Update on Fortune's Hero

It seems that in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy hitting the East Coast, the printer (in New York) and the distributor (in Pennsylvania) of Fortune's Hero, will not be able to get the printed books ready for release by November 13th, which was the official release date.

At the moment, it looks like we're looking at a digital release date - ebook only - on 11/13, but the print version will not be officially available for a month after that. Official print release date, 12/11.

That doesn't mean you might not be able to find it before that - the DIY books are often available in stores as early as two weeks before the scheduled release date - but officially, December 11th is the print release while November 13th is the digital.

Not the way I would have chosen to do it, but needs must and all that. And you can't argue with nature, can you?

The book is still available for preorder from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, just so you know. The price is currently $9.17, discounted from $14.99.

Hope everyone is OK in the aftermath of the storm!

Woo-Hoo!!!

"Spackled and Spooked" hit #5 on Barnes and Noble's bestseller lists this week. That's up six places from last year, when "Fatal Fixer-Upper" hit #11. We've not only broken into the Top 10, but the Top 5!

Here it is, from the tower at Barnes and Noble in Hendersonville, Tennessee, where the fine folks were happy to have me sign stock last week. Notice the stellar company I'm keeping. And notice especially the cover of "Sew Deadly," across and two spaces down from "Spackled and Spooked," in the lower right hand corner of the picture

"Sew Deadly" was written by my fellow Good Girl and Berkley Babe, Laura Bradford, AKA Elizabeth Lynn Casey, and it was released on the same day as "Spackled and Spooked." It's the first in the Southern Sewing Circle mysteries, also from Berkley Prime Crime. Best of luck to Laura/Elizabeth Lynn on her release!

So there you have it. And if you were among the many nice people who bought "Spackled and Spooked" at a Barnes and Noble near you in the past week, thanks for your help in making my book a best seller! I couldn't be happier!

Sales!!!

Just got this email from my editor:

Every week, Barnes & Noble sends publishers a list of its national sales, divided into lists by genre and format. So this week you were # 11 on their mass market paperback mystery list.

Which is great!

D-DAY!!!!

Otherwise known as Debut-Day!

Yay, it's here! "Fatal Fixer-Upper" is in stores everywhere, as evidenced by these picture of moi, at Barnes & Noble (with the marvellous Erika) and Borders.

First Review!

I always knew it was coming, and now it's here: "Fatal Fixer-Upper"s very first review.

http://themysterygazette.blogspot.com/2008/09/fatal-fixer-upper-jennie-bentley.html

The divine Miss Harriet Klausner likes the book, and gave it 5 stars at the B&N.com website (although she did give away rather a lot of the plot points, I thought).

Oh, well... no blood, no foul. Let there be great rejoicing in the land!