Carter Blake on Audible Plus

 If you're in the USA and a member of Audible Plus (kind of like the Audible version of Netflix), you can currently stream the first four Carter Blake audiobooks for free.

Go here to see them in the Audible Plus catalog.

Eric Meyers did a really great job narrating these books, and I'm reminded that the American audio covers are all pretty good. Audiobook jackets can be a total mess for rights reasons, but I think these all hold up well and bear some relation to the plot of each book.

Happy listening.

Audiobook special offer

I love audiobooks - I listen while running, doing housework, on trains, basically anytime I can put in my earbuds. It's a great way to reclaim time.

So of course I'm really pleased that my own books are all available in audio, and the latest, What She Saw Last Night is on special this week in the Kobo sale.

It's narrated by the fantastic Carolyn Bonnyman, and UK listeners can get it for only £6.99 this weekend (usually £19.99).

Enjoy!

Competition - win an audiobook

Competition time!

I'm giving away a copy of the audiobook of The Samaritan on CD (read by the fantastic Eric Meyers) to a lucky member of the Mason Cross Readers Club. This competition is open worldwide, and to new and existing members of the readers club.

All you have to do is sign up using the handy form below by midnight GMT on Monday 31st October (one of my favourite days of the year). The winner will be randomly selected from the list and contacted for a mailing address.

Join the Mason Cross Readers Club

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Joining the readers club is a good idea anyway - you get a heads-up when a new book is published, plus exclusives and competitions like this one. No spam guaranteed, and you can unsubscribe any time with one click.

Good luck!

Audiobook winners

The winners of the audiobook giveaway have now been randomly selected and are...


*drumroll*


Carolyn Ferris and Karen (Euro Crime)



Both lucky winners receive an unabridged CD copy of The Killing Season on audiobook, narrated by the fantastic Eric Meyers.

Big thank you to everyone who entered or shared the competition!

Goodreads Giveaway

Quick update to say that Orion are running another Goodreads giveaway for UK readers in the run-up to paperback publication of The Killing Season - all you have to do is register to be in with a chance of winning one of ten free copies.

 

And if you prefer to listen to your books, you still have a few days to win the audiobook on CD right here on the blog.

 

13 days and counting to paperback publication...

 

 

Competition - win an audiobook!

Competition time!

I have two copies to give away of the excellent audio version of The Killing Season. It's unabridged on 10 CDs, read by Eric Meyers. I'm a big fan of audiobooks, and I was really pleased with how well this one captures the book.

I've experimented with Goodreads giveaways before, but unfortunately Goodreads doesn't yet allow you to give away audiobooks. So I'm holding this giveaway right here on the blog.

How to win

To make it extra easy, there's no fiendishly tough question to answer. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is comment on this post with the title of your favourite thriller, before midnight (GMT) on Tuesday 31st March.

Winners will be selected randomly, and will be announced on Wednesday 1st April. The chosen ones can then email me their details to let me know where to post the prize (at no cost to the winner).

This is open to anyone, anywhere in the world - all you have to do is comment.

(And if you can't wait until the end of the month, you can still get the ebook in the UK for only £1.99 from Amazon and Sainsburys right now.)

Everyday, it's a-gettin' closer...

Just got back from London where I attended the annual Orion author party. It was a terrific evening in an absolutely beautiful venue: the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

Look: pretty.

There were something like seven hundred guests, including Orion staff and authors, various publishers, agents, reviewers and bloggers. It was a fantastic evening, great to catch up with my editor Jemima and to meet lots of other cool and interesting people, many of whom had not only read The Killing Season, but had really nice things to say about it.

Lots of other things seem to be happening as publication day gets closer and closer.

CrimeFest has unveiled its full programme at last, and I'm confirmed for three slots over the weekend: a debut authors panel on Friday, a discussion on hired guns and mercenaries on Saturday, and (most intimidating) the Criminal Mastermind quiz on Sunday. My specialist subject is Lee Child, so I'm going to need to spend some time cramming the Reacher Rules. You can find out more on the events page.

The second Carter Blake book has been through its (hopefully) final round of edits, and is going to be gradually released into the wider world, starting with some in-house people at Orion. Coincidentally, Waterstones has just listed a release date for this one of April 30, 2015, which seems impossibly far away. You can read the blurb for a sneak preview at the Waterstones listing page. It feels good to have the second book in the can before the first is released.

I'm still reviewing True Detective every week over at the Murder Room. The episode 4 review has just gone up, with the bonus of a video clip of the action-packed single-take finale.

Finally, I got a really exciting email on Friday to let me know that The Killing Season is going to be available as an audiobook, downloadable through Audible. Even better, it's going to be read by one of the best talents in the business: Eric Meyers, who's narrated a lot of Harlan Coben books, as well as the recent Wolf of Wall Street audio edition. As a huge fan of audiobooks, I can't wait to get a copy on my phone.

As someone said to me at the Orion party, you always have three books in your head: the one that's being published now, the one you're editing, and the one you're going to write next. Book three is already taking shape in my head. Then again, books four and five are also gnawing away at the outer reaches of my brain as well...