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July 27, 2016
HOW TO BE A VIGILANTE: A DIARY
But how would you like to get it a month earlier than that? Click on the link below to find out more!
http://lukesmitherd.com/want-get-vigi...
Want to get ‘How To Be A Vigilante: A Diary’ a month early?
Yep, my new novel How To Be A Vigilante: A Diary (although technically its my very first novel) is available for pre-order on Amazon now by clicking here! It will then be automatically beamed to your Kindle when its released on September 14th. So go pre-order now! Waaaaaah!
Pre-order How To Be A Vigilante: A Diary here and have it ker-zapped to your Kindle on the day it’s released!
But wait …of course, you can just do that. Of course you could. But …how would you not only like to get it a month earlier than the release date, but for free?
All you need to do is click on the link below to sign up to my all-new Luke’s Smitherd’s All-New Premature Release Review Group. That’s right, the old group has been dismantled for reasons that will be explained when you click on the link (don’t worry, you can read them before you decide sign up or not; the link just takes you through to a rules and reviewer info page.) The rules are a bit stricter this time because a few people took advantage last time, sadly, but in a nutshell what you need to agree to do is this: read the book, and put up a review on September 14th. In return, I’ll send you an advance review copy of the book to read, absolutely free.
Click here to go through to the Luke Smitherd’s All-New Premature Release Review Group rules and signup page!
Q and A:
1. Yes, if you’re already a member of the old group, you have to sign up to the new group to take part.Sorry. There’s a reason why and it’s on the rules page too.
2. People often ask if they can pay when they get a free review copy; of course you can. Just click on the pre-order link above to buy the book, and I’ll still send you your copy early if you join the review group.
3. Yes, if you join the group and don’t keep up your end of the bargain, you will be banned from the mailing list and any future offers. I really, really hate to talk about stuff like that but if you did that I would consider it theft, and you, a cad.
4. Of course, if you just want to pre-order and are happy to wait until September 14th, you absolutely can! Just click on the pre-order link at the top of the email, or here! 
July 24, 2016
My Name is Mister Grief - Free on Amazon until July 28
"He can help you."
Have you ever felt like you couldn't go on? That you were nearly lost under the weight of your own burdens? Were you told - or did you decide - that the only way out was to soldier on, to blindly grind out the days until you felt like you could breathe again, if not as well as before?
What if there was another way?
That's the option that Jerry is presented with by his best friend Robert, along with an incredible tale of the man that came to Robert in his own time of need; the man who calls himself Mister Grief. The man who has a tale of his own to tell.
A story within a story within a story, MY NAME IS MISTER GRIEF continues the new Luke Smitherd tradition of making the reader wonder 'what would I do?' while transporting them to the place where everyone has a secret and the impossible is possible.
July 20, 2016
I’m Being Published.
Ok, it’s all been signed off and confirmed and so now I can officially announce the big bit of news that I’ve been hinting at.
I’m being published.
Audible are actually going to produce and publish the audiobook of KILL SOMEONE. ANYONE. An advance has been agreed and, more importantly, they’re going to be marketing it. That last part, as you perhaps already realise, is absolutely huge to someone like me who has only had themselves – as well as some of you guys who really help spread the word, and recently Joanne Giovenco whose I would like to publicly thank for her invaluable help, as well as Laurence and Henna at Audible and of course Sophie at ACX – to try and get the books in front of people.
If this interests you the next questions probably are: when’s it coming out, and who is going to be doing the voiceover? The honest answers are 1. Not 100% sure but probably November I should think, as production time is roughly two months. 2. I don’t know. It might be me, but while I’ll be being consulted about it the final decision for that lies with them. It’s a small concession for me to make, and I trust their judgement.
The good news for this is also that I can schedule a simultaneous Amazon and Audible release for not only that book but HOW TO BE A VIGILANTE: A DIARY as well.
All release dates will be confirmed soon, and pre-orders will be possible too. Those of you who want to join the launch team (advance copies in exchange for launch day reviews) get on the mailing list.
For those of you who have spread the word and left your reviews, thank you so much. If you hadn’t made noise, this never would have happened.
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July 19, 2016
The Physics of the Dead - Free on Amazon until July 23
US: http://amzn.to/29VBeP9
UK: http://amzn.to/2aqf6cW
What do the dead do when they can't leave ...and don't know why?
The afterlife doesn't come with a manual. In fact, Hart and Bowler (two ordinary but dead men) have had to work out the rules of their new existence for themselves. It's that fact (along with being unable to leave the boundaries of their city centre, unable to communicate with the other lost souls, unable to rest in case The Beast catches up with them) that makes getting out of their situation a priority.
But Hart and Bowler don't know why they're there in the first place; if they ever want to leave, they will have to find all the answers to be able to understand the physics of the dead. What are the strange, glowing objects that pass across the sky? Who are the living people surrounded by a blue glow? What are their physical limitations in that place, and have they fully explored the possibilities of what they can do?
Time is running out. Their afterlife was never supposed to be this way, and if they don't make it out soon, they're destined to end up like the others. Insane, and alone forever...
In this creeping, mysterious debut novel from the author of the Amazon #1 Bestseller THE STONE MAN, the richly-built world of THE PHYSICS OF THE DEAD will slowly draw you in with an icy grip until you are left gasping.
July 18, 2016
New Books to be Published
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July 14, 2016
DO ANYTHING - FREE on Amazon and Amazon UK Until July 18
CLOSURE: A winter walk in the woods seemed like a great idea to Gary and his wife, Carla. Until a duplicate Gary appears and kidnaps Carla, vanishing with her into thin air. Could the strange mechanical devices Gary's duplicate leaves behind hold the answer?
YOUR NAME IS IN THE BOOK: When John was eleven years old, he came home to find a book he'd never seen before lying on his bed; one full of names, some belonging to people he knew, each with a single number behind them. That was John's first glimpse into a darker reality than he could have ever imagined, and that mysterious book would go on to affect every facet of the rest of his life. And potentially, his death ...
US: http://amzn.to/29RPJBG
UK: http://amzn.to/29S14EI
July 12, 2016
Come on Guys. Help Me Out
The response to the contest for the mail list sign-up has been...ummm...underwhelming at best. I would greatly appreciate it if you could recommend my books to people you know. The more people you sign up, the better your chance to win.
It's Contest Time...How Much do you Want to Win...
One-of-a-kind-prizes?
I've come up with stuff I think some of you are REALLY gonna want.
What do you have to do?
Help me sign up new readers to the email list. Click the link to find out all the details (including information about upcoming new book launches).
http://bit.ly/29ujk57
July 10, 2016
Hold on Until Your Fingers Break - Free on Amazon Until July 13
UK: http://amzn.to/29x1BHc
Tom's entire world is about to come to a very definite end.
In a day that starts with amnesia, mysterious old men, and a scrawled, barely-legible note that says only "DON'T TRUST HIM", follow Tom as he tries to piece together not only his memories of the day before, but the answer to the question... what happens when you never let go of the ones you love?
July 6, 2016
It's Contest Time...How Much do you Want to Win...
I've come up with stuff I think some of you are REALLY gonna want.
What do you have to do?
Help me sign up new readers to the email list. Click the link to find out all the details (including information about upcoming new book launches).
http://bit.ly/29ujk57
