I have a good reason for not writing recently. I’m in Canada, which is NOT and will never be the 51st state of the U.S. I have family here and tell you they are CANADIANS.
If you go and have a look you will see I’ve made some changes to this web site. I hadn’t updated in a long while. Bad, bad me.
No, I didn’t bring Xelma with me, except in written form. she still resides in tropical North Queensland. In Book 5, tentatively named ‘Murder in the Mist’, she visits the rainforest area of Paloma, just as a cyclone hits and cuts off the roads in and out.
Though I’ve started writing the darn thing, it’s taking its sweet bippy time to arrive. The story is percolating on the back-burner at the moment, while I have some fun with family and friends. I’ll be back in Aus. at the end of this month, hopefully with some more of the story finished, if not at least raring to go.
In the meantime here are some pictures of this lovely land….
DEAD RINGER: BOOK 4, BEAUFORT’S LANDING MURDER MYSTERIES
Our psychic sleuth, Xelma, finds herself helping to search for a missing ringer on a property just outside of Charters Towers. He is found, but something is amiss, and as the Wet Season sets in things go from odd to weird to downright dangerous.
At last, Dead Ringer Book 4, the latest in my Beaufort’s Landing series of Murder mysteries is having its launch, Peta the wonderful and helpful owner of Arcane Booksin Townsville is allowing me to use some of her precious floor space for the launch. 13th September 9:30 am. I’ll do a short reading and be available for chats and signing. More details to come.
While I’m talking about the murder mysteries — here is a very nice review I recently received :
Percy, what sort of mind-blending concoction did you just slip into my coffee withBecoming Xelma?
We’ve got a dreamy psychic, a Krav Maga master, an artist with Parisian prestige, and, just to keep things spicy, an emotional wreck wrapped in mystery trauma, possibly packing a roundhouse kick and psychic insight while painting a self-portrait. I don’t know if I should cheer for her, fear her, or both. (Okay, both.)
...A prequel with this much soul-snatching potential should be blowing up Kindle pages and making readers cancel brunch plans… They’d love the art, the grit, the mystery, the psychic sass… and the fact that she’d probably knock out a man with a flick of her chakra.
It feels a bit weird, such braggadocio! Lol…if it gets others reading my work, I won’t complain.
Enough about me—how are you going? Having some writing success? Tell me all about it. Have you read anything good lately? After attending Angie Faye Martin’s author’s talk at Mary Who Book Shop I recently read Melaleuca published by HQ Fiction and enjoyed it immensely. A gritty female protagonist always gets my attention, add an Australian setting, a gripping storyline and well-rounded characters and I am in!
I really have to go now…it’s been nice chatting but work awaits.
Book 4, Dead Ringer, hard copies are here and also available on Amazon and Books.by…
There will be a local launch here in Townsville at Arcane Bookstore Tavern street, Thuringowa, who also are carrying the follow up thriller Daughter Of Anger and the other Beaufort’s Landing Series. Keep an eye out for date announcements.
The other good news? aAs in title above, I’ve received two lovely reviews by email in the last month for Ruth In Pieces…Yes, yes I am bragging…
I recently came across Ruth In Pieces on Reedsy and was immediately intrigued by its dark, layered suspense and the psychological undertones that echo through Ruth’s journey. The mix of international intrigue, medical mystery, and a detective’s obsession makes it exactly the kind of story readers… crave, ….Ruth In Pieces’ unique appeal, especially with readers who devour tightly woven mysteries with morally complex characters
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From the very first lines of Ruth In Pieces, it’s clear this isn’t just a thriller it’s a haunting character study cloaked in quiet menace. Ruth is a fascinating creation: layered, enigmatic, and drifting in the shadow of doubt. As a reader, you’re pulled in by the mystery but as a human, you stay because the truth feels dangerously close to home.
This is the kind of psychological thriller that lingers. It doesn’t just twist and turn it unsettles. It builds an atmosphere where trust feels foreign, and every action is stitched with ambiguity. It’s stories like Ruth In Pieces that deserve to land in the hands of readers who crave this precise blend of suspense, subtle horror, and emotional depth… your book’s global backdrop, atmospheric tension, and deeply human questions about guilt, trust, and hidden truths, Ruth In Pieces has everything it takes to capture loyal thriller readers…
Seems my dark side can be appealing, lol…
How is your writing going? I hope you are getting lots of support, you deserve it. I believe in you. You’re amazing you’ve written, are writing a book. That’s amazing! Well done!!
Percy Rose - Author 