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Bank Holiday sunshine at Cardingmill Valley in beautiful Shropshire where Sherlock encountered sheep for the first time. He says they are tasty snack dispensers. I have a feeling DI Imogen Evans might find a body here one day…
Things I have loved this week:
1. Currently reading Whatever Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan, a fantastic missing persons thriller that is not so much a whodunnit as a willttheygetawaywithit.
2. Sunshine. Finally!!!
3. Civil War. I’ve been an Alex Garland fan for... a very long time but this blew me away. Utterly gripping and chilling. Good soundtrack too.
4. The new Dua Lipa album, Radical Optimism. Not as many bangers as Future Nostalgia but it’s still very very good. The kind of high-energy record I love writing to.
What were your highlights?
There are signed copies of The Darkest Water and a few of my other books in Waterstones Wolverhampton. This is the only place to get signed copies at the moment so if you’re local pop in and grab one. (But make sure you take it to the till after grabbing it.)
Weekend read: I Will Ruin You, the new one by one of my favourite authors, Linwood Barclay. Richard is a teacher who averts a tragedy at his school but finds himself entangled with a group of local criminals. Fast paced, fun and unpredictable. It’s out 18 July in the UK (Amazon has the wrong ...publication date).
Research… Can anyone recommend any other good books about psychopaths/sociopaths?
Thank you to everyone who came to the party. Of course, Peggy showed up two minutes after I finished!
Help me celebrate the launch of my new book, The Darkest Water
Today's the day! The Darkest Water is out now! Available as an ebook, paperback or audiobook, you'll find it in Amazon stores worldwide. You can also ask your local book shop or library to order it in. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkest-Water-Mark-Edwards-ebook/dp/B0CC6V1HS6
Calvin... finally owns the bakery of his dreams, in an idyllic village in the Lake District. After reluctantly following his wife Vicky’s advice to promote it on social media, he’s thrilled when a viral clip makes him a legend overnight. But then the creepy DMs start flooding in—all from a stranger who claims she’s his biggest fan.
Meanwhile, a local recluse is found on a nearby beach, buried to his neck and left to drown, and the community goes into shock. Why would anyone want him dead? And who exactly was he? Detective Imogen Evans, new to the Lake District, is under pressure to find out before the killer strikes again.
As the murder hunt gathers pace, Calvin’s obsessive admirer turns up right on cue after his assistant is injured in an accident, and to Vicky’s horror she’s here to stay. As events begin spiralling into darkness, is there anyone in this quiet backwater Calvin can trust—or have his mistakes already put him, and everyone he loves, in terrible danger?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkest-Water-Mark-Edwards-ebook/dp/B0CC6V1HS6
The Darkest Water launches tomorrow. Sherlock is barely able to contain himself. However, I'm sure that you, my faithful readers, are beside yourselves with excitement. If you've already preordered the ebook, it should deliver to your Kindle at midnight. If you haven't ordered it ...yet, what are you waiting for? You might even make Sherlock twitch an ear. https://mybook.to/darkestwater/
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Bank Holiday sunshine at Cardingmill Valley in beautiful Shropshire where Sherlock encountered sheep for the first time. He says they are tasty snack dispensers. I have a feeling DI Imogen Evans might find a body here one day…
Things I have loved this week:
1. Currently reading Whatever Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan, a fantastic missing persons thriller that is not so much a whodunnit as a willttheygetawaywithit.
2. Sunshine. Finally!!!
3. Civil War. I’ve been an Alex Garland fan for a very long time but this blew me away. Utterly gripping and chilling. Good soundtrack too.
4. The new Dua Lipa album, Radical Optimism. Not as many bangers as Future Nostalgia but it’s still very very good. The kind of high-energy record I love writing to.
What were your highlights?
There are signed copies of The Darkest Water and a few of my other books in Waterstones Wolverhampton. This is the only place to get signed copies at the moment so if you’re local pop in and grab one. (But make sure you take it to the till after grabbing it.)
Weekend read: I Will Ruin You, the new one by one of my favourite authors, Linwood Barclay. Richard is a teacher who averts a tragedy at his school but finds himself entangled with a group of local criminals. Fast paced, fun and unpredictable. It’s out in July.
Another very successful #recordstoreday. Up at 5.30am, in the queue by 7 and only sixth in line. Got everything I was after including the Lily Allen and Blur zoetrope picture discs and the Lost In Translation soundtrack. Also pictured, non-RSD release, the excellent new Taylor Swift album.
Now I won’t need to buy any vinyl for months (ahem).
Big thanks to @thepolarbearkingsheath
A huge thanks from Peggy and me to everyone who has bought The Darkest Water so far, the hundreds who came to my launch party last night and everyone who has reviewed it, shared the love on social media and generally made me feel appreciated over the past couple of weeks. 20 books in and it’s still the best job in the world.
The Darkest Water is out now! Available as an ebook (including Kindle Unlimited), paperback and audiobook, to find it just go to Amazon and search ‘Mark Edwards darkest water’. Or ask your local bookshop or library to order a copy. Hope you love it!
Want to see what you could win if you watch my live launch party for The Darkest Water on Facebook tomorrow night? That’s 8pm UK/3pm ET April 16 on my Facebook page. Link in bio or search FB for mark edwards author. You have to watch the party live to get your name in the cookie jar. Hope to see you there!
With sincere apologies to the staff at my local post office, I will be giving away all this stuff at the launch party for The Darkesf Water on Tuesday. Signed books, pens and more! It all happens over on my Facebook page and you have to watch live for the chance for your name to be pulled from the cookie jar. Link in bio or look for Mark Edwards Author on Facebook.
Hot off the press: an interview with me in today’s @expressandstar in which I talk about The Darkest Water (out Tuesday!). Also, giving @theheathbookshop’s books and music festival a plug. That happens next weekend and there are a few tickets left.
Live reading from The Darkest Water which is published April 16, as a paperback, ebook and audiobook.
Calvin is about to discover the dangers of social media…
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