We all have paperbacks! And ebooks too.
The Weapon and the Fruit: Four and Twenty Blackboards was officially released worldwide without any complication on Tuesday 7th Jan, and can be found in all of the usual places in ebook and paperback form. Pre-ordered paperbacks signed by me were received on time too, posted the day before I left for India.
Meanwhile, I am taking some time away from a busy music workload and demoralising British weather in a de facto writing retreat, courtesy of my friend here in Hyderabad who kindly is putting me up in his place, and then didn't turn up himself until a week later. The upshot of this is I am already well into the first draft of the sequel, titled The Weapon and the Fruit: Any Body Can Murder. It will follow the same characters after a three year gap following the events of Four and Twenty Blackboards. The new story will stand alone, and does not spoil the first, though readers will certainly get far more enjoyment out of it if they're already familiar with the world of Lance Pomegranate and can find meaning of the small references to the events of the previous book. So while not a direct continuation, it is very much a sequel.
I'll talk more about what can be expected from Any Body Can Murder once everyone has had time to enjoy and digest Four and Twenty Blackboards. But let me say how I excited I am to be creating a new work again and revisiting these characters I've got to know so well.
I hope to complete the first draft shortly after returning to the UK in February, if not before and continue steadily along the pipeline that will lead to another book in your hands, but for now, I'm excited to see Four and Twenty Blackboards safely delivered, and currently being enjoyed by readers on opposite sides of the Northern Hemisphere. The number of paperbacks that have already been ordered was a most pleasant shock to me when I checked for the first time yesterday. I have no idea what the ebook numbers are, and will not see them until March. Thank you to everyone for taking a punt on a new author and a new breed of quirky P.I. I hope you all enjoy the story.
Special thanks to my ARC readers who've been posting their reviews here, on their blogs, and elsewhere and have many kind things to say.
Meanwhile, I am taking some time away from a busy music workload and demoralising British weather in a de facto writing retreat, courtesy of my friend here in Hyderabad who kindly is putting me up in his place, and then didn't turn up himself until a week later. The upshot of this is I am already well into the first draft of the sequel, titled The Weapon and the Fruit: Any Body Can Murder. It will follow the same characters after a three year gap following the events of Four and Twenty Blackboards. The new story will stand alone, and does not spoil the first, though readers will certainly get far more enjoyment out of it if they're already familiar with the world of Lance Pomegranate and can find meaning of the small references to the events of the previous book. So while not a direct continuation, it is very much a sequel.
I'll talk more about what can be expected from Any Body Can Murder once everyone has had time to enjoy and digest Four and Twenty Blackboards. But let me say how I excited I am to be creating a new work again and revisiting these characters I've got to know so well.
I hope to complete the first draft shortly after returning to the UK in February, if not before and continue steadily along the pipeline that will lead to another book in your hands, but for now, I'm excited to see Four and Twenty Blackboards safely delivered, and currently being enjoyed by readers on opposite sides of the Northern Hemisphere. The number of paperbacks that have already been ordered was a most pleasant shock to me when I checked for the first time yesterday. I have no idea what the ebook numbers are, and will not see them until March. Thank you to everyone for taking a punt on a new author and a new breed of quirky P.I. I hope you all enjoy the story.
The Weapon and the Fruit: Four and Twenty Blackboards already entertaining people on opposite sides of the Northern hemisphere (India and Indiana) on the first day of publication.
— L.E. Bendon (@L_E_Bendon) January 8, 2025
Currently ranked #2 in FICTION/Mystery & Detective/Private Investigators according to IngramSpark. pic.twitter.com/ZnD8O344EX
Special thanks to my ARC readers who've been posting their reviews here, on their blogs, and elsewhere and have many kind things to say.
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