Free PDF previews for downloading

PDF previews of seven of my books are now available for download from my website . 
I haven't provided previews of my short stories --what would be he point? -- but I'll do For Viktor next. 

Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of The Fine Art of Kindness 
Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of Underneath the Arclight 
Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of To the White Gate
Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of Six Murders? 
Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of My Marian Year
Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of The Tapu Garden of Eden 

Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of The Boltons of The Little Boltons

Another two PDF previews now available for downloading

Yes. I'm gradually preparing and uploading PDF previews of my book so readers can 'try before they buy'. Today I have made two more previews available: The Fine Art of Kindness and Underneath The Arclight as well as To the White Gate and Six Murders?.

• Go HERE for a downloadable preview of The Fine Art of Kindness 
• Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of Underneath the Arclight 
• Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of To the White Gate
• Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of Six Murders? 

NEW. Free PDF downloads of two books.

I've now made available PDF previews of two of my books and more to come.

• Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of To the White Gate
• Go HERE for a downloadable PDF preview of Six Murders? 

The 2018 Ngaio Marsh New Zealand Crime Fiction Awards

A week from today (Tuesday 15 May) we should know the ten books (from more than sixty) that have made the long list for the 2018 Ngaio Marsh New Zealand Crime Fiction Awards. Will Six Murders? be there? I have no idea but I've never been especially confident simply because it's not a 'serious' crime or mystery story. But whatever happens it's been fun being accepted as an entry.

Murder in the (Takapuna) Library

Last Wednesday night (the eleventh of April) I and three other authors took part in the Takapuna edition of the 'Murder in the Library' series of events as part of the 2018 Ngaio Marsh awards for New Zealand crime fiction. It was well attended by the book-lovers of Takapuna and excellently moderated by Sarah Ell. My novel Six Murders? is entered in the competition but it is not really very 'crimey' -- it's a bit on the light and humorous side really -- whereas the other three authors were each, in their own different way, serious series writers.

Pictured at Takapuna Library, from left, Sheryl Beaumont, me, Carne Maxwell, Sara Ell and Mike Boushier

(Note: I'm a bit late posting this because we have been without power since last Tuesday night. We got restored this morning only because Newstalk ZB pointed out what Vector didn't seem to know: that as of Sunday morning there were still thousands of city streets out and  that the problems were not just limited to the 'fringes of Auckland' as Vector claimed. Once ZB pointed out to Vector what Vector themselves didn't know we had power restored in five minutes -- literally five minutes -- after being fed misinformation and waiting helplessly for five days.)  

 

Nice news from Wellington libraries

In the course of arranging for some free copies of The Fine Art of Kindness to go the Wellington libraries the librarian told me that

"The copies of Six murders? are issuing exceptionally well as is our single copy of To The White Gate." 

As a result I sent them some more copies of both titles. There's nothing more gratifying to a writer than knowing his books are in demand.

Coming soon: MURDER IN THE LIBRARY

MURDER IN THE LIBRARY is an entertaining series of events for book lovers featuring the books (and their authors) entered into the 2018 Ngaio Marsh New Zealand crime fiction awards.
I'm now booked for the event at Takapuna Library (with three other authors) on the evening of Wednesday 11 April from six o'clock to talk about my popular novel Six Murders?