The subtly-titled mottle of misdirection and missed detection returns to where it all started ten mysteries ago when none other than Anty’s friendly rival Inspector Wittersham is the only suspect in a locked-room murder in the ancient earldom of Fray.
Of course Anty doesn’t believe for a second that Inspector Wittersham murdered a prisoner locked in a cell to which only he had the key, but the more twists and secrets and hidden treasure he digs up, the more evidence he finds that proves Wittersham guilty.
To save his friend, Anty must draw on his judgemental mum, woolly valet, a constable named Constable, a goat of dubious loyalties, endless eccentrics, and his own depths of wit and anecdote as he delves deeply into the history of medieval England and the dark mysteries of his own family.
Why is it so hard for my local bookstore to get any of the books you publish. I’m sure they are trying to obtain Anty’s book 9 and a couple of Tess Quillfeather’s but with no luck. Not everyone wants everything taken over by Amazon.
I’d like to know the answer to that myself, as it happens. Has your local bookstore given a reason that I could perhaps address?
According to Caitlin at I Love books in Delmar, NY their distributor a company called Ingram doesn’t have you listed as someone whose books they get regularly. So that may be the issue. However, Caitlin has acquired Anty 2 thru 8 and Tess 1 for me but always months after you announce them via e-mail.
According to Caitlin at I Love Books in Delmar, NY they use a distributor called Ingram which isn’t hooked up with your publisher or something like that so it is hard to acquire your books but I have purchased Anty2 thru 8 and Tess 1 from them. It just seems to take months after you release them for Ingram to be able to get hold of them. I don’t know if this helps but that is basically the story. They are very good and keep checking priodically to see if the books are available and when they are they order the ones available. I hope this is useful. Regards, Mike Rienti
It’s very useful, Mike, thank you very much.
I’ll take this up with Ingram (assuming there’s some sort of uptaking method) and update this thread when I learn something.
At first glance, I think that Ingram is simply, let us say, unhurried.
Okay. I’d like to hear how i turns out.MR
I talked to my daughter, a librarian who tells me if you publish in England it can take up to a year before it is available here. MR
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