Giveaways
Russell #WHAT?
Those of you who’ve been following my Mutterings in recent months will have a good idea of why a book takes such a lllooooonng time from first draft to hardback on the shelf—but even my editor had to admit that it felt early to be talking about the NEXT Russell after Lantern’s Dance. But no,…
Read MoreA T-Shirt Promo
Once upon a time, children, publishers used to promote mid-list authors and build the careers of newbies. That’s right, my publisher took out a quarter-page congratulatory ad in the New York Times back when Grave Talent won Best First and Minette Walters won Best Edgar. My original publisher decided to pass on the paperbacks of…
Read MoreThe Illustrated Mrs Hudson
The 2020 “Mrs. Hudson’s Case” Illustration Contest My US publisher has managed to stick an extra carton of the galleys for Rivera Gold onto a truck for me, which means I can give them away–yay! So let’s do this: 15 copies of the Riviera Gold ARC In a random drawing for those who enter the…
Read MoreNewsletter ARC winners
Congratulations— Caren, Chris, Andrea, Hanna, June, Maria, Justine, Patricia, Pamela, & Wendy ! ! ! ! Ten subscribers of my newsletter who get to enjoy Riviera Gold ahead of the crowd—hooray! (And if that’s your name and you entered the Newsletter giveaway, make sure you check your email!) The other ARC winners, from the contests…
Read MoreGiveaway Signup
If you didn’t catch the newsletter’s excerpt and giveaway of the upcoming Russell & Holmes short story, “Ten Years On,” you have a couple of days to put your name in for this ARC, for a book published April 21. The story is set in Brighton, in the spring of 1925, ten years after a…
Read MoreSherlock Holmes, Charley Pankhurst, and Kamala Harris
On February 24, 2004, President George W. Bush told the country that he supported a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, warning that such unions threatened the most fundamental institution of civilization and defied millennia of human experience. On March 11, the California Supreme Court ordered San Francisco to stop issuing the licenses. On August, some…
Read MoreSherlock Holmes and the Singer
Fifteen years ago, from Feb 12 to March 11, 2004, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom opened the doors of City Hall to men and women who wanted to marry a person of their own sex. An everyday thing, marriage, and these were celebrated with an upsurge of joy and disbelief—yet the courts closed it down,…
Read MoreJuly giveaway
The July giveaway closes on August 1! Here’s what we’re giving away this month, a really gorgeous notebook that I got in Venice, where Island of the Mad is set. It shows the tile-work of the San Marco floor. If you haven’t entered yet, you might want to pop over and stick your name down.…
Read MoreGiveaways for June
For those of you who like giveaways but aren’t yet signed up for the newsletter, this month we have two. One is from my US publishers, for a book-club sized pile of the new Island of the Mad paperbacks AND some nice swag for your book group to enjoy. The other is from me (therefore, not…
Read MoreA Winner—and a Paperback!
Matter the First: The winner of the four “inspired by the Sherlock Holmes canon” anthologies that Les Klinger and I edited is Isabella T. And I think Bella’s going to enjoy these dozens of excellent stories, because she said: OH MY GOD!! Wow thank you sooooooo much!! I’m such a huge fan! I can’t believe this…
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