Category Archives: Bedfordshire

5 star Review for MISSING Past and Present

Here is a reflection on my last novel, released at the start of lock-down.

I’m still Chuffed by this 5 star review on Untold Reads for MISSING Past and Present’. A few year’s later and I wonder why it hasn’t fared so well as my first in the series ‘MURDER Now and Then’.

A reader once said, having read MISSING, you have really and truly found your voice in this book Diana. The funny thing is that many people thought it was autobiographical, but that was far from the truth.

Was this because it was in the first person, my only novel to be written that way?

I didn’t consciously choose to do this. That is what my head told me to write and it gave me so much joy doing so.

Well, just to give the book a boost and find those hidden readers out there … I know you’re there!

We are having a discount on Kindle this week to £0.99, from 6th to 12th February 2025 for

MISSING Past and Present

Unfortunately then you will not experience the joy of the cover, for which I am also quite proud. I let Les, my cover designer know that on one twitter survey it was voted the best in the group.

This book is very special to me. I hope you enjoy it. Do let me know.

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Wishing you a Happy Christmas Tree!

To all the readers who have discovered me (and those still to do so; to all the authors who have supported me over the years; to all my family and friends who have been a tremendous support over the years, I wish you a very Happy Christmas.

Here’s a photo of our first ever Christmas tree in Clophill , Bedfordshire, a spindly specimen bought on Christmas Eve, brought in for three years until…

we planted it in the garden

When we left Clophill the tree was a sturdy 20 ft!!

We still have tiny Christmas trees, even here in Fife. This one is in it’s third year. We won’t bring it in until Saturday and we then hope to plant this one in our garden here in Kinghorn soon after Christmas, weather permitting. (We think it’s getting a bit pot bound!)

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My Next Talk at Kinghorn Library

Some of you may be a bit confused by the name change but Diggins is my married name, Diana Jackson is my penname but was also my maiden name. Most folks around here in Kinghorn know me as Diana Diggins.

Do pop into the library to reserve your ticket.

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