Would you like to read Murder at the Gasworks in February, before it’s published?
(ARC means Advance Reader Copy–an ARC Team is a group of select early readers.)
Just fill out this short form, and I’ll be sending out a link next week to download the book. (I also hope to have a couple of print proofs if you really, really want print.)
ARC readers typically read the book in its Final Draft form, then post reviews. GoodReads allows reviews to be posted before publication. For Amazon, readers wait till the day of (in this case, March 6). Instagram, Facebook, social media, BookBub — all are places to post a review.
And yes, short reviews are just fine. Indie books just don’t sell without reviews.
Here’s the back cover:
London, 1860.
Ten-year-old workhouse escapee Tommy Jones is accused of murdering his only friend, a stoker at the gasworks. When the assigned City Police Inspector falls ill, shy, intellectual Sergeant Cuthbert Slaughter is put on the case.
As a second gasworks murder across the Thames is revealed, Slaughter must secretly collaborate with a rival detective to prevent a horrible injustice. Are the two deaths connected? If Tommy was not the killer, who wanted two stokers dead?
A mysterious cloaked man spying on the Bank of England, a poor clerk whose wife is under arrest for pilfering, the dumping of noxious substances into the river, all seem to be related. Hampered by his reticence, Slaughter must use all his wits to save the boy.
Thanks in advance!
