Paella and Paperbacks: Release Date September 4th.

Dear Cooper sleuths:

What a year it’s been. New suspects. New leads. A poetry contest. We had our first ever Symposium, a national collaboration of retired law enforcement, private eyes, amateur sleuths, paleontologists, parachutists, survival experts, aeronautical engineers and a hundred and fifty or so more, either giving presentations or listening to information about the case.

And now a paperback release.

Like hardback books, paperback books are good to have around. They aren’t as helpful to prop up computer screens or level out wobbly tables. But they are cheaper to buy. You can also stuff them into pockets, bags and things. You can take them with you on trips. You can give them away and trade them for books of your friends.

The actual on-sale date, I’ve been told, is September 4th, the Tuesday after Labor Day. To celebrate the paperback release, I have a few plans in the works, so stay tuned for more to come.

I’m in Spain now, writing from a town of many white walls, the most fragrant jasmine plants I’ve ever walked under, and the home to 376 people who have been partying non-stop for the last two days because it is their town feria or fair. Today’s attraction was a town-wide paella cook out and feast with paella pans the size of the small cars. On the calendar tonight: “mobile disco,” which I think means an entire discotheque on wheels.

Starts at 1:00 am. Will confirm (or deny) that hunch later on.

Hope you all are having an amazing summer and your Cooper hunting has been fruitful.

Hasta luego,

-Geoff