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Come along to An Evening With Local Authors, on Saturday 1 October at Toast By The Coast, East Street, Shoreham-by-Sea.

I’ll be reading from my novel Exit Stategies and talking about my work, along with three other local writers: Sue Walker, MM Lee and Pam Weaver. The event starts at 7.30pm and admission costs £7.50 including a glass of wine and nibbles. Tickets are available online at www.shorehamwordfest.com or at 07522 957691.

This event is part of Shoreham WordFest, a four-day festival featuring local authors, actors, singers and playwrights.

Other events include a performance supper on 29 September at Chambers Bistro, a concert at St Mary de Haura church on 1 October, and a crime-writing workshop on 2 October. If you have any difficulty getting tickets for the reading or for any of the other events please contact me.

Well, I’ve finally got around to recording a couple of excerpts from Exit Strategies to post on the site. Takes longer than you’d think to get it right.

Anywhere, here they are. The first is an introduction to the novel followed by the opening section of Chapter One, where we find Vic arriving at work to take part in the dissection of a corpse.

Chapter One (intro and excerpt)

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And here is an excerpt from Chapter Four. Vic’s initial money-making schemes have all fallen flat and now he needs a haircut before his date with the widow. Cue Francesco the barbarian barber and his spiteful sidekick Vito.

Chapter Four (excerpt)

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I’ll be posting more excerpts from Exit Strategies in the coming weeks. Let me know if you like them, and feel free to share this content with friends. I need you to help me get the word out there!