A Death in Autumn: 1970 Started

I started writing A Death In Autumn: 1970 yesterday. If you add in the 'taster' that I provided for the book at the end of Spring: 1968 I have just under 3,000 words drafted. Not finished, just a good draft.

I decided to start the new book last Saturday. I was on my way to the Albion v Spurs game at the Hawthorns and decided to drop into Handsworth Cemetery and tidy up my parents' grave.

As I was walking I noticed that the authorities were clearing away a dense copse of trees and bushes to make more room for graves. I immediately realised that 46 years ago the copse would have been an ideal dump site for a dead body.

So it was that chance thought that got me going. Not some well planned schedule linked to a publication date. But now that I've started I'll find it impossible to stop until I've written the full story of big city corruption, illegal payments, murder, sex and sleaze that's in my head. And all this from a man who has never even been invited to an orgy let alone attended one.

The book will be out around June 2017. Meanwhile publication of A Death in Spring: 1968 is getting closer.

best wises,

Jim