Attic Whispers from the Blue Mountains
[January 2025 Edition]
New Year’s Greetings from the Blue Mountains!
I would like to begin by wishing you all a very Happy New Year, and may peace finally descend on our troubled world.
Here in Australia, we celebrated New Year’s Eve with spectacular fireworks on Sydney Harbour and a wonderful feeling of optimism and hope for a better future.
Thanks to your encouragement and support, we can look back on 2024 with satisfaction and pride because a great deal has been achieved. The Bone Scraper Legacy and Murder on the Ghan have received two major literary awards each, which gave the novellas worldwide exposure and recognition.
The release of the new edition of The Empress Holds the Key was exceptionally well received, which is reflected in the many enthusiastic reviews posted by readers from as far away as Iceland and Argentina. For a writer like me, there cannot be a greater reward than this.
The new book launch video has been particularly popular and was viewed several thousand times on Facebook alone. If you haven’t seen it yet, here it is:
For me, the beginning of a new year is always an exciting time. It is a time for planning and looking forward to new literary challenges and adventures. And I can tell you, my friends, that we have some thrilling things planned this year. Curious? I’m sure you are!
To begin with, many of you will be pleased to hear that I did some extensive research last year, preparing the framework for another novel – book nine – in The Jack Rogan Mysteries Series.
This time, Jack and his intrepid friends will take you to Japan on an epic adventure that will reach back in time and explore Japan’s fascinating history and culture that are not well known in the West. This alone will add an exotic touch to the storyline, which I am sure you will find spellbinding.
My interest in Japanese culture and history began many years ago. To experience them firsthand, I went on an extensive walking tour – the historic Nakasendo Way – an ancient trading route from Kyoto to Tokyo. The best way to experience a foreign land, meet the locals, and become part of their daily lives is on foot and stepping into their homes.
To pique your interest, I will share more insights and behind-the-scenes stories of the new book with you in due course. So please stay tuned!
I have done this many times in different parts of the world with my trusty notebook, never far away…
The impressions and ideas collected along the way provide the inspiration and authenticity for the characters and stories I try to weave into my work, thereby creating a canvas of imagination where fact and fiction rub shoulders and the reader is never quite sure where one ends and the other begins. This has become a hallmark of my work.
Writing the next book up here in the attic will not be the only thing I will share with you this year. In April, we’ll embark on an exciting journey that will take us to some of the iconic locations and settings featured in The Jack Rogan Mysteries Series.
These locations will include Athens, Venice, Rome, Florence, Salzburg, Berchtesgaden and Vienna, to name just a few. Along the way, we’ll meet local readers in libraries and book clubs and address them on radio and during interviews. Interested? I bet you are.
I will tell you more about this trip in the next newsletter, so please make sure that you open my emails and become part of this adventure. I would hate you to miss out!
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- The Hidden Genes of Professor K
- Professor K: The Final Quest
- The Curious Case of the Missing Head
- The Lost Symphony
- The Death Mask Murders
- The Stolen Altarpiece
