It's alive!

The Weapon and the Fruit: Four and Twenty Blackboards is now out of my hands, and in the hands of the distributors. Approved for printing and retail, and available for pre-order in all of the usual places and almost certainly your personal favourites. Officially available from the 7th January 2025, without any further action required from me. This means I now carry the comfort of knowing that I could meet with an unfortunate incident, or fall prey to a debilitating illness or homicidal maniac (provoked or unprovoked), and it won't stop anyone from reading about Lance Pomegranate discovering who murdered Jane Alder and why.

My wonderful team of ARC reviewers already have an e-copy to read and review and some have already contributed their thoughts right here on Goodreads.

Meanwhile as a debut author expecting sales to begin in small numbers, I am taking full advantage of that by offering a personalised autograph on every paperback ordered directly through the Aneurysm Cupcake website (see http://www.aneurysmcupcake.com ), and throw in a couple of free bookmarks with each one too, as well as FREE UK shipping. (It's just £5 for shipping outside the UK). If you or the friend or relative wish to benefit from this, pre-orders must be placed by Sunday 29th December 2024. This is because I'm off to India for the whole of January. Direct sales will resume when I return at the beginning of February, and I intend to maintain this offer from then, for as long as demand is manageable. Of course the book's availability elsewhere will be uninterrupted, with pre-ordering happening now right up until it becomes simply ordering from the 7th January.