Grace Long

Editorial Director @MichaelJBooks, Penguin Random House UK 🐧📚 All views my own.

[Michael Hogan @michaelhogan]

"This delicious slice of cosy crime is perfect for dog lovers!" Thanks to @zoeannewest and @WomansWeeklyMag for the lovely review. #thedogwalkersdetectiveagency is on sale now! They've got a lot of leads. but can they collar a killer? https://t.co/ylUJcFTR05

[Cancelled Dad @FrankEd1967]

⁦@michaelhogan⁩ i wish you the very best of fortune with it, Michael! https://t.co/pnDRysAgPJ

[Grace Long @GraceLong94]

Thrilled to see @michaelhogan’s glorious debut #TheDogwalkersDetectiveAgency out in the world today! For crime aficionados, dog lovers and everyone in between, it’s the perfect cosy autumn read. You can get your paws on it in all good bookshops 🐾🐕🔍

[Michael Hogan @michaelhogan]

It's publication day for my debut novel #TheDogwalkersDetectiveAgency! Canine cosy crime in a seaside setting with jokes & plot twists. There's £1 off RRP at Guardian Bookshop, 80p off at Amazon/WH Smith. Order links here. Shares mutts appreciated! 🐶🔍🐾📕https://t.co/ylUJcFTR05

[Grace Long @GraceLong94]

Very excited to be publishing @AlysEliza's brilliant and puzzling debut next year!

[Alys Cummings @AlysEliza]

My debut novel Murder Most Cryptic is going to be published by @MichaelJBooks next year! 🙌🏻 🕵🏻‍♀️ 🧩

I’m very grateful to many people - especially the brilliant @EuanThorneycrof 🙏🏻🙏🏻 and so happy to be working with @GraceLong94 and Michael Joseph - what a team to be a part of 🙌🏻🐧 🥳

[Penguin Michael Joseph @MichaelJBooks]

He’s the Man of the Year. But is he really a monster? 🩸
THE TWISTIEST PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER OF THE YEAR, PERFECT FOR FANS OF FREIDA MCFADDEN, IS COMING THIS AUTUMN!
Available to request on NetGalley NOW! All requests will be accepted for the next 24 hours 🧐
https://t.co/aDmiDuMwy3

[Rob Biddulph @RobBiddulph]

I don't often talk about books for grown-ups, but I absolutely LOVED this one. Twisty turny cosy crime with dogs. And Michael, who is very, very funny in real life, is even funnier on the page.
Hard recommend. See the image below for Ringo's review...

[Michael Hogan @michaelhogan]

Six weeks until (gulp) my debut novel, The Dogwalkers' Detective Agency, is published by @MichaelJBooks. Preorders and social shares help hugely and are massively appreciated. Thank you! *wags tail* 🐶🚨🔍📚https://t.co/qRsTdKWtFT

[ems 🫧 @atotalposer]

THE NEW YORK TIMES PAYWALLED THE MINI CROSSWORD

[Grace Long @GraceLong94]

It's not every day THE @AlisonHammond posts about a book I'm publishing! Thrilled to see @michaelhogan's brilliant debut #TheDogwalkersDetectiveAgency landing far and wide. Cosy crime and dog lovers alike are in for a treat with this one! 🐕‍🦺

[Alison Hammond @AlisonHammond]

Thanks for the book
Looks great @michaelhogan

[Penguin Michael Joseph @MichaelJBooks]

Thirteen guests. Thirteen suspects. An impossible murder. A mystery you must solve – or face the consequences . . .
'A high-energy mystery, both exclamation point and question mark...a striking, playful novel' A.J. FINN
'Witty and remarkable and entirely unpredictable' ALEX PAVESI
#TheGameIsMurder by @hazellward, out now: https://t.co/7vPlTyImOc

[Grace Long @GraceLong94]

Wishing a very happy publication to @HazellWard, whose mind-bogglingly clever murder mystery debut is out today!🔍

[Hazell Ward @HazellWard]

Publication Day!
#TheGameisMurder is now out in the world.
Thank you to @SarahSuch @MichaelJBooks @BerkleyPub and @McrWritingSchl for helping this book to publication.
I’m so grateful to you all.

[Hazell Ward @HazellWard]

Last night I had a flurry of messages from the lovely people at @BerkleyPub, all letting me know that #TheGameisMurder has made it onto the USA Today bestseller list (at number 135)!
Another dream come true. Thank you all.

[Grace Long @GraceLong94]

So excited for this!!! 💔

[Penguin Michael Joseph @MichaelJBooks]

INTRODUCING OUR BIGGEST THRILLER DEBUT OF 2026, #THEEXES! 💔💔💔

Unbearably tense and unmissably twisty, this is the outstanding debut suspense novel from the most exciting new voice in thriller writing, Leodora Darlington

Available to pre-order now! Coming Feb 2026 https://t.co/EySrhqgeOL

[Shona Abhyankar @PublicityShona]

This is going to be fun! 28th August. An Evening with Hazell Ward – The Game is Murder https://t.co/H5pGcSeUjL @HazellWard @MichaelJBooks

[Penguin Michael Joseph @MichaelJBooks]

We are delighted to introduce The Mermaid Collection, launching on 11th September in celebration of 90 bestselling years of Penguin Michael Joseph.

[Grace Long @GraceLong94]

A great day at @CapitalCrime1 introducing crime lovers to @HazellWard’s fantastic debut #thegameismurder! 🕵🏻‍♀️ @MichaelJBooks

[Penguin Michael Joseph @MichaelJBooks]

Six friends. Six motives for murder. But who will be the victim – and who will be the killer?

'A spectacularly crafty puzzle' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'More fun than Eight Detectives' THE TIMES
‘Today's greatest exponent of playful detective fiction’ GUARDIAN

#InkRibbonRed by @pavesi_alex, out now: https://t.co/8TMGhzB3eN

[Penguin Michael Joseph @MichaelJBooks]

Charlie Boardman and his beloved Staffy, Ruby stumble across a corpse in the woods . . .

Now, Charlie and his fellow dogwalkers take it upon themselves to try and sniff out any clues

They've got a lot of leads...but can they collar a killer?

Get ready for a funny, delightfully twisty murder mystery pairing the nation's favourite genre with man's best friend this October!

#TheDogwalkersDetectiveAgency by @michaelhogan, coming this October: https://t.co/mKPyXVVyAS

@BlakeFriedmann

[Penguin Michael Joseph @MichaelJBooks]

We're so delighted that #FivebyFive by @ByClaireWilson has been shortlisted for the Debut Crime Novel Award by @CrimeFest!
#CrimeFestAwards

[Grace Long @GraceLong94]

@HazellWard Incredible!