As I may have mentioned before, thanks to the wonderful people at Bold Venture Press I was, ahem, involved in the republication of Theodore Roscoe’s 1935 impossible crime zombie uprising novel Murder on the Way!.
I have now received my contractually-stipulated two copies of the book, preserved one in aspic and hidden it in the back of a cupboard as proof that I did once achieve something with my life in case anyone ever asks, and have spent a few days looking at the other one trying to figure out what to do with it.
It’s too thick to prop up my wonky kitchen table, not aerodynamic enough to serve as a frisbee for my dog, not designed to hold much more than a slice of ham between the pages (and after two or three days that started to smell), and frankly too dear to my heart to simply deposit in the nearest charity shop like so many clothes that no longer fit on account of a new year health kick.
And so, dear reader, I’m going to give it to one of you, free of charge, with shipping to your part of the world paid and everything.
No catches — you don’t have to follow me on Twitter (though you’re welcome to), you don’t have to sign up to receive updates of my posts by email (though you’re welcome to), you don’t need to send me a suitcase full of unmarked currency by way of a bribe (though, hell, I encourage it) — simply fill in your details below, and to help weed out spam select the text shown in the image.
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The Invisible Event 
I . . . already . . . bought . . . the . . . frakking. . . book!!!!!!!!!
You have a dog?!?!? What’s the critter’s name? Timing? (“Bad Timing! No! Baaaa-aaad Timing!”)
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Well, it would have looked mightily suspicious if you’d won it anyway; I don’t have the time for a stewards’ enquiry. Everyone is better off this way. Except you, financially. But apart from that.
I do not have a dog, but then nor have I tried storing ham between the pages of my spare copy of MotW. My god, it’s just lie after lie after lie, isn’t it?
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Personally I think you’re nuts not to hang onto the spare copy — five years down the line you may be kicking yourself that you didn’t.
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Five years?! Dominic Toretto living his life a quarter mile at a time seems like one of life’s massive over-planners to me; five years from now is…inconceivable 😀
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Dominic Toretto
OK: Who he?
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Oh, John, the wonders that await you…
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So that‘s what I’ve been missing. Making a point of missing, in fact . . .
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I have my copy already so shall abstain – looks fab!
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Or….hear me out: enter the draw and, if you win, have a giveaway of your own. Simple. Perfect.
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Daft as a brush …
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I already got the ebook. 🙂 Am I right in thinking there will be another Roscoe title released… soon?
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Some point in May for I’ll Grind Their Bones is my belief, yes. That may, however, change, given the Bold Venture have an ever-shifting roster of titles and authors to manage. I shall bring you all the news when I get it myself…
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Sounds like a very generous offer, JJ.
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Kind of you to say; I’m just keen for people to see how good this book is!
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How do we know you aren’t merely collecting our addresses so that you can pull off an Invisible Green inspired plot 30 years from now…?
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Frankly, you don’t…
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