Every six months or so I like to let you know what's going on. 🤪
Let's see... My last post was at the end of the Advent Calendar. So...
Well, we started a new year. How's that working out for you?
The last wide release I had was Ghosted. JF Harding is doing the audiobook on that one, which should be finished by the end this month. Fingers crossed.
I started The 12.2 Per-Cent Solution, but stalled. I'll be honest, I just didn't have the heart for a funny book. No laughs in me. And if you've been following along, you know why. It's been a hellacious couple of years.
However, I seem to have finally shaken the rain clouds off, so this month I'll be back to work on The 12.2 Per-Cent Solution. No preorders. No promises. But it's next on the list as far as wide releases.
I have been writing, of course, and I do have a new book out. Well, available for preorder: Kill Your Darlings (The preorder is listed everywhere except Google, but I haven't had a chance to update my website or do a universal link--sorry about that! I'll try to update shortly)
At this mystery conference, murder is more than just another plot twist...
Nobody likes conferences, but they’re part of the job.
Millbrook House senior editor Keiran Chandler has spent years curating the best voices in crime lit, but when an unsolicited manuscript is handed to him at the Noir at the Shore mystery conference, truth collides with fiction. I Know What You Did is more than just another slush pile submission—it’s a direct threat.
U.N. Owen seems to know what really happened in Steeple Hill all those years ago. Who is Owen? How does he know these things? Clearly the mysterious author is after more than a book deal. But what?
With a potentially career-ending publishing merger on the horizon, the end of his affair with bestselling author and former homicide detective Finn Scott, and not so subtle threats from someone in his past, Keiran has a lot bigger problems than coming up with something witty to say on discussion panels.
The book is being released on the 27th of this month. It's already been delivered to Patreon subscribers so, yes, it's coming out on schedule. It will also be available in print. And Kale Williams has been contracted to do the audio (which I'm so excited about -- it's been WAY too long since we've worked together!)
OH. SALES.
So there are several sales going on right now that I should mention: At B&N I've got a BOGO (Buy One Get One free) for three of my series: The Adrien English Mysteries, Secrets and Scrabble, and Holmes & Moriarity. If you've wanted to try one of my series--or fill in the blanks of your collection--this is a pretty good opportunity.
Also the Holmes & Moriarity series has been knocked down to $2.99 each on Amazon. Maybe the AE series as well? And Murder in Pastel is also $2.99 (when you read Kill Your Darlings, you'll understand.) Actually, MIP is also $2.99 on B&N.
The next wide release after The 12.2 Per-Cent Solution will be The Medicine Man Murders (Art of Murder 6). Again, life is just too unpredictable right now to commit to preorders or promises. But that is a book that will absolutely happen. (I mean, unless something untoward happens to me.)
Let's see. What else? It's swimming weather and we're out in the pool almost every evening. The hummingbirds are buzzing around demanding greater portions of nectar and I've got about 15 plants I need to re-pot STAT. We cleaned out our library and donated 16 boxes of books to our local library. And in about two weeks our dear friends from Finland will be arriving.
I hope you're well. I hope you're happy and healthy and creative (or just doing what you love).
Talk to you soon--or in six months (whichever comes first) 😄
