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I advertised with you a few years ago. You commented on my books as though they were “wait for it” unbelievable, based on the information I provided. Since that time I have had relatively good sales, and now have 8 books on Amazon. I’m now nearly 82 and still writing. My protagonist, Kip Yardley, is still kicking. Not as hard or high, maybe, but still solving hard ones and getting relatively little pay for it. Kinda like my books.
Hey, Don,
Nice hearing from you, and many thanks for tossing some coins in the cup.
I see you’ve got a new Kip out — I’ve just added it to the WORD OF THE STREET pages. Glad to know you’re still playing the shamus game.
Do you have a newsletter
Right now, honestly, I don’t have the time. But you can follow the the site, and therefore be alerted to any new posts. You can also keep an eye on the NEW ON THIS SITE section at the bottom of the HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS? page.
Hi Kevin
We had some email tennis through lockdown etc and you put me on to some great books /series etc like Hardman. i love the emails you send and source great stuff from these. I just tried to donate (long overdue to be honest ) and it says that this company is not taking donations at the moment. I’ll try again , i’m in the U.K
kind regrds
Lewis
Yeah, sorry about that, Lewis. The old PayPal link no longer works, and I’ve been slowly fixing it throughout the site. You can still donate through PayPal, but there’s an extra step or two. Under “Send Money,” just type in “kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com” and Bob’s your uncle. Whatever that means…