Flint Cottage, my latest book – soon to be published (October 22nd) has a new title: Beware the Midnight Train. I tried the new title out on a friend, known to me surreptitiously as Mr TDH – Mr tall, dark and handsome. I sincerely hope he doesn’t read my blog! ‘What do you think?’ I asked hopefully. He furrowed his brow but said nothing. Oh… I took a deep breath, this was a blow. Several mouthfuls of fried egg and bacon later (brunch on the promenade) he lifted his revitalised head and said, ‘I like it.’ Not a phrase I hear very often from him so my eyes opened wide and I tried a mini-smile and waited. More? Anything more? My patience was rewarded when he said, ‘It makes me want to find out why I should beware.’ Oh good.

Ellie, the young lady who features in the book (she isn’t me, I promise you) is also curious. And bored. And called boring. She should have known better, of course, but sometimes curiosity (which killed the cat) gets the better of us, doesn’t it?

Here’s a few chapter titles:

Chapter One – The best revenge. What would you suggest?

Chapter Two – Closing the door. Good idea or bad?

Chapter Three – Gifts from the gods. Food raining down from Heaven? Be careful what you wish for!

The theme of the book, well one of the themes (I get carried away) is ‘the error of revenge’. Interesting? I hope you will love the time you spend with it.

You might remember that I try to remember (!) to end my blog posts with interesting quotations from around the world. This one hasn’t even got out into the big, wide world yet but soon…

“Giving a sermon, however, was his forte: no deluge of gabbled garbage but trickles of tantalizing tips delivered in a masterful manner.”

Presumably, not many of us are called upon to give sermons but someone’s gotta do it if we want to have some wise, Godly guidance from time to time.

What no bargains? I usually include one, I know but not today. Sorry