Bomb Girls is getting stellar and consistent ratings!

For the past two weeks, Episode 2 and 3 have hit well above 1.1 million viewers per week on Global Television in Canada, and continuing to make it the highest rated drama in the country for its time slot.
You can now download the first three episodes at the Canadian I Tunes store. Three weeks left in season one.

The cover art for the UK edition of Poor Tom Is Cold to be published in March

Link here to advance order Poor Tom Is Cold

Maureen with Adrienne Mitchell of Back Alley Films


Celebrating the success of Bomb Girls by the Billboard in Toronto this past week. The ratings continue to be stellar.

Bomb Girls the highest rated show last night in its time slot

#1 with 1.4 million viewers in Canada. Episode two airs next week on Wednesday night at 8:00 pm on Global Television across Canada

Bomb Girls premieres in Canada on Jan. 4th at 8 pm

The Global Television website link

The Detective Murdoch novels have been sold to Mondadori publishers in Italy

Cooke International negotiated a deal with Italian publishers Mondadori for the Murdoch Mysteries novels this past week. Maureen is thrilled to know the Murdoch Mysteries will now reach the Italian public in novel form as the television series has already been broadcast on the Italian Fox network.

Bomb Girls premieres on Global Television in Canada January 4th @ 8 pm . . . watch the trailer

Watch the trailer here

Season of Darkness is now in a second printing

Mclleland and Stewart announced today that Season Of Darkness has reprinted. The novel, first in a trilogy set in Shropshire during WW2, will be followed by Beware The Boy which will be published late summer 2012.

Murdoch Mysteries TV series picked up by the CBC for season 6

The tv series based on Maureen’s books and characters will have a new home.
CBC television made the decision today to carry on with more Murdoch Mysteries by ordering a 6th season. After three movies of the week and 65 episodes of the tv series on CITY TV, Murdoch will move to the national network CBC.
Read more here
Maureen wishes to extend her thanks to Christina Jennings and Scott Garvie of Shaftesbury Films for their support and belief in the series over the past 8 years, with a big shout out to ITV international as well as UKTV Alibi for their partnership.

Season Of Darkness picked as a best book of 2011

“Jennings hits it out of the park” . . according to Robin Agnew, owner of Aunt Agatha’s Mystery Bookstore in Ann Arbour Michigan. Read on here