Book one
Wine, Weight and the Bloody Menopause
A humorous diary of midlife, Merlot and survival. One woman, one menopause, one calorie-counting app, and a frankly unreasonable amount of wine.
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Same woman.
New adventures.
Hot flushes included.
The menopause diaries of Mona Pause: wine, weight, fat jabs and a Fiat full of Christmas presents. Written by Emma Spencer, who also writes cosy Yorkshire murder mysteries under her own name.
Current internal temperatureVolcanic
The Mona Pause diaries
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Book two · Out now
The Christmas Countdown and the Bloody Menopause
A new job, a growing team, a daughter turning twenty and a lottery ticket that won't budge. From spa days and Christmas markets to a tiny Fiat road trip through Italy, Mona's year is anything but quiet.
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Cosy murder, under her own name
A Yorkshire Village Mystery
Murder in Bedford Falls
Bedford Falls is a snow-covered Yorkshire village where gossip is usually the worst thing that happens. Then local benefactor Mr Briggs is found dead. Jean Beaumont can't resist digging into the village's secrets, but everyone knows more than they're letting on, and the killer isn't finished yet.
A cosy Yorkshire mystery packed with secrets, humour and twists.
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About Emma
Emma Spencer is a West Yorkshire author who loves a good story in any shape. As Mona Pause she writes the comic diaries of a woman navigating the menopause, one glass of wine at a time. Under her own name she writes cosy mysteries and more, with new books always on the way.
She'd love to hear from readers, especially the ones who've had to open a freezer door in public just to cool down.
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