Fancy Being a STAC Star?

A week tomorrow sees the official launch of STAC Mystery #11, Death in Distribution. I say ‘official launch’ because it’s already available on Amazon, and on the UK site it sits at #10 in the Cozy Crime chart (but it has been as high as #8) and #49 in the British Detectives top 100.

It’s not a first. Christmas Crackers did exactly the same prior to its release last November, when it made the #3 spot. After release, it went on to top that chart for about two weeks.

Death in Distribution is different in other respects. The front matter contains a double dedication: first to Nicola Robinson (no relation) who came up with the idea, and second to Paula Guy, who won a competition to be included as character in the book. Both ladies received paperback and e-copies of the book.

That set the brain in gear. It doesn’t happen often, especially not on a Monday, but we thought that other readers might fancy themselves as a minor character in a STAC Mystery, so we’re inviting you to have a bash.

All you have to do is come up with a plot, a bunch of characters or a setting for a STAC Mystery, and email it to us. No locations, please. You might pick somewhere I’ve never been and I’m never likely to go. But the setting (a village, a house, a school, a garden shed) is fine.

When you have your idea, email to me at dwrob96@gmail.com or to Crooked Cat at enquiries@crookedcatpublishing.com and then leave it with us.

It may take some time, but if we elect to develop your idea, you will be cast in a minor role in the tale. You will also receive paperback and e-copies of the title, and maybe some other goodies, if we can come up with them. You also get bragging rights at dinner parties. “I appeared in a whodunit, you know.” That’s gotta be worth some kudos.

Now I know what you’re thinking (didn’t Clint Eastwood say that in Dirty Harry?) you’re thinking we’ve run out of ideas.

Wrong.

I have a minimum of ten more plots, and anything up to twenty or thirty, which are potential STAC titles. The real idea behind this is to give the readers something back. They are, after all, the driving force behind STAC’s success.

So come on. If you fancy your turn in the spotlight, and you crave a small role in a STAC Mystery…

Get plotting.

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Death in Distribution, STAC Mystery #11 is officially released in paperback and all e-formats on Tuesday April 1st. There will be a launch event on Facebook, to which all are welcome.

You can find Death in Distribution listed at:

Amazon UK (Kindle)

Amazon UK (Paperback)

Amazon US (Kindle)

Amazon US (Paperback)