Future books in the Collins and Clark Series

Hi,

I can now confirm the running order for the first six Collins and Clark Series. It will be:

A Death in Winter* (1963)
A Death in Summer. (1965)
A Death in Spring.* (1968)
A Death in Autumn. (1968)
A Death in the Bullion Room. (1969)
A Death in the Ghost Train. (1969) (Working title)

As you can see A Death in Summer has been slipped in between Winter 1963 and Spring 1968, which have already been published. There were two reasons why I decided to go back and fill the gap between 1963 and 1968. Firstly, I wanted to show the development of Collins as a police officer. Secondly, I wanted to set six stories in the 1960s.

Obviously, if the sales of the Collins and Clark Series is disappointing there is no guarantee that all of the above books will be published. But the people at Inknbeans Press are good people and they want the books to be successful just as much as I do.

Once we're out of the 1960s I have tentative plans for six novels which would take us up to 1976.

So I have a lot of writing to do, which makes me very happy. I've already written the first 22,000 words of A Death in Autumn. It's going well.

Cheers,

Jim