JUSTINE GILBERT, AUTHOR
Born in New York, USA. Lived in London, Rome, the Tuscan Hills and Florida. Currently living on the Kent coast beside the North Sea.
I am a member of the prestigious Crime Writers Association and my Tuscan murder mystery, Montecatini, was a Page Turner Awards 2024 Finalist.
I am a mother and grandmother; a dog lover; a traveller; an educationalist; an alumni of Leeds University, the Open University, and The Novelry.
My latest novel, The Anna Puzzle, published January 2026, has five stars. It is a dual era tale of love, betrayal and hope. Two spies, two murders, and one love story, set at the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the Russian invasion. Love is stronger than war.
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Thank you to everyone who attended this event. It was a wonderful afternoon discussing my novel. So many thoughts and ideas! And a request for a sequel. I said the sequel would be written when there was peace and freedom in Ukraine. We pray for it.
Such interesting questions and a spirited dual language debate.
Let's Talk 🙃
It's the Great Depression. The world is tilting towards war. In the White House, nothing is as it seems.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the married president of the United States, has started a long and passionate affair with his cousin Daisy, and moves her into the West Wing.
Daisy is one of FDR's band of unconventional women.
A historical novel that mirrors current day issues.
News: I have now been accepted as a member of the CWA
the Crime Writers Association
View my video interview (link below) with UK Crime Fiction Club
on FB or on YouTube.
THE ANNA PUZZLE
'A must read'
Available on Kindle and Kobo and Apple
or you can ask your library to stock the book.
MORE NOVELS by Justine Gilbert
MONTECATINI
A murdery mystery set in the Tuscan hills.
A nameless child’s body dumped on an Italian beach; an Italian conman, Alessandro Verdi, murdered in London. But all clues lead to the hillside town of Montecatini della Torre in Tuscany.
When the powerful Verdi family asks Agata, a recently retired agente di polizia, to discreetly investigate the death of her former lover, she believes she knows the whole truth about Alessandro. Determined to prove him innocent of the shocking child murder on the beach, her investigations reveal disturbing hidden events and connections. Luca, her Commissario husband, shares information with her, and the locals share gossip. But it is down to Agata to sift fact from rumour. How many people must die before she uncovers the truth?
PageTurner Awards 2024 Finalist.
DAISY CHAIN
It's the Great Depression. The world is tilting towards war. In the White House, nothing is as it seems.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the married president of the United States, has started a long and passionate affair with his cousin Daisy, and moves her into the West Wing.
Daisy is one of FDR's band of unconventional women.
A historical novel that mirrors current day issues.
Winner of the PageTurner Award and Longlisted for the Historical Fiction Company Best Book 2022.
Amazon
Kindle
DAISY CHAIN was one of five novels shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Award for a first novel written by someone over 60.
DAISY CHAIN
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What people who bought DAISY CHAIN say...
Justine Gilbert shines new light on the tender side of one of America's legendary figures, President Franklin Roosevelt with a passionate and illuminating retelling of a seismic era from the perspective of 'the other woman.'.
Louise Dean, award-winning author and founder of The Novelry
Winner of the PageTurner Award and Longlisted for the Historical Fiction Company Best Book 2022.
Amazon
Kindle
DAISY CHAIN was one of five novels shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Award for a first novel written by someone over 60.
Listen to the story behind the making of The Anna Puzzle as seen on
UK Crime Book Club on FB and on their YouTube channel.
Awards Evening 2024
The Society of Authors Award Presentation Evening 2024, a beautiful venue with talented people
