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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

Proceeding South!

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Everyone needs a hero – or several. One of mine is the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen. Fans of Scott will protest, and I’ll ignore them. 😉 However, one of Amundsen’s classic quotes was in a telegram he sent to Scott: ‘Beg leave to inform you Fram proceeding Antarctic. Amundsen’. Thus kick-starting the race for the South Pole.

Love it!

And in that vein… Petra is heading south!

The Crocodile Beat is coming along, and I’m using concept art to develop it.*

I started using 3D art in the creative process last year. Before that I often used sketches to puzzle out one thing or another, but the 3D stuff has taken it to a new level. Like it or loathe it, I’m loving it! 🙂

Anyway, you’ll see in artwork above, I’m teasing out an idea of Petra in a desert area. She’s got a small pistol tucked into the small of her back, a water bottle, and the ubiquitous Land Rover.

She’s all set.

About that Land Rover, however. I’ve always loved them, always wanted one, and even more after a very short stint as an off-road instructor in a Land Rover Defender. But money and climate… you know. Owning a Land Rover is never going to happen.

But, if you’ve read some of my books, you’ll note that they turn up every now and again. 😉

Chris

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