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The day we gave our first author Robert Daws a Hobeck mug.
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The hottest day of 2020 - the day we went to Chester Zoo to meet author number two, Antony Dunford.
Oh we do love to be besides the seaside - meeting the third Hobeck author, Wendy Turbin, on the Essex coast.
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We won't be able to meet Hobeck author number four for a while so we have to imagine what he might be like.
Off we go again - this time meeting Hobeck author number five - Alison Morgan.
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A great day indeed was the day we met Malcolm Hollingdrake for a tour of the 'dark side' of Liverpool. Then, we gave him a mug.
There is one member of the Hobeck Team who deserves a place in our gallery and that is Jayne Mapp, designer of covers such as Daria's Daughter, Killing Rock, Fatal Trade, Over Her Dead Body and many more...
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As fortune would have it, we were passing by Olly Jarvis's hometown on the way north so what better way to break up the journey than a quick coffee in a Hobeck mug with a Hobeck author?
Welcome to the new member of the Hobeck Team, Richard Osman! Just kidding, but he has a Hobeck mug so he's an honorable member of the team, even if he doesn't know it.
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Ian Rankin is trying to find the tea in his mug... Another honorary member of the team - we wish!
Attending Bloody Scotland gave us the opportunity to meet Mark Wightman, author of Waking the Tiger, and of course, give him a Hobeck mug.
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A trip to Suffolk gave us the opportunity to give Lin Le Versha, author of Blood Notes, one of our mugs.
Suffolk is next to Norfolk - so another mug given to another Hobeck author - Judi Daykin.
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AJ Aberford is used to sunnier climbs in Malta but popped by a pub near Hobeck Towers for a beer (not in a mug) and some lunch with us.
We didn't have a mug with us unfortunately but here we are with the lovely Ann Cleeves at CrimeFest who kindly agreed to come on the Hobcast.
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Another Hobeck mug for another Hobeck author - here we are with Jonathan Peace author of Dirty Little Secret, From Sorrow's Hold and more to come!
We had a lovely time meeting Rae (Rachel) Sargeant author of Her Deadly Friend at the Painswick Rococo Garden near Stroud and of course we had to take the opportunity to give her a Hobeck mug!
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It's not often we venture to Scotland but as The Confession was launching we decided to pay a little trip to Glasgow and present Maureen Myant, author of The Confession, with her mug!
It's been a while since we met a Hobeck author to give them our lovely mug, but meet a Hobeck author we did - David Jarvis author of three books out Summer 2024
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A trip to London afforded me the opportunity for a quick drink with Hobeck author, Julie Anderson, and perchance to give her a Hobeck mug!
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