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To mark the publication of the fourth and final novel in

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER series,

the first novel is being offered free from March 1st-5th on Amazon.

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First Novel in New Series out now…

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First in a series of four novels inspired by a Gallup poll completed in 2009 showing that 700 million people worldwide wanted to move permanently to another country.

Peter Roper, who runs a hairdressing salon in the Midlands, collects miniature portraits to alleviate his feelings of mediocrity. Although he has worked in the same village for almost all of his thirty-nine years with a dictatorial mother who will entertain no mention of his absent father, he has never felt that he belonged. Always plagued with remorse for having handled his love life very badly in the past, the two problems currently overriding this are a suspicion that he caused his mother’s sudden death and confirmation that a planned high speed railway will obliterate the historic monument he calls home.
Further turmoil follows when, in the process of organising his mother’s funeral, he discovers that he is not who he thought he was. To knock him further off balance, the visit of an enigmatic stranger to the salon points him in the direction of an aristocratic heritage.
Lured to a Mediterranean island by possibilities beyond his wildest dreams, Peter is exhilarated by his first experience of foreign travel and thinks he may have found his true destiny until he suddenly finds himself in grave danger. Has his dissatisfaction with life and search for pastures new led to an early demise?

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Absence of sex & murder in ‘The Grass Is Always Greener’ tetralogy out soon…

THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER

‘The Grass Is Always Greener’ novels by Drew Thomas are due for publication in July, August, September & October 2013. Editor Camilla Koslowski describes them as ‘quirky, individual insights into the human inclination to dissatisfaction with life’. Television rights are currently being discussed with the author who was formerly quoted as saying that ‘not a lot happens’ in the stories. He has since retracted the statement, saying that he meant that there was an ‘absence of sex and murder’.

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Children’s author C. T. Stanhope signed to Cherwell Books

Children’s & Young Adult author C.T. Stanhope has just been signed by Cherwell Books. Details of the five proposed books in the deal, worth an as-yet undisclosed six figure sum, will follow soon. The first – a video gaming spy thriller – was described by agent Abi Gunn as “‘Lord of the Flies’ meets ‘Hunger Games'”.

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CURTAINS by DREW THOMAS (trade paperback) is available

PUBLICATION DATE 01/05/2012

 

All author royalties from the sale of this novel will be donated to VISION AID OVERSEAS – a charity working to transform access to eye care services for people in developing countries.

DUE FOR PUBLICATION NOVEMBER 2012

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A crime of passion: Thrillers kill off love stories

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095815/A-crime-passion-Thrillers-kill-love-stories-borrowed-genre-library-book.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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Crime novels dominate library lending

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16854192

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Want to be a Kindle millionaire?

Want to be a Kindle millionaire? Write novels about trolls

 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/want-to-be-a-kindle-millionaire-write-novels-about-trolls-6262613.html

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DO BOOKS HAVE A FUTURE?

http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/2012/01/robert-darnton-interview-google-books.html

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