Form an orderly queue (line if you’re in the US ), and no
pushing in the back of the room, there’s plenty to go round.
Yes, the long wait is over and The Death Game has arrived.
Okay, it’s only the ebook that’s available at the moment. You’ll have to wait
until June for the paperback.
I mentioned in my last blog post that this book is different
from my others. I’m branching out in a new direction, but I hope my faithful
readers will like what I’ve done.
The main character in this book is Kirsty Campbell. Originally
from Dundee , she left home ten years before
the start of this novel and has been estranged from her family. And a lot has
happened since then.
Kirsty was a a suffragette up until the start of the Great
War. However, the suffragette movement relinquished their militant stance at
the start of the war, and instead became involved in setting up a voluntary
women’s police service (I have included a historical end note in The Death Game,
to provide information on this). Kirsty Campbell was one of the first recruits.
Kirsty returns to Dundee in 1919, to become the city’s first
policewoman, and you can imagine how she is received in the all male Dundee force. The only other policewoman in Scotland is based in Glasgow (historical fact), so there’s no
support for her from that quarter.
On her return to Dundee ,
Kirsty becomes involved in a murder investigation, which her senior officer
tries to keep her away from. But Kirsty is made of sterner stuff and is soon up
to her eyes in the investigation, which I describe in the book’s blurb as a deadly game of sacrifice and death.
And that’s all I’m going to tell you for the time being. If
you want to buy the book, you’ll find it here;
But if you want to borrow it, or sneak a peek at someone
else’s copy, I don’t mind. I just want you to enjoy it. Oh, and before I go, if
you do like it and want to do me a favour, a wee review on Amazon would be
greatly appreciated. It doesn’t have to be much, just a couple of lines to say
why you liked it, and I’ll be happy.
Chris Longmuir
