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Opening Beat!

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Done! It’s live today! Crocodile Beat (Amazon link) is a slightly different Greenland Missing Persons novel. As I mention in the introduction, I wanted to explore a story in the series that wasn’t told through Petra’s POV. Crocodile Beat is that story.

Set between The Boreal Tattoo and The Last Day of Old Magic, Crocodile Beat is a mix of everything and everyone connected with the series.

It was a blast to write, and is the usual fast-paced story with plenty going on, without too many twists.

It’s plug and play, folks. I hope you have fun with it!

Oh, and there’s a good chance I might have left a certain motive hanging, just for fun. You’ve been warned. 😉

Here’s the Amazon link again.

Chris

The Ice Breaker Quandary – free story!

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Here’s the Author’s Note for The Ice Breaker Quandary. I think it accurately describes what you’re letting yourself in for if you read this story.

The Ice Breaker Quandary is a short story featuring Constable Petra Jensen. It fits into the Greenland Missing Persons series, but can be read independently of that series.

You might recognise some additional characters, but this short story also introduces David ‘Dave’ Bennett, and was written as part of a reward for a Kickstarter campaign.

One word of warning… given the nature of this high stakes story, Petra is a little more intense than usual. And if this is your first introduction to Petra, well… Yeah, okay, I’ve got nothing. Good luck!

The Ice Breaker Quandary takes the Greenland Missing Persons series to a whole new level of quirkiness. Normal quirkiness (and a darker tone) will resume in the next book in the series.

Petra lives here!

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Moving south to Nuuk, here’s a photo from February (2013). The apartment block is one of five in a row in Qinngorput, a new (at the time) area in Nuuk across the fjord from the city centre. I took the photo from my balcony in an identical apartment block.

When I needed a place for Petra to live in Nuuk, it made sense to put her in my apartment. So this was her view looking to the right from her balcony.

Chris

The Boreal Tattoo

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This was never meant to happen. What began as a short story has developed some … perhaps a lot. It’s still novella length, but while Petra (no spoilers) is convalescing in her hospital bed in Nuuk, she gets a new assignment.

She’s meant to be in Australia!

Which means The Crocodile Beat has been pushed to number 14* in the Greenland Missing Persons series. Yep, like that’s never happened before! Sigh.

So, The Boreal Tattoo – publishing soon – will be the 13th in the series.

More on that later. 😉

Chris

P.S. Thanks, Eva!

*Edit (February 5, 2022): The Crocodile Beat will be a stand-alone novel. Sigh.🙂

Le Palais de la Pleureuse

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Just a quick post to say Le Palais de la Pleureuse (The Banshee Palace) is on it’s way. It’s currently in the process of being published to the various platforms. It’s the 7th of the Greenland Missing Persons series to be translated into French.

All that remains to say is …  thank you, Françoise!

Chris

Greenland covers

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You might have wondered where the photos for my Greenland Missing Persons covers come from. Too bad if you haven’t, I’m going to tell you! 🙂 This photo is from the other end of the inhabited part of Uummannaq Island, taken in January 2007, when the sea ice was struggling to form.

I haven’t quite got the hang of covers yet, but I’ve chosen to use my own photos and invert them for the Greenland Missing Persons series. Then I add some colour. The photo above was the starting point for The Girl with the Raven Tongue. Yes, I choose photos I have taken, but not necessarily in the places the stories are set.

Forgive me, but I’m guessing you didn’t notice. 😉

Chris