Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Three dates, three sites, three murders.

Three dates, three sites, three murders:
  • 1890, Auvers-Sur-Oise, France
  • 1912, London, England
  • 1923, Cairo. Egypt 

(Actually, there are plenty more murders)

Three of Sherlock Holmes's most puzzling cases, unearthed for the very first time. 
 
The first, coming in January, 2021, is 
seventh street logo
The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle 

 






which ones will die?

Two will die

But who? Or whom?

Could it be one of these familiar names?

 

Monday, June 29, 2020

But what about the cover?

possible covers
Oh, before the story comes the cover. This ain't it. I mean, I don't even have a contract for the second book yet, and I'm only on the second draft of the third one.  I designed this for the heck of it.


I mean, this isn't even the original fake cover. 
That one I did when I first wanted to put the book through Caliber, so I could store it on my Kindle. Patricia Pooks Burroughs did a bang-up job on the design of the text. The angel is from Brookfield Cemetery in London (first known as the Necropolis, where a pivotal scene is played out.

another possible cover

And this one was an idea I had when I considered self-publishing--not for itself, but as a model I could hand off to a real artist to clean it up.

one last cover




No, the real cover looks like this:


Or not.


So far, at least. Watch this space for the real cover. Now where was I?

Sunday, June 28, 2020

Who Gets Offed?(Part 1)


Oh, yeah. 
the victims?
Who gets offed? 
Could it be one of these?
the four freddies
 











Or maybe one of these?

 

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Who Gets Offed? (Part 2)

Now where was I? 
holmes and watson
Oh, yeah--
 could it be one of these stalwarts who loses his life?




          Or is that really their names?