Welcome to my blog, gentle readers! I will be posting news about my novel A TRACE OF SMOKE and weekly excerpts until the novel is release in May 2009. Hope you enjoy it!
NEWS: I delivered the second book in the series, A NIGHT OF LONG KNIVES, to my editor today. That one should hit the shelves in May 2010. Now, on to A TRACE OF SMOKE:
CHAPTER 1:
Echoes of my footfalls faded into the damp air of the Hall of the Unnamed Dead as I paused to stare at the framed photograph of a man. He was laid out against a river bank, dark slime wrapped around his sculpted arms and legs. Even through the paleness and rigidity of death, his face was beautiful. A small, dark mole graced the left side of his cleft chin. His dark eyebrows arched across his forehead like bird wings, and his long hair, dark now with water, streamed out behind him.
Watery morning light from high windows illuminated the neat grid of black and white photographs lining the walls of the Alexanderplatz police station. One hundred frames displayed the faces and postures of Berlin’s most recent unclaimed dead. Every Monday the police changed out the oldest photographs to make room for the latest editions of those who carried no identification, as was too often the case in Berlin since the Great War.
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so….how do I get an early release of the book?
Well, you can pre-order one from Amazon probably in early 2009, and you can keep reading excerpts here on the blog. I’ll post a new one each week.
And you can come to a reading and I’ll sign one for you. Are you the John Mullen from CMU? Or a different John Mullen? If you’re the John Mullen I know, I have lots of ammunition…I mean, inspiration for a dedication.
Oh, and before I forget. Send me an email to rebecca@rebeccacantrell.com and I’ll put you on my mailing list to be notified as soon as the book is out.