Writing a novel is a long process – it takes well over a year in my case, sometime more like two. Once it’s published, though, there’s nothing more an author can do: the book is out in the wild, where it must take its chances among hundreds of thousands of others.
A Schooling in Murder is now a week old, and so far the omens are good. We had a great launch party for it in the Forest of Dean. Sales were brisk, and it was definitely an occasion to remember.
For an author there’s a particular pleasure in being able to address a captive multitude…
To make it even better, I’d just heard that two national reviews have already been published and that The Times had chosen A Schooling in Murder as a Book of the Month.
‘A Schooling in Murder turns the country house mystery inside out with wit and wisdom. Ten out of ten’ – The Times
‘An absolute masterpiece of rising tension’ – Daily Express
I’ll be talking about A Schooling in Murder again at Rossiter Books in Monmouth on 26 June, in Ledbury on 10 July, and at the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Festival on 19 July. Full details here.
Andrew Taylor Author 