I'm excited to announce my book FLAPPERS, FINS, AND FABULOUS FELONIES will be coming out 2nd May 2026! If you like glamour, the 1920s, mermaids, found sisterhood/family, and heists, then this is the book for you. Thanks so much to the amazing LazyFoxArt for the gorgeous cover. Blurb is down below.
The book is now available for pre-order on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/Flappers-Fabulous-Felonies-Clare-Packard-ebook/dp/B0GHZJZY4D/
"Irene Fisher is cursed, not that it is much of a distinction. Anyone around her age or younger has been cursed by the Council, a group of evil magicians that overthrew the monarchy years ago. Irene transforms into a mermaid whenever she touches water. She makes the best of it by helping the local sea captains… and it’s the only thing that saves her when her godfather tries to kill her. Desperate to escape danger, Irene seizes upon an advertisement asking for cursed young women with flapper-like dispositions to help with ‘activities of an educational and profitable nature’. Upon arriving at the advertisement’s location, a mansion deep in the countryside, Irene discovers these ‘activities’ are heists. The flappers of Heyington House go out to glamorous parties and steal valuables from Councillors’ mansions for fun, reselling or returning them to their original owners when possible. Irene’s fellow flappers (and felons) include Estelle Dormer, their eccentric leader and even more eccentric getaway car driver; Katherine ‘Kitty’ Heyington, Estelle’s wholesome girlfriend who transforms into a cat when the sun rises; the stylish Ruth Browning, a childhood friend of Irene’s cursed with a deformed hand with a tendency for violence; Sarita Mallick, a descendant of a famous political family from the neighbouring country of Shirvast with a tongue that secrets venom; and her brother Nalin Mallick, a charming bartender and mixologist, whose legs have been turned to wood. Irene experiences many narrow escapes and surprises during their heists but is happy for a chance to strike back at the Council’s injustice. The appearance of a presumed-dead member of the royal family offers an opportunity none of them could have anticipated – a heist of magical jewels that could mean the end of the Council’s tyranny for good. How hard could it be? It’s just a small matter of breaking into the heavily guarded palace full of dangerous magicians completely undetected…"
