It’s been a month since Dead Gone came out in paperback, with sales far exceeding my expectations (which, admittedly, where for about 50 sales to family and friends!) with great support shown from the supermarkets and high street shops, as well as the local independent bookshops being fantastic hosts for a number of signing events. Alongside this, the ebook rose in the charts (thanks to a low, low price of just 99p and great reviews appearing on Amazon) to a lofty position of #26 at one point this week. Over 10,000 ebooks sold in the past few weeks, which is just an incredible number.

Whilst this was all going on, I delivered the second book to my editor at Avon, which has a brand new title (because I’m woeful with titles, so I’m happy to leave that to the Avon experts) THE DYING PLACE. The original plan was to release this in January 2015, but there has been a slight change of plans. It will now be released on 4th December 2014, so less time to wait!

Structural edits are done. Line edit is next, which is my favourite part. It’s the second in the Murphy and Rossi series and the blurb is below…

“A body is found outside a church in Liverpool, with DI David Murphy and DS Laura Rossi consigned to the case. Quickly identified as a teenager who has been missing for over six months, a boy with a history of being in trouble with the police, Murphy and Rossi think the teenager’s history has more to do with his death than anything else. That is, until a man turns up with a story about a farm and a group of people who will stop at nothing until they’ve cleaned up the streets… one violent youth at a time.”

The new book is much more sociological than the first, with the issues surrounding youth unemployment, gang culture, and parenting all involved…with a healthy dose of murder, mystery, and psychological torture thrown into the mix!

So, that’s “The Dying Place” coming soon, but “Dead Gone” is still available in almost all the shops, and for just 99p in ebook format (http://www.amazon.co.uk/DEAD-GONE-Luca-Veste-ebook/dp/B00E31D9J6/ref=zg_bs_digital-text_45).

Also, the German version of Dead Gone will be released later this year with a snazzy new title and awesome cover. DIE SIGNATUR DES TODES (The Signature of Death) will be published by Blanvalet Verlag and here’s the cover…

Now…back to work for me. I have a ton of uni work to do, with my final exams approaching!