#537: Adventures in Self-Publishing – The Murder at Redmire Hall (2018) by J.R. Ellis

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 / JJ / 18 Comments

When might a self-published novel not be a self-published novel? That’s the quandary I face with J.R. Ellis’ third book, Murder at Redmire Hall (2018). See, it’s technically published by Thomas & Mercer, but they’re simply an imprint of Amazon Publishing and the line between what’s different about this and simply uploading it to Amazon oneself gets blurrier the more you look at it.

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#534: Adventures in Self-Publishing – The Opening Night Murders (2019) by James Scott Byrnside

June 4, 2019November 1, 2025 / JJ / 12 Comments

I started 2019 on The Invisible Event by sharing the wonderful news that Goodnight Irene (2018) by James Scott Byrnside was a modern impossible crime novel we had legitimate reason to get excited about. And, excitingly, the end of that book promised a follow-up — titled Nemesis at the time — in 2019. And, one title-change later, no doubt on account of some has-been getting there first, here we are.

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#492: Adventures in Self-Publishing – Where’s the Beef? (2014) by Deb Pines

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 / JJ / 14 Comments

I thought it would be nice to mix things up in these Adventures in Self-Publishing with a gentle disappearance story. Little did I anticipate the red hot Scrabble action we’d get along the way.

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#489: Adventures in Self-Publishing – The Patricide (2016) by Kim Ekemar

January 22, 2019January 21, 2019 / JJ / 12 Comments

Another Tuesday, another death in unfathomable circumstances from an author who sought a non-traditional route to press, this time from artist, photographer, and poet Kim Ekemar.

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#486: Adventures in Self-Publishing – Spotlight (2017) by Robert Innes

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 / JJ / 4 Comments

Well, c’mon, as if I’m going to do a month of self-published impossible crime fiction posts and not feature Robert Innes. Spotlight (2017) is the fifth of currently nine Blake Harte mysteries, all built around impossible crimes, and this time there are two impossibilities to contend with.

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#483: Adventures in Self-Publishing – The Locked Room Murder (2016) by Nancy McGovern

January 8, 2019June 10, 2025 / JJ / 14 Comments

If last week’s self-published impossible murder didn’t work for you then, well, firstly have a quiet word with yourself, but also perhaps this week will make you more comfortable. Perhaps even…cozy.

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#480: Adventures in Self-Publishing – Goodnight Irene (2018) by James Scott Byrnside

January 1, 2019January 5, 2026 / JJ / 40 Comments

My TBR for self-published impossible crime fiction alone is getting a little ridiculous, so for the month of January I’m going to promote this series to my Tuesday posts just to burn through a few. And we’ll start with an absolute belter in the shape of Goodnight Irene (2018) by James Scott Byrnside.

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#461: Adventures in Self-Publishing – Reach (2017) by Robert Innes

November 17, 2018June 10, 2025 / JJ / 9 Comments

I’m fortunate to have the freedom of reading books purely because I enjoy them. Following my nose through several decades of murder and mayhem has brought me to — among other things — the Golden Age and impossible crimes, and both offer more than enough depth and breadth to keep me entertained for many years to come.

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#419: The Wants – Five Books I Am Excited About

July 31, 2018July 30, 2018 / JJ / 39 Comments

After a month of possibly pie-in-the-sky hoping (hey, a full reprint of someone may be right around the corner, you never know…), let’s finish on a more positive note. This week, stuff that’s actually happening in the future and about which I have many reasons to be hopeful.

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#415: Adventures in Self-Publishing – The Murder of Nora Winters (2016) by Robert Trainor

July 21, 2018June 10, 2025 / JJ / 19 Comments

No-one is more surprised than me to find self-published fiction forming a fairly regular part of my online book-scouting. The experience of reading Matt Ingwalson’s Owl and Raccoon novellas was quite transformative in my perception of this stream of literature, and recently stumbling into Robert innes’ prolific and entertaining output only strengthens my intention to keep digging.

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