amazon Reviewer,
for Love In The Snow