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Sunset Swing Shortlisted for the Gold Dagger and the Historical Dagger by the CWA

The CWA has shortlisted Sunset Swing for both the Gold Dagger and the Historical Dagger. I’m absolutely chuffed that the book has been recognised in this way. Many thanks to everyone at the CWA for the honour. Here’s what the CWA’s Gold Dagger judges said:

“A murderous figure from the past re-emerges in the epic closing act of the outstanding City Blues Quartet set in Los Angeles at the end of 1967. A cast of original fictional characters mingle with historic figures on Celestin’s biggest and most evocative canvas yet. This is a book bursting with heart, soul and spirit, at once all-encompassing and intimate, superbly paced and immaculately constructed.”

 

The Mobster’s Lament Shortlisted for Crime Novel of the Year

The Mobster’s Lament has been shortlisted for the Amazon Publishing Capital Crime Best Crime Novel of the Year Award. Woohoo!

Absolutely chuffed with this. It looks like the winner will be voted on by visitors to the Capital Crime Festival (making me think Ian Rankin is going to win in a landslide), but as the cliche goes, it’s amazing just to make the shortlist.

Weirdly, I spent a while looking around the festival’s website to try and find a page with details of the award but couldn’t find one, so here’s a feature on the shortlist from CompulsiveReaders.com.

The Mobster’s Lament Bubble Map

I opened up my sketchpad to start making a bubble map for book 4 of the quartet and found the one I did for book 3…

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