Look what came in the post today!
First copies of my new book, THE CLEANSING FLAMES, due out May 19, 2011 (available for pre-order now). The all important spine-view:
Author sets fire to his own book.
This is the trailer for my next Porfiry Petrovich novel, THE CLEANSING FLAMES, due out in May: To make it (yes, I made it myself), I had to burn a copy of the novel, which was a particularly hard thing to do, as it doesn’t exist as a book yet. Alex, my tireless publicity maven …
The Cleansing Flames
NOMINATED FOR THE 2011 CWA ELLIS PETERS AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL CRIME NOVEL! Easter, 1872. Fires burn in St Petersburg, a prelude to the revolutionary turmoil that will shake Russia a generation later. As the springtime thaw begins, a body rises to the surface of the Winter Canal. Following an anonymous tip-off, magistrate Porfiry …
Meanwhile, over on Jenn Ashworth’s blog…
… some tips on generating mystery and suspense. Jenn Ashworth is the author of A Kind of Intimacy and the forthcoming Cold Light. She has also been picked by The Culture Show as one of the 12 best new novelists in Britain! Wow! She’s even on telly this Saturday. Anyhow, she’s invited a series of …
The all purpose monkey reviews Razor Wrapped in Silk.
Elizabeth A. White, whose book review blog is subtitled “The musings of an all purpose monkey”, has written a great review of A Razor Wrapped In Silk. Amongst other nice things, she said this: “The investigations make for a great detective story in and of themselves but, as with the previous two entries in the …
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