tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30020134239633746702024-02-18T20:02:10.315-08:00C.A. LARMER (author/publisher/editor)Trials, tribulations and treats from an indie author, publisher, jounalist, teacher and copyeditor (christina@calarmer.com) CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-31593195650657365922020-09-21T20:32:00.001-07:002020-09-21T20:34:54.596-07:00THIS OLD BLOG HAS HAD ITS DAY…<p></p><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></h1><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hey beloved readers, I've officially moved websites and would love for you to join me. It's easy to do, and costs absolutely nothing! Just check out the links, below:</h3><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">• For news, views and updates on my books and writing, just log into my blog site: </span></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://calarmer.com/blog/" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">calarmer.com/blog </span></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><h3 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: small;">• To have my blog delivered straight to your inbox—and be in the running to win FREE book prizes at the same time—just sign up for my monthly newsletter:</span></h3><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://calarmer.com" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">calarmer.com</span></a></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/C-A-Larmer/e/B006S9LC86/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="500" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWNsZflxIg2tNTSAtq6VZk3NiH8igiglx9p1r64XxmGPT2hHEnZhyphenhyphenQMCDiyqGbad3qlegMZxuKe5ZCFOlq8FBnEb23IoIxeOx-BocCZoIE3K9RHQpoqchx0YuwHAIWbD7UexxLhZvsa0/w448-h302/All-Books-Oct2018-notext-small.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for all your wonderful support over the years, and I look forward to connecting with you again at <b><a href="https://calarmer.com/">calarmer.com</a></b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Happy reading, everyone!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>xo Christina</b></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><p></p><h3 style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></h3><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div></h1><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></h3><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></p><br /><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h1><p></p>CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-14216314442211430142020-07-29T23:16:00.001-07:002020-07-29T23:16:48.470-07:00Get Named in My New Mystery (Yep, I'm Doing THAT Again!)<p align="left" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQCk34ZIX9rDVIRj4G4Iz5Wq0tkr20GXpUXQe-QC88Uh3FWsdZ8C0qaRlYzVujcAg48x_FGmNYfWf1oAO5tNP_kDLwTEs-pSmkCTKcJvCdXl6Q4bU68UeIHPwuVqMcYZs7jb4fAMXPZI/s640/people-335298_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="640" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQCk34ZIX9rDVIRj4G4Iz5Wq0tkr20GXpUXQe-QC88Uh3FWsdZ8C0qaRlYzVujcAg48x_FGmNYfWf1oAO5tNP_kDLwTEs-pSmkCTKcJvCdXl6Q4bU68UeIHPwuVqMcYZs7jb4fAMXPZI/w400-h166/people-335298_640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">My faithful readers will know that I'm always looking out for great character names. After penning three crime series littered with amateur sleuths, their family and friends, beaus and foes, it's very tricky concocting new and original monikers. Like most authors, I tend to steer towards the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">same old same old</em>… without even realising I'm doing it!</strong></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;">That's where you come in…</p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Last year, I asked you to donate your favourite names for use in my latest </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085136YKQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i6" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #78909c;" target="_blank">Ghostwriter Mystery</a><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">, and boy was your response overwhelming (you can read the related </span><a href="https://calarmer.com/are-you-named-in-my-new-mystery-99c-suspense-novel/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #78909c;" target="_blank">blog here</a><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">).</span></p><p align="left" style="background-color: #eeeeee; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;">Well, I'm doing it again! This time I need names for a brand-new mystery I have just started writing. While I can't give too much away yet about the plot, I'm hoping this story turns into a whole new series. It will feature not one but FIVE main characters—a mix of genders, ages and ethnicities—and I need to find them all suitable names.</p><p align="left" style="background-color: #eeeeee; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;">If you'd like to donate your own name, a name you heard of, or the name of someone you love or loathe (because not every character can be loveable!)—then get in touch. I need first and last names, nicknames, strange names, and even rather ordinary names—whatever you've got. If I end up choosing your suggestion, you get a FREE paperback copy of the book when it's published, not to mention seeing your chosen name over and over in print. Gotta love that! (If you sent names last time, don't worry, I've still got the list and will be dipping into that, too.) </p><p align="left" style="background-color: #eeeeee; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;">Check the Ts& Cs**, below, and send your suggestion/s to:</p><h2 align="center" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #eeeeee; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #212121; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="mailto:christina@calarmer.com" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #78909c;">christina@calarmer.com</a></h2><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUb8d11PoqDiuF3NbY3Cm1Pn14qsRCDxARHlAwTtUK_FM8w9ryctx8ly_FrSbjmIhC8gD_kUwU0MSS9ykco5QpPyy6BR8fgsOmEN3TN9i7WSTiKzWkg4moUXwrxkAqHpECAz2Wv5W3r4/s739/All-Books-Oct2018-notext.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="739" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUb8d11PoqDiuF3NbY3Cm1Pn14qsRCDxARHlAwTtUK_FM8w9ryctx8ly_FrSbjmIhC8gD_kUwU0MSS9ykco5QpPyy6BR8fgsOmEN3TN9i7WSTiKzWkg4moUXwrxkAqHpECAz2Wv5W3r4/s320/All-Books-Oct2018-notext.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h1 align="left" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #212121; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 36px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">PRIZE: Subscriber of the Week</h1><p align="left" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;">Drum roll, please, for this week's winning subscriber who gets a chance to win a FREE copy of one of my mystery novels. This time I'm offering the winner the eBook of their choice from my selection of 15 crime stories—see full list at Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.com/C.A.-Larmer/e/B006S9LC86/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #78909c;" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><h2 align="center" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #212121; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">And the winner is…</strong></h2><p align="center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">'Crossroads'</strong></p><p align="left" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;">Apologies, 'Crossroads', I don't have your full name but I do have your email address (which contains that word) and I'm looking forward to sending you your prize. I'll be in touch shortly. Thanks again to everyone else for your loyalty and support and keep reading my fortnightly newsletters in case your name comes up. Not a subscriber? Just sign up to my newsletter at my official author website: <a href="http://calarmer.com">calarmer.com</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIIcPRMibX2jsRhwmZ1JLDHIdTFNC2_COSNTQnORrbvp2tMqSWvYjAnCXnhWiAMgHzeMIOuqivHtmT0ULOVbKoLkaIWH6hDQvZWVqLzjV4VzT8a-PuRGTlTMI_lmXm94L2v9fuKGmFuw/s2048/AndThenThereWere9+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1302" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIIcPRMibX2jsRhwmZ1JLDHIdTFNC2_COSNTQnORrbvp2tMqSWvYjAnCXnhWiAMgHzeMIOuqivHtmT0ULOVbKoLkaIWH6hDQvZWVqLzjV4VzT8a-PuRGTlTMI_lmXm94L2v9fuKGmFuw/s320/AndThenThereWere9+copy.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><div class="fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-5f222c6530d4c" data-node="5f222c6530d4c" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #424242; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 1100px; zoom: 1;"><div class="fl-row-content-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 20px; position: relative;"><div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 1100px; zoom: 1;"><div class="fl-col-group fl-node-5f222c653ba56" data-node="5f222c653ba56" style="box-sizing: border-box; zoom: 1;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">"5.0 OUT OF 5 STARS — THE BEST!"<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">by Ric S. @ US Amazon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">"Love book number 4! The best of the series so far. Great characters, twists and turns, an excellent cozy mystery. I’m hoping it won’t be long before book number 5 appears!</span></b><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2TK1T6LH2KUDL/ref=cmcrothrdrvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=064880092X" target="_blank"><span style="color: #78909c;">Reviewed</span></a> in the United States on July 12, 2020</span></i></div><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 12pt;">Verified Purchase</i></div><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 15pt 0cm 7.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08B7ZDVQM/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #78909c;">ONLINE BOOK DESCRIPTION</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">REMOTE LYLE'S LODGE: Deep in isolated rainforest, the Agatha Christie Book Club gathers to meet four new members, each one hiding a secret from the group…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">ONE IS AN IMPOSTER. ONE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE. ONE IS HUNTING FOR BLOOD. AND ONE WANTS REVENGE.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">With membership now at nine, the club settles in to discuss Christie’s best-selling mystery—the one about the madman bumping off his isolated guests.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">VERY SOON, LIFE BEGINS TO IMITATE THE BOOK.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">First one person is murdered, then another, and then a mighty bushfire ignites in the forest below, cutting them off with their own "madman" on the loose. Employing the wisdom of Poirot and a trusty bushfire survival plan, they must unravel each new member's secret to unmask the real killer and survive the book club from hell.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">But this time not all of them will get out alive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">ONCE THERE WERE NINE… SOON THERE WILL BE SIX… BUT WHICH BOOK CLUB MEMBERS WILL SURVIVE?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><i><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">NB: This ebook has not been endorsed, licensed or authorised by the estate of Agatha Christie or by Agatha Christie Limited.</span></i><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">**Naming Competition: Terms & Conditions</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 20.4pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 18pt;"><i><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span style="font-size: small;">This Naming Competition is open to all my subscribers and all types of names are welcome. By emailing me name/s you infer direct permission to use that name/s or an adaptation of that name/s. The winning name/s will be chosen at a future date and winner/s informed via future newsletter and/or email. Due to the overwhelming nature of these pleas, no correspondence will be entered into but I appreciate your suggestions and thank you in advance. </span></span></i></p></div></div></div></div></div>CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-13201147153864583592020-06-29T23:58:00.000-07:002020-06-29T23:58:23.017-07:00Psychological Suspense SALE + Cozy Mystery Out NOW (yay)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">"</span>Larmer's plot is a clever one...The characters the reader gets to know during the course of this psychological thriller are finely honed and credible, and Amelia's contrasting lives and personalities are brilliantly rendered and made plausible." -- Jack Magnus, Readers Favorite</i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">"Well written, intriguing, captivating mystery/thriller about what-if that was creative, original, and interesting. All tied together quite cleverly in the end." -- Riley, Booksprout</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">"<span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 10px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; min-height: 1rem; min-width: 1px; outline: none !important;"></span>A great read. Had me drawn in from the beginning. I found it suspenseful and very well written. I highly recommend reading this book." -- Heather177, Booksprout</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important; text-align: center;">"An intriguing mystery that explores life, or death, as the case may be. It is a unique story and I do recommend it." -- HeatherW, Booksprout</span> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bolder;">It's alive! My fourth Agatha Christie Book Club—</span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08B7ZDVQM/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">And Then There Were 9</a></em><span style="font-weight: bolder;">—is now</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"> available as an eBook and paperback </span><span style="font-weight: bolder;">at all good online bookstores. </span></div>
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Inspired by the recent bushfires Australia just endured, this time the group are stuck at an isolated lodge with a fire roaring up the ridge and a killer on the loose…<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"> </span></div>
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<i><span style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">"And Then There Were 9 was engaging from the start. A fresh premise and well plotted mystery made reading this book in one sitting easy. There was plenty of misdirection to keep me questioning who the murderer was and I really wasn't sure until almost the end." -- Ann<span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 12px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; min-height: 1rem; min-width: 1px; outline: none !important;"></span>e Glass Kasaba, Booksprout</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">AS YOU KNOW to celebrate the launch of my latest cozy mystery, I've been selecting a subscriber each week to win an earlier book in the series (or any of my eBooks if you've read them all). </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">And this week I'll get straight to it. Drum roll please…</span></div>
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Woohoo! Congratulations Elaine. I'll be in touch with you shortly to claim your prize.</div>
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Everyone else, you can download <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">the Agatha Christie Book Club</em></span> series <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MHP31D?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">here</a></span>, or pre-order the new instalment at the links below. Until then, here's a preview…<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 18px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; outline: none !important;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /></span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">REMOTE LYLE'S LODGE: Deep in isolated rainforest, the Agatha Christie Book Club gathers to meet four new members, each one hiding a secret from the group…</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />ONE IS AN IMPOSTER.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />ONE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />ONE IS HUNTING FOR SOMETHING.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />AND ONE WANTS REVENGE.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />With membership now at nine, the club settles in to discuss Christie’s best-selling mystery—the one about the madman bumping off his isolated guests.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">VERY SOON, LIFE BEGINS TO IMITATE THE BOOK.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />First one person is murdered, then another, and then a mighty bushfire ignites in the forest below, cutting them off with their own "madman" on the loose. Employing the wisdom of Poirot and a trusty bushfire survival plan, they must unravel each new member's secret to unmask the real killer and survive the book club from hell.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">But this time not all of them will get out alive.</em></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /></span></div>
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Yes, I adore Agatha Christie, but it goes deeper and farther than that—all the way, in fact, to a secluded island in remotest Papua New Guinea. </div>
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I was holidaying with my family. I was not yet ten. There was no television, no radio, nothing to tempt a bored tweenie at night but a termite-infested bookshelf bursting with pulp fiction and Agatha Christie novels.</div>
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I scooped one out. I dusted it off. I opened the pages… You know the rest.</div>
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It was that first book—<em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">Evil Under the Sun</em>, as it turns out—that planted the seed that eventually grew into a love of mysteries and a flourishing writing career.</div>
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This series is my homage to the greatest mystery writer of them all.</div>
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Each and every book is in honour of Ms Christie, and yet I’m not trying to write an Agatha Christie novel—I wouldn’t dare. Nor am I trying to recreate her extraordinary characters in my own. Instead, I’m simply extending the joy to a new group of fans, my book club friends, and exploring what happens when you take a bunch of amateur sleuths, plonk a complex puzzle in their laps, and let the words of Miss Marple and Monsieur Poirot guide them home.</div>
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I hope you enjoy these modern adventures as much as I have enjoyed writing them, and I hope they renew your love for all things Agatha Christie. <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 24px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 24px; outline: none !important;">"</span></span></div>
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To lock in your copy, just click <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B7ZDVQM/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=and+then+there+were+nine&qid=1592312496&s=digital-text&sr=1-4" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. And don't hesitate to get in touch and let me know your thoughts on the new cover (above).</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">REMOTE LYLE'S LODGE: </span>Deep in isolated rainforest, the Agatha Christie Book Club gather to meet four new members, each one hiding a secret from the group…<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />ONE IS AN IMPOSTER. <br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />ONE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />ONE IS HUNTING FOR SOMETHING.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />AND ONE WANTS REVENGE.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />Now with nine members and blissfully unaware, ACBC Mark 2 settle in to discuss Christie’s best-selling mystery—the one about the madman bumping off his isolated guests. <em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">Very soon, life begins to imitate art…</span></em></div>
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First one person is murdered, then another, and then they find themselves cut off by a giant bushfire that's roaring up the mountain towards them.</div>
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With their own "madman" on the loose and the flames getting closer, they must employ the wisdom of Poirot, to unravel each new member's secret and unmask the killer.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">Once there were nine… Soon there will be six. But which six will survive the Book Club from hell?</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">AS YOU KNOW…</span> I've been celebrating the upcoming release of my latest <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MHP31D?" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Agatha Christie Book Club</a> adventure and am handing out an eBook prize every single week until it hits the stands.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">TO WIN: </span>Just keep reading these newsletters! I'll pick a subscriber randomly from the list and announce the name each week until it's published. If that's you, I'll contact you directly to find out which book you'd like.</div>
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*Don't panic if you've already read ALL THREE in the series. You're my favourite kind of subscriber and will get a chance to choose from any of my other cozy mysteries (see <a href="https://www.amazon.com/C.A.-Larmer/e/B006S9LC86?ref=dbs_mng_calw_a_0" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">here</a>).</div>
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Congratulations Jane! I will be in touch with you shortly to discuss your eBook prize.</div>
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Everyone else, please don't despair, there's at least one more free eBook to be given out. Check the next newsletter to see if your name comes up. And catch up on the Book Club's back story via the links, below.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">xo Christina </span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><a data-link-id="342966504" href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-agatha-christie-book-club/id537511129" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Apple iBooks</a></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><a data-link-id="342966506" href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-agatha-christie-book-club-ca-larmer/1122933966;jsessionid=19A5221E326EC7CFA026B11C86953521.prodny_store01-atgap01?ean=2940033254361" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">B+N nook</a></span></div>
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CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-69828310621430896052020-06-07T21:02:00.001-07:002020-06-07T21:02:18.266-07:00Walking For Friendship or For Readers? Can You Do Both? + Weekly eBook Winner (see below)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>During a recent Zoom class (yes, I've joined the dark side), one of my students asked what inspires and motivates me. She's trying to finish her first book and knew I'd just finished my 16th.</b></h4>
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"How do you do it?" she wanted to know. "Where do you find daily inspiration?"</div>
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"Walking!" I told her, without hesitation.</div>
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I have always been an avid walker but, since getting our frisky Blue Heeler, Kasper, three years ago, it's become a mandatory daily event. Some time between one and three every single afternoon, Kaspie appears at my desk, leash (shoe, sock…) in his mouth, eyes piercing, ears high. And he won't take no for an answer.</div>
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"Come on, woman," that look says. "It's time for walkies."</div>
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And off we set, for a fast-paced, 40-minute adventure, but it's always my mind that gets the best work-out.</div>
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Walking is the perfect way for me to gather fresh ideas, dialogue, plot points and character development. Without fail, I come back from these walks re-energised and inspired. It works every single time.</div>
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Until lately, that is.</div>
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You see, thanks to COVID-19, the world has changed and people have been stuck in their small neighbourhoods, and suddenly I have found a lovely, well-meaning neighbour who wants to walk with me. And at first I was delighted. It's such a fun way to catch up— chatting, gossiping, venting about the hubby and kids.</div>
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But it's been atrocious for my writing.</div>
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In the past, I returned from a walk so inspired, I barely had time to remove Kasper's leash before flying to the keyboard to tap away like a lunatic, getting all these exciting ideas down.</div>
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Since my friend started joining me, we inevitably stop for a (socially distanced) cup of tea, and so the chatter continues, and before I know it, another hour has passed and no writing has been done, let alone fresh ideas gleaned. By the time she leaves and I sit at my desk... nothing.</div>
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It's been great for my friendship—really, I adore this neighbour and enjoy our talks!—but lousy for my readers.</div>
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So, what to do? Do I put her off next time she calls? Do I take two walks a day—one for myself, one for my books? I'm yet to work that out, folks, but it's not such a bad quandry to have. I could be all alone with no friends, no readers, no ideas. I have to find a happy medium, I'm just not sure what it is, yet.</div>
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Perhaps I'll work out the solution on my next walk…</div>
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"Kasper! Walkies?"</div>
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Until then, happy reading (and walking) everyone!</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bolder;">xo Christina</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">IT'S OFFICIAL! I have just finished the 4th adventure for my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MHP31D?" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Agatha Christie Book Club</a>! And to celebrate, I'm giving YOU a chance to win a prize. </span></div>
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Titled <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">And Then There Were Nine: The Agatha Christie Book Club 4</em></span>, in this installment the Book Club have expanded, inviting four fabulous new members to join the fold. </div>
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To get to know each other better and discuss the latest book (Christie's<em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"> And Then There Were None</em>), they head off to an isolated rainforest lodge.</div>
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That is their first mistake!</div>
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Before you know it, two people are murdered, there's a fire roaring up the mountain and a killer still on the loose.</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">Is there a stranger lurking in the forest or is the killer one of them?</em></div>
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If you liked the sound of that, you'll be happy to hear the manuscript is now with my editor (hey Annie!) and will be launched very soon. Until then, I'm giving one devoted subscriber a FREE ecopy of one of the previous <em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MHP31D?" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Agatha Christie Book Club</a></em> adventures—whichever one they choose.*</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">TO WIN: Just keep reading these newsletters! I'll pick a subscriber randomly from the list and announce the name each week. If that's you, I will then contact you directly to find out which book you'd like.</span></div>
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*Don't panic if you've already read ALL THREE in the series. You're my favourite kind of subscriber and will get a chance to choose from any of my other cozy mysteries (see <a href="https://www.amazon.com/C.A.-Larmer/e/B006S9LC86?ref=dbs_mng_calw_a_0" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">here</a>).</div>
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Congratulations R.Dawn.Brown! I will be in touch with you soon.</div>
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Everyone else, keep watching for more weekly giveaways. Or catch up on the story via the links, below.</div>
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<strong><span style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The first ship I ever fell in love with was the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Oriana_(1959)&source=gmail&ust=1587032636967000&usg=AFQjCNH4DVGyIrn1kpt_9GAHw8pH7LSJFQ" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Oriana_(1959)" style="color: #954f72; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #188585;">Oriana</span></a>, back in the early 1970s. I was just a little girl, it was my first sea voyage, and my family was travelling between Papua New Guinea and Australia. So it was a relatively short trip but, boy, it left its mark.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></div>
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And it's not just about the ship, although I do love a glittering atrium, a sparkling Lido deck, and a small but oh so cosy cabin. The truth is, I'm just as happy in a leaky dinghy as I am on a luxury vessel like the Queen Elizabeth, pictured below. I jumped aboard last year, pre-Corona, for my Dad's 80th birthday, and what better place to celebrate? <o:p></o:p></div>
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I just love being on the water! I love the rich, salty smell and rhythm of the sea, the slapping of the waves against the bow and, most of all, the anticipation and mystery of all that lovely open ocean ahead.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It's no wonder, then, that I set one of my murder mysteries on a cruise ship, this one an imagined replica of a real ship that once sailed the Antipodes—the SS Orient, which I wrote about in a previous <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://calarmer.com/99c-murder-on-the-orient-ss-the-real-ship-behind-the-mystery-yep-its-real/&source=gmail&ust=1587032636968000&usg=AFQjCNFJig7buMDHoow9saIO6M6GxLXicQ" href="https://calarmer.com/99c-murder-on-the-orient-ss-the-real-ship-behind-the-mystery-yep-its-real/" style="color: #954f72; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #188585; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">blog</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As you all know, cruise ships have taken a battering during this time of the Corona virus, and it breaks my heart, if only for the beautiful, hard-working crew, and for those of you who never got a chance to don your best nautical gear and set sail.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But take heart, I'm sure cruising will be back. I don't think it's such a bad thing if there's a few less of them, though. Massive ships are not exactly great for the environment and we have to consider the next generation. But I do want my kids to experience cruising as I did, just more sustainably, and minus deadly diseases while they're at it!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Until then, here's an exciting voyage you can take from the comfort of your own self-isolation, and it's virus free! Of course that's not to say there's not other dangers lurking somewhere on the ship… <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>During these mad and worrying times, it's easy to make light of self-isolation, especially if, like me, you feel as though you've been rehearsing for it your whole life.</b></div>
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Even though I have a full house with kids, a hubby and a frisky Blue Heeler, I've always enjoyed my own company and am very good at sneaking away. (Growing up in a large family and then six years in boarding school taught me a few tricks!)</div>
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If I'm not hiding out in my sunroom/office to write my latest mystery (<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078MHP31D?ref_=dbs_s_ks_series_rwt" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Agatha Christie Book Club</a></em></span> 4—more on that next newsletter*) I'm usually perched in the sun, on the sofa or under the covers, reading a good book.</div>
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And while I've been enjoying the zany way people have been reaching out to each other—from hilarious online memes to singing together on balconies—I must say there is still no better distraction than a book.</div>
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But not just any book. It has to be thick with plot, rich with characters and keep the pace and your heart beat galloping.</div>
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With that in mind, I've selected three crime series I think tick all the boxes, all by authors other than me. If these don't help you block out the world for a little while, you could always work your way through my seven <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">Ghostwriter Mysteries.</span> The latest, <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085136YKQ?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_6&storeType=ebooks" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Without a Word</a></em></span>, is now on sale online for just <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">99c</span>. But only for three days so don't dillydally!</div>
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<b>And happy (safe!) reading everybody.</b></div>
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<b>xo Christina</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*NB: Yes, I have immersed my Agatha Christie Book Club in another mystery, which is why I've gone to ground. I'll try to reach out every month or so but please be patient with me. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">I love everything British author Ann Cleeves writes, but my favourite is her series starring the best character this side of Hercule Poirot—Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope.</span></div>
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A seemingly innocuous middleaged copper, Vera has a hilarious ability to sting her opponents with just one look, and you underestimate Vera at your own peril. </div>
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Portrayed brilliantly by the beloved Brenda Blethyn in the BBC TV version, I think the books are even better. Start with her first, <em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0079M8RLG?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_0&storeType=ebooks" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">The Crow Trap</a></span></em> and work your way through all seven.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bolder;">• SUE GRAFTON'S ALPHABET SERIES</span></div>
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What's not to love about kick-ass Kinsey Millhone? She lives in somebody's renovated garage, barely has a social life and, as far as I can tell, only three items of clothing, but when you need someone to do a little snooping, this no-nonsense California PI is your go-to gal.</div>
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Starting with <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Alibi-Kinsey-Millhone-Novel-ebook/dp/B005G14VK8/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=sue+grafton+alphabet+series+kindle&qid=1585809069&s=digital-text&sr=1-7" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">A is For Alibi</a></em></span>—where else?—you'll have an almost complete alphabet of murders to work with. Sadly Ms Grafton never got to pen the final Z, may she rest in peace, which leaves our imaginations wide open...</div>
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If you thought I'd leave the Queen of Crime off the list, you're not the most intuitive detective. But don't worry, after a few rounds with Hercule Poirot, you'll get the hang of it, and learn a few French words while you're at it. Miss Marple is just as beguiling.</div>
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Once again, start with Christie's first attempt—<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Affair-Styles-Hercule-Poirot-ebook/dp/B07MX6QZSD/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1585809228&sr=1-1" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">The Mysterious Affair at Styles</a></em></span>—or just select from the 82 detective novels she ended up writing. (Yep, you read that right!)</div>
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<b>Okay, that's it from me. I do hope you enjoy my suggestions and stay tuned for updates on my next cozy mystery. If you want to share some riveting book ideas of your own, don't hesitate to get in touch by reply email or leave a comment online. </b></div>
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<strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085136YKQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">A Ghostwriter Mystery 7</span></a></strong></h2>
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<strong>IT'S BEEN a long time between drinks for our merlot-swilling ghostwriter, but Roxy Parker's back in the belly of her mates and on a 20-year-old missing person's case.</strong></div>
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Roxy’s client—PR princess Phoebe Fisher—was just a child when her entire family vanished. She wants Roxy to tell her story now; Roxy’s more interested in the past.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 21px; outline: none !important;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">Meanwhile, I'm beyond excited to report that my brand-new mystery—the seventh in my popular <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074C7LTCH?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">GHOSTWRITER MYSTERY</a> series—will be out on <b>March 2</b>. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 21px; outline: none !important;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">To PRE-ORDER your copy, head straight to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085136YKQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p2_i1" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Amazon</a> now. To learn a little more about this series, click <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074C7LTCH?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">here</a>, or read on to see what Roxy's been up to. [</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Oh and if you'd like to share your thoughts on the cover, don't hesitate to leave me a comment, below. :-)] </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It’s been a long time between drinks for our merlot-swilling ghostwriter Roxy Parker, but she's back, this time in the belly of her mates and on a 20-year-old missing person's case.<br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />Roxy’s client—PR princess Phoebe Fisher—was just a child when her entire family vanished. She wants Roxy to tell her story now; Roxy’s more interested in the past.<em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />Why did young Phoebe’s family vanish?<br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />How could they do it in just one night?<br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />And what's the 'dark and sinister event' that triggered the whole thing?</em><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />As Roxy sorts fact from fiction, detective friend Gilda has a shocking case of her own—a woman has baked to death in a sizzling hot car. They’re calling it ‘suicide by sunbaking’ but is that even possible or could it be something more macabre?<br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;" />From the best-selling author of the AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOK CLUB comes the much-anticipated seventh instalment of the Ghostwriter Mysteries, a fun, fast-paced series for those who love a humorous whodunit with contemporary characters you can fall in love with. This time, Roxy’s got a Border Collie by her side and a secret so scary she's terrified to tell her mum (let alone Max!)."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>xo Christina</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Not only do you get 'mummy brain' (just ask my family—they're so thrilled to have me back), even the stages of pregnancy are the same, starting with the queasy first trimester when you're building the story's skeleton, blood and bone. Then there's the blissful middle bit where you get to pad it all out, followed by the difficult final trimester when you have to squish it all together, hope everything's in the right place, and bring this baby home!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We're not quite at the birthing stage yet folks, but boy we're close. My seventh </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bolder; line-height: 21px; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074C7LTCH?" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Ghostwriter Mystery</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">is officially with my editor (hey Annie!) and I'm in the throes of creating the cover with my lovely designer Stu. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">So put the champagne on ice and get the cigars out, because we're almost there! Ahhh...</span><br />
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Which is why I'm discounting all six of the previous books (well, the first one's free so that's even better!) For ONE WEEK ONLY every <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074C7LTCH?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">Ghostwriter Mystery</span></a> is on <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">SALE</span> for just <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">99c</span> each. And you can still get Book 1 for zip.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">That's six ebooks for less than $5! </span>But get in quick. <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">SALE ENDS FEBRUARY 21.</span></div>
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Next newsletter you'll get a sneak peek of the new cover, and a title reveal. And there'll be free copies, too. Until then, happy (ghostwriter) reading!</div>
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CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-74386510894314911252020-01-04T14:48:00.001-08:002020-01-04T14:48:49.075-08:0099c Sale: Murder on the Orient (SS) + The Real Steamship Behind the Mystery<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: justify;">From Murder on the Orient (SS): Author's Note</b></div>
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<b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"W</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond; text-align: justify;">hen I started conjuring up the second
adventure for the Agatha Christie Book Club, I wanted to take them on an exotic
journey à la the infamous <i>Orient Express</i>—one
of my favourite Hercule Poirot settings—and began looking around for ideas.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">Boy, did I get lucky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">In the late 1800s/early 1900s, there really was a
classic steamship called the<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> SS Orient </i>that
sailed between London and Sydney, via the Cape and the Suez. According to my
research, it was a sparkling ship, brimming with luxurious fittings and
eclectic characters, and host to several rather suspicious deaths. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">What a brilliant backdrop for my book club
friends!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">While I have tweaked some minor details for the
sake of this contemporary plot (including the original itinerary), much of the
information about the ship is authentic and my sources are listed in the
bibliography at the back— with thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lpeNmT9jOWnPCyJ4mh-DDPdVlEuDWq0z-4cA5gBCBZ28tMDwnIqabQjMvs14Zy_LRO9NLydUFk1cFzOZgYadTq_9IhxDhPgY5Z2Ni7chkThfRhB02dOu6r7YmFazW2EGD5RyV-GxaqI/s1600/Orient_Dec2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1018" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lpeNmT9jOWnPCyJ4mh-DDPdVlEuDWq0z-4cA5gBCBZ28tMDwnIqabQjMvs14Zy_LRO9NLydUFk1cFzOZgYadTq_9IhxDhPgY5Z2Ni7chkThfRhB02dOu6r7YmFazW2EGD5RyV-GxaqI/s320/Orient_Dec2017.jpg" width="201" /></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">This is fiction, however, folks. So I’m sad to say
the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">SS Orient </i>has not been recommissioned nor is there a real-life
replica floating about as I have imagined here, but an author can dream can’t
she?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">And a book club can jump aboard for the ride… </span></div>
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<i style="text-indent: 14.45pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">Bon voyage!"</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">FOR MORE ON THE ORIGINAL SS ORIENT:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">• The SS Orient Story by Roy Clifford and Dave Knight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; line-height: normal; text-indent: 19.2667px;">• </span><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><a href="https://www.bogstown.com/ss-orient/" target="_blank">bogstown.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; text-indent: 19.2667px;">• </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; text-indent: 19.2667px;"><a href="https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/404048" target="_blank">Museum Victoria</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;"><b>GRAB YOUR COPY FOR JUST 99c - Sale ends Jan 10</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;"><b>@ <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EYSPXSW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1" target="_blank">Amazon</a></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;"><b>@ <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/murder-on-the-orient-ss-the-agatha-christie-book-club-2/id1111664801" target="_blank">Apple</a></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;"><b>@ <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/murder-on-the-orient-ca-larmer/1123773346;jsessionid=005FC9F909A2A251347052527919B884.prodny_store01-atgap14?ean=2940153009421" target="_blank">B&N nook</a></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;"><b>@ <a href="https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/murder-on-the-orient-ss-the-agatha-christie-book-club-2" target="_blank">kobo</a></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;">Happy (cruisy) reading everyone.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Garamond;"><b>xo Christina</b></span></div>
CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-2766961049956182102019-12-27T18:40:00.001-08:002019-12-27T18:40:19.438-08:00Aussie Bushfires, A Real-Life Mystery + 3 Festive Gifts!<b>It's been a big year for me on a personal level and while I
only published one book in 2019—<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VN74HVG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i9" style="font-style: italic;">After the
Ferry: A Gripping Psychological Novel</a> (see more on that and whether you've won a copy, below)—</span>I want to say a very big THANK YOU for all your support in 2019, and APOLOGIES for not getting my seventh <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00PNMB4CI/ref=dp_st_0987187260" target="_blank">Ghostwriter</a></i> out in time for Christmas as planned. </b><br />
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My eldest son finished school this year, which was whopping for him and us, but it wasn't the biggest event of 2019. As you may have seen on the news, large swathes of Australia have been burning now for months, and we have had our own battles in my immediate area, in the hinterland beyond Byron Bay. We had to evacuate our property at one point and while everything is okay for now, it has been extremely unsettling and, as you can imagine, a major distraction. But that's not the worst of it.<br />
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To date, across Australia, almost a million hectares of bushland and forest and about 1,000 homes have been destroyed, several lives have been lost as well as countless wildlife, including our precious and already endangered koalas. It really has been a horrendous start to our summer season here and, with no leadership at a political level, sadly, things remain very grim.<br />
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That's why, in 2020, I'm hoping for rain and lots of it! I'm also hoping for relief for our beautiful 'firies' - the unpaid, volunteers who leave their own homes, families and jobs to fight the fires for the rest of us. Many of them have been working for two months solid and THEY are the real heroes in all of this.<br />
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To them, I say THANK YOU, and to you, my beloved readers, I say, here's to a calmer, cooler, happier year ahead—not so I can write more books, but so the firies can finally find time to put their singed boots up and read some!<br />
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS everybody.<br />
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<b>For more on my books and other news, visit: <span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="https://calarmer.com/">calarmer.com</a></span></b></div>
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As some of you may know, I conjured the idea for this
psychological thriller many decades ago, and have been itching to write it ever
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Back in the 1990s—pre-mobile phones—I really was a young
Aussie backpacker travelling with a group of guys and girls making our way
on a ferry to Santorini in Greece.</div>
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During the long, sunburnt voyage, one of the guys in my
group—a handsome American lacrosse player—fell head over heels for a woman
from a different group. I think she was a Kiwi but I'm not 100% sure. In any
case, he fell hard and literally jumped ship with her long before we got
to our destination! He threw caution to the wind and deserted all of us
for someone he had only just met.</div>
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There were no mobile phones back then. No way to track each
other down, and I often wondered how things turned out. WAS it true love and
are they now living happily in New Zealand? Did he realise his mistake and
get the next ship out? Or did something untoward happen? I certainly never saw
him again and have wondered about him ever since. Hence the book. </div>
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In my story, I upped the ante by turning the traveller into
a naive young woman and her love interest into a dark, Greek stranger. Then I
wrote two versions of what happened—a parallel story, with a startling
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The result is my fictional suspense/thriller <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VN74HVG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i9"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">AFTER THE
FERRY</span></a> and, while it's a lot more complex than my other
books, it's also richly rewarding and those who have made it to the end
agree that it's the best thing I've ever written. </div>
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Which is why I'm handing out free copies as a festive gift!</div>
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<b>CONGRATULATIONS…</b></div>
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<b>* Lesa Neace</b></div>
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<b>* Thomas Palmer</b></div>
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<b>* Joann Lord</b></div>
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I'll be in touch shortly to offer your free ebook. For
everyone else, thanks again for all your support in 2019 and happy (calm!) reading, everybody.</div>
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CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-74985006616213757232019-12-08T22:49:00.001-08:002019-12-08T22:49:21.936-08:00Are YOU Named in My Next Mystery? + 99c Suspense Novel!<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; text-size-adjust: auto;"><tbody>
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<strong>In my last blog I asked you to send in the names you'd like to see used (and abused) in my next <a data-link-id="299399728" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074C7LTCH?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf" style="color: #188585; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Ghostwriter</a> mystery. And wow, what<strong> a wild and wonderfully named bunch you are! There were some beauties amongst the mix.</strong></strong></div>
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Most of you offered up your own names or names of people you know for my seventh in the <a data-link-id="299399730" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074C7LTCH?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf" style="color: #188585;" target="_blank">series</a>, and very few of you specified exactly what type of character you'd like to be—a 'good' one or a so-called 'baddie'. Which is just as well because I won't be revealing which name is which. Wouldn't want to give away the plot, right?</div>
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The two names I have chosen were names I would never have thought of, but really resonated with me and fit two of my characters perfectly (you'll understand when you finally get to read the book ;-) in early 2020).<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ce1057;">• Presley</span> (</strong><strong>adapted from the name Preslea, a reader's granddaughter)</strong></div>
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<span style="color: #ce1057;"><strong><span style="color: #dc3545;">• </span></strong><span style="color: #dc3545;"></span></span><strong><span style="color: #dc3545;"><span style="color: #ce1057;">Paisley</span></span> (a pretty suggestion from reader Nancy)</strong></div>
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The generous providers of the names will be credited in the book and sent a free paperback copy when it's published.</div>
Big THANKS to them and to everyone who contributed. I feel like I will never be short of sweet and surprising monikers again!<br />
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It's the 1990s, pre-mobile phones, and a young traveller must make a terrifying—exhilarating—choice: Will she jump ship with a seductive stranger? Or stay cocooned on the Greek ferry with friends and miss what could be the love of her life?</div>
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ONE CHOICE LEADS TO TRUE LOVE. ONE CHOICE LEADS TO MURDER. <em>BUT WHICH IS WHICH?</em><br />
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One decision sees Millie shacked up in the country, the other sees her married to her career, but both 'Millies' are harbouring a shocking secret that could blow their worlds apart.<br />
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From the best-selling author comes a cracking, stand-alone story with twists and turns that will make you question every decision you ever made, and everyone you ever trusted.<br />
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This is a story of choices, and how one bad decision could end up being the best decision of your life.<br />
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CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-84307066505787893492019-11-21T14:16:00.001-08:002019-11-21T14:16:14.484-08:00WIN eBook 'Gift Baskets' + Get YOUR Name in My Latest Mystery!<h2 style="text-size-adjust: auto;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">For those who like a little romance with their mystery suspense, I've signed up this week with a great group of authors to give away books in the Romantic/Suspense genre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">To win, all you have to do is sign up at <a data-link-id="294272502" href="https://authorsxp.com/giveaway" target="_blank">AuthorsXP</a> between November 19-25 and you will automatically be in the running. Just click <a data-link-id="294272504" href="https://authorsxp.com/win-ebooks" target="_blank">here</a> and you could be a winner! The giveaway i</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">ncludes my latest my</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">stery: </span><a data-link-id="294272506" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VN74HVG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i11" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">After The Ferry</a><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> (s</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">ee more on that below).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm always on the look out for new and interesting names for my fictional characters and it's not always easy. Writers tend to choose names they're already familiar with, whether they realise it or not. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I try to shake this up from time to time by glancing through magazines, newspapers and phone books, noting down names I see on telly, and asking my readers to get involved. </span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">This is where you come in...</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Would you like to see your name in print? Would you be interested in loaning me your name—or the name of someone you love (or loathe!)? I'm looking for two names: one will be used for a "goodie" and one for a "baddie".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">For the next two weeks I'm auditioning names! If you think your name (or the name of someone else*) is worth using, get in touch. Just sign up for my fortnightly <a href="https://calarmer.com/" target="_blank">newsletter here</a> and then email me back with the name—first, last or both—and I'll choose the two best to feature in my next <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074C7LTCH?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf"><span class="s2">Ghostwriter Mystery</span></a>, the seventh book in the series. Or just pop your name in the comments box below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The winning names will be announced in an upcoming newsletter but I won't reveal whether the name is being used for a good character or bad—as I don't want to give away the plot! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The winner will not only get boasting rights, they'll also receive a FREE copy of the book when it comes out. </span></h2>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a data-link-id="294272506" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VN74HVG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i11" target="_blank">After The Ferry</a> </span></strong></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's the 1990s, pre-mobile phones, and a young traveller must make a terrifying choice: Will she jump ship with a seductive stranger? Or stay cocooned on the Greek ferry with friends and miss what could be the love of her life?</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the best-selling author comes a cracking, stand-alone romantic suspense with twists and turns that will make you question every decision you ever made, and everyone you ever trusted. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is a story of choices, and how one bad decision could end up being the best decision of your life.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Does that sound intriguing? There's two ways to grab your copy. Over the next week, sign up to the <a data-link-id="294272508" href="https://authorsxp.com/win-ebooks" target="_blank">giveaway</a>, above, and see if you can score yourself a FREE ecopy or, if you can't wait, just download your $3.99 eBook at <strong><a data-link-id="294272510" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VN74HVG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i11" target="_blank">Amazon</a> </strong>now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks, and happy (romantic) reading, everyone.</span><br />
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Agatha Christie had already penned the perfect professional detective in Hercule Poirot (who appeared in her first book <em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Affair-Styles-Hercule-Mysteries/dp/0525565108/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Mysterious+Affair+at+Styles&qid=1571698355&sr=8-1" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">The Mysterious Affair at Styles</a></em>), so it's no surprise that she got her amateur sleuth so spot-on. So how did she do it?</div>
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There are a few core ingredients to a good amateur sleuth (AS). For starters, they really do need to be an <em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">amateur</em>. They can't be a police officer or a detective or even a private eye (which is why Poirot does not make the list). They must be a layperson, someone incidental, someone who just happens upon mysteries and can't help but use their natural instinct for intrigue to get involved. But it must also be justifiable, reasonable, logical that they <em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">would</em> get involved. Otherwise it's all a bit of a stretch.</div>
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That's why so many amateur sleuths are priests and doctors—people who naturally interact with the public and come across suspicious corpses.</div>
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Miss Marple is neither of these yet she ticks all the boxes, which brings me to another core ingredient:</div>
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The best AS's are naturally nosey and Miss Marple is your classic nosey neighbour, the 'little ole biddy' next door who peeks through curtains and eavesdrops on gossip. It's no surprise she spots criminals sneaking about and overhears death plots. She's got a constant ear to the ground and knows everybody's business whether they know it or not. Which brings me to the next ingredient of a good AS.</div>
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Well, perhaps not literally but it's hard to poke about when you're the centre of attention, which is why women of a certain age make terrific AS's (Jessica Fletcher anyone?). Invisible Woman Syndrome really does exist—just ask any woman (and some men, for that matter) over the age of 50 who have ever applied for a job or tried to order a drink at a busy bar. It's like you're not there! Which can be so frustrating—unless, of course, you're trying to solve a murder. <em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">Then</em> you can use it to your advantage (mwahaha). </div>
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Even when she does get noticed, Miss Marple comes across as sweet, harmless, even a little slow-witted. She's an 'elderly spinster' after all! Few people take her seriously and <em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">that</em> is her superpower. Both cops and bad guys underestimate her, letting clues slip and being disarmed in her presence. Yet she's whip smart and playing them all! (It's a trick that works for pros like <a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/crime-thriller/ann-cleeves-vera-stanhope-book-series-crime" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Vera Stanhope</a>, Columbo and Monk.) </div>
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And while there are plenty of AS's who disprove the rule—there's nothing invisible about <a href="http://phrynefisher.com/books.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Phryne Fisher</a>, while <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nancy-Drew-Starter-Set-Books/dp/0448464969/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24GGGB04AWX4I&keywords=nancy+drew+books&qid=1571699157&sprefix=nancy+drew%2Caps%2C387&sr=8-1" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">Nancy Drew</a> uses youth to her advantage—I still believe nobody does it better than Jane Marple. </div>
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And, it seems, most of you do, too.</div>
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My <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">Agatha Christie Book Club</span> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MHP31D?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">series</a> features a club full of passionate amateur sleuths who clearly love a good mystery—hence the reason they've joined this particular book club—and each bring their own ingredients to the mix. </div>
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Yet it's probably librarian <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">Missy</span> who most resembles Miss Marple. Missy might be young but she does waffle on, and can seem ditzy and airheaded. The truth is she's as switched on as Miss Marple and people underestimate her at their peril.</div>
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There's also a fastidious Poirot-style character in <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">Perry</span> and, one of Christie's achetypes, a dashing doctor with a penchant for poison—<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">Anders</span>.</div>
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Want to meet the whole gang and see how they got together? You can grab the first eBook and paperback in the series now from any good online bookstore, or at <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0081S0K8K/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" target="_blank">Amazon</a></b> here.</div>
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Happy reading, everyone, and happy <em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">amateur sleuthing</em>, too. Because when you think about it, we're ALL amateur sleuths!</div>
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<b>xo Christina</b></div>
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<br />CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-69788556316900805562019-10-08T18:39:00.001-07:002019-10-08T18:39:36.021-07:00All 6 Ghostwriter Mysteries Up For Grabs + News On The 7th!<span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="color: rgb(0, 123, 255);" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #007bff; font-family: inherit; outline: none;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">A young girl wakes up to find her entire family has vanished. </span></span></span><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="color: rgb(0, 123, 255);" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #007bff; font-family: inherit; outline: none;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none;">Many years later Phoebe decides to tell her life story, and enlists the hel</span><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none;">p of a ghostwriter.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The last time we met Ghostwriter Roxy, in </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; outline: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T89NE0C?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_5&storeType=ebooks" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">A Note Before Dying</a></em><span style="font-family: inherit;">, she'd fallen in love and settled into a quiet country life. </span></div>
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<span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="color: rgb(0, 123, 255);" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #007bff; outline: none;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In Book 7 of the best-selling <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074C7LTCH?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; outline: none !important;" target="_blank">series</a>, Roxy returns to Sydney, minus the love interest but with an adorable pooch by her side. She's home to write the life story of the aforementioned 'Forgotten Phoebe'—and, knowing our Roxy, uncover what <em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">really</em> happened to Phoebe's missing family. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As you can see, I've been busy concocting the next <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">fun, fast-paced adventure </span>for my Ghostwriter Roxy Parker, and to celebrate<em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">—and you know how much I love to celebrate</em>—I'm giving YOU a chance to win ALL SIX!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: left;" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">As many of you know, it's been a few years between Ghostwriter books and I know some of you have missed Roxy and her </span><span data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: left;" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">fab, fast-talking friends</span><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: left;" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">. I've missed them all, too, and have been having a blast </span><span data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: left;" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">reuniting with the cast</span><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: left;" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">, getting under Roxy's mother's nose (it's like a blood sport!), and throwing them all into the middle of my </span><span data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: left;" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">most perplexing mystery yet</span><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: left;" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'll be giving more info on the <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">mystery</span> in later emails, as well as a <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">title and cover reveal</span>, so be sure to stay in touch. And keep reading to be in the running.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 16px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 15px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">To score a full set of Ghostwriter Mystery eBooks, all you have to do is tell me what you miss most about Roxy Parker. </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 16px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;"><span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache="font-size: 15px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">Is it her witty one-liners? Her motley mates? Or her uncanny knack for sniffing out crime?</span></span></span></span></div>
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CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-54509491316279642342019-09-18T00:14:00.003-07:002019-09-18T00:14:50.664-07:00Funny ha-ahhh!! Win 12+ Humorous Mysteries (including mine)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't know about you, but I find some mystery novels a little, er, <i>droll</i>. I mean, sure, tension has to be built, somebody's gotta die, but that doesn't mean we can't have a bit of fun along the way, right? (It IS fiction, after all!) That's why I always try to inject some humour in my crime novels, especially my <strong><a data-link-id="277905546" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074C7LTCH?ref_=series_rw_dp_labf" style="color: #d35400; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">Ghostwriter Mysteries</a></strong> which feature a cast of cheeky, wise-cracking characters who love a baffling <em>whodunnit</em>.</div>
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No, you don't have to send in your funniest jokes. All you have to do is click on the image above or at <a data-link-id="277905554" href="https://authorsxp.com/win-ebooks" style="color: #d35400; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">AuthorsXP.com</a> and then follow the prompts. For more on <strong><em>A Plot to Die For</em></strong> and my latest mystery <strong><em>After the Ferry</em></strong>, read on, otherwise good luck and happy (funny!) reading, everyone.</div>
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In this modern homage to a Christie classic, Roxy must solve the mystery of her client's murder while stuck on an island with the prime suspects. Along the way, the amateur sleuth encounters machete-wielding locals, shifty fellow guests, and an island paradise where the ghosts of past mistakes still linger behind every coconut. </div>
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With a cracking pace and plenty of humour, this baffling mystery will have you scratching your head until the final, Hercule Poirot-style conclusion. If the 'Big Reveal' doesn't leave you gasping into your gin and tonic, it just might make you reconsider your next island holiday.</div>
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Funnier and more contemporary than your typical 'cozy', A PLOT TO DIE FOR is the second, stand-alone mystery for ghostwriter Roxy Parker.</div>
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In this fast-paced, psychological thriller, we follow Millie Malone across two parallel lives. In one life she remains onboard with her mates—two Sydney lads with shaky motives, and an old school friend with a crush of her own—and in the other she jumps. One life sees Millie married in the country, the other sees her married to her career, but both 'Millies' are harbouring a secret that could blow their worlds apart.<br /><br /><strong>THIRTEEN YEARS AFTER THE FERRY…</strong> and Millie's two lives are colliding. Both women have vanished from their respective worlds—one is back in Greece, facing her demons; the other has been murdered. <em>But which one is which?</em><br /><br />From the best-selling author comes a cracking, stand-alone romantic suspense.</div>
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CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-70601985609910304122019-08-26T23:03:00.001-07:002019-08-26T23:03:23.469-07:00Ghosts, True Love & the KGB—Your Best Travel Stories<h3>
To celebrate my new travel mystery <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VN74HVG/" target="_blank">After the Ferry</a></i></span>, I asked
you to share your own gripping travel stories. Here are the four best entries who've just won a copy of the book!</h3>
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"At 42, recently divorced, I met and fell in love with
a man from Turkey. He went back to Turkey without saying goodbye. Having never
left the USA, I bought a one way ticket to Istanbul, applied for a short-term
teaching job, said goodbye to my family and left. I did not tell my lover my
plans. After doing my teaching gig, which was a wonderful experience, I tracked
down my lover and, two weeks later, we were married. We have been married 10
years now. I was so scared not knowing what to expect in a foreign country and
not knowing my lover's feelings. I have never regretted my decision."</div>
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Three friends and I were, unbeknownst to our parents,
traveling through Germany and Austria—in 1967, at the height of the Cold War.
We were 16 and 17 years old—riding rented Vespa scooters during the day and
camping in remote areas at night. On the 4th night, we were arrested (by
non-German-speaking military men; I couldn't understand them). The charge was
'suspicion of espionage.' We found out soon that we had ventured into Communist
controlled Czechoslovakia at an unmarked rural border crossing. We were in the
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"I travelled to Jamaica by myself after my friend
cancelled at the last minute. Met a guy that worked at the resort I was staying
at and he invited me to a party with some of his friends. I had the funny weird
stomach butterfly feeling so I told him yes as I did not want him to be
suspicious of me, then changed rooms at the resort and stayed away from the
area he was working. This was in the 1980s. Never regretted this decision." </div>
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area, they turned off the lights and boy was it really dark. While we
listened to the story, something grabbed me but I couldn't see what. When the
lights came back on I didn't see anything. I left the area rather quickly and
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their travel stories. I loved hearing your tales of shady travellers,
feisty friends, unexpected soul mates and seriously close
shaves. I'm sorry I can't give you <b>ALL </b>a lovely prize, but I have
chosen<b> FOUR winners </b>instead of three, as promised. So, it's a big<b>
CONGRATULATIONS </b>to the subscribers, above, whose stories all captured my
imagination. </div>
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You have all just won yourselves a<b> FREE copy</b> of my latest
eBook<b> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VN74HVG/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">AFTER THE
FERRY</span></a>. </b>I'll be in touch soon with details on how to claim your
prize.</div>
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<b>E</b>veryone else can grab their own copy by clicking<b> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VN74HVG/" target="_blank">here</a>.</b></div>
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CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-49312272896934545312019-08-10T00:17:00.000-07:002019-08-10T00:17:02.385-07:00Tell Your Wildest Travel Story & WIN New Travel Mystery/Suspense
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It happens every single
time… </h3>
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No sooner have I
started telling the true story behind my latest mystery / suspense <b><i><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VN74HVG/" target="_blank">After The Ferry</a></span> </i></b>(see the full story from a past newsletter, <a href="http://calarmerspits.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-real-story-behind-my-new-mystery.html" target="_blank">below</a>), when
the listener invariably rushes in with an extraordinary travel tale
of their own. Some stories are sad, some shocking, some sidesplittingly funny,
but the ones that grip me the most are the ones that end with words like,
"I was so lucky! It could have turned out so different!"</div>
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That's what I love about
travel—you throw caution to the wind and yourself open to fate. Travel
makes you a hostage to destiny. Anything can happen and it often does! At
the very least, you meet all kinds of weird and wonderful people and have
all manner of wild and wondrous experiences. </div>
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And THAT'S what I want to
hear from you! Have you, or someone you know, got a 'near-miss' travel story? A
gripping adventure to reveal? A tale of sailing very close to the wind? If
so, jot me a few lines today. The best THREE stories that come in over the
next week will score a FREE e-copy of my new <a href="https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xMjE5MTc4MjU5NDc2OTEwMzI0JmM9bTFpMiZlPTE5MjgmYj0yNjkyNDUwNDQmZD1yNWwweDNs.7njWNlx2On10zHcg8f6CmS_Q2CLDnDzg3b8uUxOqQo8"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">book</span></a>.
(And just for the record, those of you who have already shared your stories
with me, no need to re-send—you're officially in the running!)</div>
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<li>Please keep your stories <b>short and sweet</b>. No more than
a few sentences or I won't have the time to read them or the space to
repeat them.</li>
<li>Please only send gripping tales—something <b>memorable </b>or
<b>life-changing</b> that happened to you or someone you were travelling with.</li>
<li>Stories must be received within the next <b>seven days</b> to
be eligible for the prize. Just reply directly to this blog, <b>leaving a comment below</b>, or sign up to my newsletter and email me that way: <b><a href="http://calarmer.com/">calarmer.com</a></b>.</li>
<li>You MUST be willing to <b>share your story</b> and your <b>name</b> (but
not your full email address) in my upcoming calarmer.com newsletter. If you don't want
your details revealed, best not to apply.</li>
<li>Due to the enormous number of entries that I usually
receive, no correspondence will be entered into before, during or
after this competition (in other words, I won't be able to reply to each
story but I will read them, I promise!) </li>
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That's it, folks. I look
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Now, for those who missed my past
newsletter (you can sign up at <a href="http://calarmer.com/"><b>calarmer.com</b></a>), here's the true story behind my latest psychological mystery. Just scroll down to the blog, below, or click <a href="http://calarmerspits.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-real-story-behind-my-new-mystery.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>!</div>
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CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-74468835685410176362019-07-24T19:44:00.000-07:002019-07-24T19:44:13.425-07:00PRE-ORDER NOW: Sliding doors-style mystery // thriller // suspense<h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px;">
<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;">My latest stand-alone mystery is now available and ready for pre-orders. To get your copy delivered straight to your e-reader, just click on the link <a href="https://www.amazon.com/After-Ferry-Gripping-Psychological-Novel-ebook/dp/B07VN74HVG/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=After+the+ferry&qid=1564020803&s=digital-text&sr=1-1" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><span style="font-weight: bolder;">Otherwise, look out for it August 14.</span></h3>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VN74HVG" target="_blank">AFTER THE FERRY</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-size: large;">by C.A. Larmer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bolder; text-align: start;">LAUNCH DATE: August 14, 2019!</span></h4>
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<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">'</em></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; outline: none !important;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">After they had pulled my battered body from the dark sand I began to wonder: What if? What if I had never met a handsome stranger on a Greek ferry, or two possessive Sydney lads, or set off on a journey with an old school friend with a chip on one shoulder and a crush of her own?'</em></span></blockquote>
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It's the mid-1990s, pre-mobile phones, and a young backpacker must make a terrifying choice—will she jump ship with an alluring Greek man she's just met? Or stay safely on the ferry and miss what could be the love of her life?</div>
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In this <em style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: none !important;">Sliding Doors</em>-style psychological thriller, we follow Millie Malone and her friends across two dfferent lifetimes: in one life she remains in the belly of her friends, and in the other she throws caution to the wind and jumps.</div>
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This is a story of choices, and how one bad decision could end up being the best decision of your life.</div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><em><strong>A young backpacker meets an alluring stranger on a ferry to the Greek island of Santorini. When he gets off miles from her destination, she has to make a terrifying choice. </strong></em><em><strong>Will she jump ship with him and desert her travelling companions? Or stay safely onboard and miss what might be the love of a lifetime? </strong></em></span></div>
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<strong style="color: #6f6f6f; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;">The year was 1991. I was in my early 20s. A wide-eyed backpacker fresh from Sydney, Australia, with an old school friend beside me and a team of American Lacrosse players we'd met up with somewhere in Europe. We were en route to Santorini, on the deck of a ferry, laughing, flirting, having fun.</strong><br />
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Then, in the middle of the eight-hour journey, one of those US players struck up a conversation with a total stranger, another Aussie woman with an alluring smile. He was instantly smitten and before we knew what was happening, he was deserting us all and jumping ship with her on a completely different island.</div>
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Now remember: This was BEFORE mobile phones, before instant messaging and GPS. It was back in the days when you still had to book a call from a Greek post office if you wanted to phone home. It was another time and era and so his decision to abandon us for a relative stranger was a brave and potentially risky one. And yet we all laughed and waved him off as if it was just a lark. </div>
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To this day I don't know how it went with that Aussie girl and if he ever caught up with his mates again. But I do know that choice he made has haunted me ever since.</div>
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<strong>Over the years, I started to wonder, <em>what if?</em></strong></div>
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<li><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">What if the man who abandoned his mates had been a woman, a young and vulnerable one? </span></em></li>
<li><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">What if the stranger she jumped ship with was a man who turned out to be a monster? </span></em></li>
<li><span style="color: #0b5394;"><em>And what culpability did WE all have, not </em><em>pulling our friend back to safety?</em></span></li>
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<strong>Have you ever made a risky travelling decision? If so, you'll relate to this </strong><strong>book. It's </strong><strong>the one I've been madly typing for the past nine months (but conjuring in my head for almost 30 years). It's a ripper of a tale and I look forward to sharing it with you very soon. </strong></div>
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<strong></strong>Unlike anything I have written before, it's a little less 'cozy' and a lot more 'thriller/suspense', with a dash of <em>Gone Girl</em> and a <em>Sliding Doors</em>-style twist. It's now with my editor (love ya work, Annie!) and is due out next month. </div>
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For more on this mystery, a cover-reveal, and your chance to win FREE COPIES, just keep an eye on future newsletters.</div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Until then, happy (safe!) reading everyone.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">xo Christina</span></b></div>
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I've got a new book in the works (woo-hoo!)</h3>
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This one is a thriller like nothing I've ever written before. With echoes of <em>Sliding Doors</em>, a splash of <em>Gone Girl</em> and a good dose of my usual Aussie candour, this new, stand-alone story has kept me tap-tap-tapping away for months, and is almost complete! </div>
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I thank you all so much for your patience and promise you the wait will be worth it. Or at least I hope it will. My most complicated mystery yet, this one is set in three very different places and two completely different timelines. It all starts with a simple scenario: </div>
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<em><strong>A young backpacker meets an alluring stranger on a ferry, enroute to Santorini. When he gets off miles from her destination, she has to make a terrifying choice. Will she jump off with him and desert her travelling companions? Or will she stay safely on the ferry and miss what might be the experience of a lifetime? </strong></em></div>
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<em><strong>One woman, two choices. Which way does she go? </strong></em></div>
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<em><strong>What she can not know in her youth and naivety is that one choice will see her finding true love, the other will leave her fighting for her life.</strong></em><em><strong> </strong></em></div>
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<em><strong>This is a story of choices, and of surviving their consequences.</strong></em></div>
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Sound enticing? I hope so! And now you know: <em>When writers go quiet it usually means the voices are screaming loudly in their heads and there's a bunch of characters coming to life on a page somewhere.</em></div>
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This book will be ready for a <strong>mid-2019 release</strong> but I'll be in touch before then with both the title and cover reveals, so stay tuned for that.</div>
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Until then, thanks again for your patience. You can catch up on all my other mysteries by heading to my website: <a href="http://calarmer.com/">calarmer.com</a><span id="goog_1583115151"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1583115152"></span> or clicking on your favourite book here.</div>
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Happy (future!) reading, everyone.</div>
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xo Christina</div>
CALarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005294872275640355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3002013423963374670.post-65381631481357081832019-02-16T23:56:00.002-08:002019-02-17T21:25:16.329-08:00'The Pre-Honeymoon': A Fun, Free Read<h4 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, verdana; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.1; margin: 20px 0px 10px; position: relative; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">
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<b><i>“My Dearest Callie,</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Congratulations on your
engagement. I’m thrilled to hear you’ve found a man you’d like to spend the
rest of your life with and, with that in mind, I want to offer you a very
special wedding gift you should both adore. I want you to come and visit me
here on Tubu Island. You’ve been dreaming of visiting for ages, so here’s your
chance! I’ve enclosed the plane tickets and all the information you need for a
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wedding, not after. Everything is arranged. My good friend, pilot Douglas
Smith, will meet you on the mainland and fly you across. It’ll be such fun and
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<br />
“Is your aunt completely batty?” Alex asked, dropping the handwritten
letter on the coffee table with a quizzical smile. “A pre-honeymoon?
Who’s ever heard of such a thing? Write back and tell her, thanks old lady but,
in case you’ve completely flipped, the honeymoon comes after the
wedding not before.”</div>
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Callie retrieved the letter and
scanned its contents again. “I think it’s really sweet,” she said. “Besides, it’s
a lot more exciting than the honeymoon we’ve got planned.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“Hey, there’s nothing wrong with
two weeks in Adelaide, you know we can’t afford much more, especially if we
want to buy our own house one day.”</div>
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“I know.” Callie was weary of
this conversation. They’d had it so many times before. If it were up to the
young receptionist, she’d blow the entire honeymoon budget on three
action-packed days sailing the Great Barrier Reef or hiking through rainforest.
But Alex wanted a luxury hotel in a city he knew and loved, and one they could
afford to spend more time in.</div>
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“Besides, that’s where we met, it’s
special.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
It had become his mantra.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
Callie padded into the kitchen to
put the kettle on. It was a pokey little room in a tiny little flat, and she’d
be glad when they had the money to move out.</div>
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“You’re right, Alex,” she called
out from over the bubbling water, “but what’s to stop us from having a bit of
fun beforehand as well? After all, it won’t cost us a cent.”</div>
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“It’s not really about the money,”
he called back. “I just think it’s so, well, rude to hand us a gift
with conditions. She sounds like a bloody lawyer.”</div>
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“She used to be!” Callie laughed
at the thought. If anyone met her Aunty Mona today they’d be shocked by the
revelation. No one could be further from a barrister than this wily, wild-haired
woman, yet she had fooled herself — and the bar — for 25 years before she
suddenly swapped it all for a secluded life on the tiny private island.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“What is this place, anyway?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
Callie sighed wistfully. “Only a
paradise away from heaven. Tea or coffee?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“Tea, thanks, but make it weak or
I’ll be up all night. So where is it?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“The tea?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
He groaned aloud. “No. The
island.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“Sorry!” She giggled, her smile
dropping as she returned with their drinks. “It is a bit of a trek away, two
flights, in fact, right in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, but gee it’s worth
the effort, it really is. It’s just so—”</div>
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“Hey, Antique Roadshow’s on!”
Alex grabbed the TV remote control. “Sorry,” he added quickly. “I didn’t mean
to interrupt but we love this show. Come, curl up with me.”</div>
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As he pulled the sound up, Callie
dropped back onto the sofa but she couldn’t concentrate. She reached for the
letter and read it again. It had her intrigued. She had not seen her aunt since
her mother’s funeral, five years earlier, but wrote to her regularly, keen to
keep in touch with the last surviving member of her family. Callie never knew
her father, and there was no one else. For that reason alone, she always
felt the need to stay connected to the older woman despite their distance. </div>
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And so she had written on a
regular basis, her letters bursting with details of her daily life, dreams
and aspirations. In the past year Callie’s letters had become preoccupied with
stories of Alex — how they had met (at a work conference), where they liked to
eat (usually at home), and all his little eccentricities (there were plenty to
share!). She took great delight writing of the time they went out driving and,
eager to find a hotel for the night, stumbled across a quaint B&B in a
picturesque village.</div>
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“Except poor Alex found the place
a little ‘too quaint’ and couldn’t believe there was no TV!” she had scribbled.
“So he moved us straight into a posh hotel up the road. It was pricier
but, as Alex so rightly pointed out, it had all the mod-cons. Even a pool!
(Although it was mid-winter, so of course we didn’t use it.)”</div>
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In turn, Mona would respond in
her trademark manner: an envelope containing nothing but a crushed flower, a
book of poems, a postcard with only the word “love” scrawled across. While the
average person would find her correspondence odd and even a little curt (Alex
certainly did), Callie was thrilled by anything she could get, and today, in
Mona terms, she had practically been sent a novel.</div>
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“I wonder what the weather is
like there now,” she said, mostly to herself as Alex seemed strangely intrigued
by an old clock on the screen. “I think it’s the dry season, so it shouldn’t be
too stormy.”</div>
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Eventually he turned to her. “Look,
darling, I hate to kill your buzz but try to think about something else, we’re
obviously not going.”</div>
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It was said with such certitude
that Callie couldn’t help scowling.</div>
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“Why not?” she asked.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“Why not?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“Yes, why the hell not?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“Okay, don’t get cranky! It’s
just so damn impractical that's why. Surely if you ask her to let us come at a
later date, maybe in a year or so, it’d be better.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“Better for whom?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“I’m sorry?”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
Callie jumped up and returned to
the kitchen to hunt for some chocolate.</div>
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“What’s gotten into you?” Alex
called after her.</div>
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She stormed back into the lounge
room, hands firmly on her hips.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“I’ll tell you what! In two
months we’re getting married, on the date you wanted, in the church you used
to attend, in the suburb you grew up in. Then we’re going on the
honeymoon you chose—”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“But you don't have any special
church and you hate your childhood suburb! As for Adelaide? That’s where
we met, it’s—”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“SPECIAL! I know!”</div>
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Alex shrank back in his seat, his
expression wounded and she sat down and grabbed his hand. "I'm sorry. I
don’t mean to be a brat, it’s just that we haven’t even talked about it, you
just decided.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“So let’s talk.” He turned the
sound down. “Neither of us have been given permission to take holidays before
the wedding and there is so much to organise.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“What’s to organise? Everything’s
in place, and you’re the boss, right? You can give us both an early holiday.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“But… but…”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
“But what?”</div>
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He shook his head irritably. “It’s
just plain crazy!”</div>
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“So what?! Let’s do something
crazy before we become a boring married couple. Look at Jan and Thomas, they’ve
been stuck with a mortgage and kids since I can remember. What was the last
crazy thing they did? And your brother and his wife, and Mara and that
accountant guy she married last year? These people don’t do anything with their
lives.”</div>
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“These people are happily
married, they don’t need to do anything with their lives.”</div>
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Callie threw her hands in the air
with exasperation. “I never ask you for much but I’m asking you for this. I
know it sounds insane and maybe it is but for some strange reason I want this.
I need this. And I need to do it with you. So please, please,
let’s be a little crazy and just go!”</div>
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Alex looked into his fiancee's
eyes and saw that she really meant it. He didn’t understand why this was so
important to her but he was not worried. He had two months to change her mind.</div>
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“You’ll get a killer view from
your side!” the pilot called out from the cockpit of the tiny six-seater
Cessna, which was now winging its way to Tubu Island. Callie shoved her face
against the foggy glass, eyes wide. </div>
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They had already spent two hours
in the air but it was the final 20 minutes in this tiny, vibrating tin can
that made them gasp with delight when the island finally came into view. It
looked spectacular, dotted with coral on one side and laced with beaches on the
other.</div>
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“This is going to be the best
holiday ever,” Callie said, gripping her seat for the final descent. </div>
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As soon as they landed, a local
man appeared to help load their luggage onto the back of his wooden trailer,
before suggesting they do the same, offering them cushions to soften their
ride. Then he revved up the attached tractor and hauled them across the island,
through long grass and past swishing coconut trees, up a slippery embankment
and into the thickness of a rainforest before a final descent down, back into
the blazing sun and the final grass road along the beach to Mona’s house. </div>
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While the cushions offered only a
little relief from the rocking and swaying and chugging of the tractor, the
couple felt no discomfort. All they could see was the giant adventure in front
of them, and each other.</div>
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“Welcome, welcome to my humble
island,” Mona called out as the tractor rattled to a halt just beneath a plump mango
tree in front of the house. Callie jumped from the trailer and threw her arms
around her aunt.</div>
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“It’s so great to see you!” she
said, hugging her tight.</div>
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“And you,” Mona replied, glancing
over Callie’s shoulder to the dishevelled man still sitting silently in the
trailer. “Oh how lovely! You decided to stay?”</div>
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The man smiled shyly. “Yes, well,
Callie and I had such a fun flight, she persuaded me to take a few days off and
hang here with her. I hope you don’t mind."</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12.2pt;">
Mona did not seem at all
surprised by the extra guest, just crinkled her craggy features into a glowing
smile and said, “Of course I don’t mind! In fact, I’ve already made the bed up.
Welcome, Callie and Douglas, welcome to you both!”</div>
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Then, she quickly pulled her
niece aside and said, “And Alex?”</div>
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“Alex who?” Callie replied,
feeling an odd mixture of sadness and relief.</div>
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Later that day, as Callie lolled
in the luminous waters out the front of the house, watching as the young pilot
fired up the barbeque on the beach, a freshly caught fish in one hand, a
sunburnt smile on his lips, she turned to her beloved aunt and said:</div>
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“Thanks for the wedding present,
Mona. It was exactly what I needed.”</div>
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