The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich audiobook was released this month and it went straight to number one in the coveted Traditional Detective Mysteries category. I was hoping for either the Locked Room Mysteries or Witty Sleuth categories but they’re both hotly contested and non-existent, so I knew that my chances were slim. Nevertheless, it’s an honour just to be nominated.
For those who haven’t heard it yet, it’s hilarious. I liked the book very much (full disclosure, I wrote it) but narrator Tim Bruce takes it to another level.
The other bit of news is that there’s a new newsletter and if you’re subscribed you’ll have observed that it’s such a blockbuster that I forgot to mention that The Case of the Case of Kilcladdich audiobook was at number one for a week.
It’s not too late to get your copy of this sensational special edition of the Anty Boisjoly Bulletin by signing up here.
Every time I see a new Indefensible Publishing newsletter in my inbox I feel as though I am about to open a present by going ‘behind the scenes’ of one of my favorite books and finding even more laughs.
On another note, would you ever consider releasing a map or a diagram of the settings used in each book? The setting seems to be a crucial part of the plot each time but the hardest for me to picture.
Thank you very much for that Amy. I’m cognisant of the liberty I’m taking when I send out a newsletter and I try to make each one special and worth opening.
Bringing us to your second point. That sounds a tremendously fun idea as something to include in a forthcoming newsletter. I don’t include maps as part of a book for the same reason that I don’t do cast lists — if the physics or personalities of the story are blurring together, that wants fixing in the narrative. It’s something on which I’m constantly working, adding personality ticks and eccentricities of place — and clearly I still have work to do. I probably always will.
I really, really appreciate the feedback and kind and encouraging words.