Island of the Mad
Islands, of the mad
[four weeks from today…] Not to give any spoilers here, but…parts of Island of the Mad take place on, you know, islands. And a rather surprising number of those islands are inhabited by the certified insane. Yes, lunatic asylums, in the Venice lagoon. Who knew? Well, I did, for one, before I went last year.…
Read MoreGiving it away…
There’s a contest coming up! Well, we call it a contest, more of a giveaway. Details are in this Saturday’s newsletter (signup’s here if you’re not a subscriber) for a chance at all the Russell & Holmes hardbacks. All of them. Signed. In US hardback. Hashtag #islandofthemad.
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Now, most of you won’t have even glimpsed an ARC of Island of the Mad yet. But Random House would like to do a discussion guide at publication, and since some of you will have scored an early read, I thought you might help me crowd-source the guide. So: as you read, did anything in…
Read MorePW’s love for ISLAND
The Publishers Weekly review for Island of the Mad– –might offer you a tantalizing taste of what’s to come your way in June… Island of the Mad Set in 1925, Edgar-winner King’s well-plotted 16th Mary Russell novel (after 2016’s The Murder of Mary Russell) finds Mary helping Ronnie Fitzwarren, an old friend of hers from…
Read MoreThrilling sweepstakes
Want a good read—or eight? My dear publishers are doing a mystery-thriller sweepstakes giveaway, with Island of the Mad tucked in with seven other new crime fiction books. (You suppose I’m allowed to put my name down…?) Enter it here.
Read MoreISLAND winners!
Congratulations, Island of the Mad bound-galley winners! Winners for the jigsaw-puzzle drawing are: Kimberly Kummer, Jack McKinney, Teresa D., Sabine Schreiner, and Lisa Woods. More contests to come! (And you’re not signed up for the newsletter, where we announce these things, you might want to do so now: https://laurierking.com/blog/)
Read MoreJigsaw Venice
To mark the three-month countdown to Island of the Mad, and to give away a few of the bound galleys my publisher sent me– –we’re running a contest admirably suited to a book set in Venice: a jigsaw puzzle. Venice is a tightly-fitted set of pieces literally built up in the marshy lagoon over many…
Read MoreWe have a cover!
In a rare demonstration of good timing, not only did this… fail to hit my desk until after Thanksgiving was over and the laundry done, but I even managed to get it to this stage… …and into the Fed Ex box (yes, I’m old school) before December 24—yay! And by way of reward, they’ve sent…
Read MoreNext task…
Here’s my next job for the year, and I can only hope one of the last: the copyedit for Island of the Mad. Onward!
Read MoreAn Island is coming…
So, looks like you can order this from some places. Just in case you’re, you know, interested… The Island of the Mad: June, 2018. Web page, signed copies, and Amazon. This is not the cover, but perhaps it will put you in the mood–
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