Just giving Erin her due. And tee-shirt fodder.

Can I post the short-form synopsis for London Calling? My wonderful new agents have approved of it and I want to share.

Lessee, I feel the inspiration to Blurb Deb and JZ now:

"Deb G. is tart and bracing; she sizzles like prime rib on a grill, yet manages a smooth finish, like unto the silkiest creme brulee. An acquired taste, she nonetheless is a consistent crowd-pleaser. Recommended for the conneissieur with a sophisticated palate."

"JZ frolics and sparkles like a sunlight elf spinning through Prosecco fields, yet manages to surprise and tantalize with surprising hits of acerbic truths. Full-bodied, yet light and smooth, this frankly pretty blend is one to savor."

And yes, Deb!

Heh. Interesting that we're into food comparisons, here.

OK, synopsis. Would you read this?

LONDON CALLING: A SYNOPSIS

Book Three of the Kinkaid Chronicles takes JP and Bree Kinkaid to London for their long-delayed honeymoon, and then to the Cannes Film Festival - and leaves their happiness and safety threatened by unfinished business.

A quarter-century ago, legendary director Sir Cedric Parmeley filmed a rock and roll documentary about three bands, called Playing in the Dark. One of those bands was Blacklight. At the time, Blacklight refused permission for Parmeley to release it. Now in his eighties and living in the South of France, Parmeley has edited the film and gained approval. All three bands have agreed to play a concert at the Roman amphitheatre at Frejus, a spectacular venue near Cannes.

But when the film the band screens before the concert turns out to be different from the version they approved, all hell breaks loose. When Parmeley, now in his late eighties and senile, tries to rape Blacklight guitarist Luke Hedley's teenaged daughter, lead singer Mac Sharpe's Jamaican bodyguard, Domitra Calley, prevents it. His two bodyguards step in - and make it clear that there are old, ugly race issues at work in beautiful Provence.

The night of the screening, Parmeley's villa is blown sky-high, along with Parmeley and two others. When Domitra and Bree are arrested, JP makes a frantic call to San Francisco Homicide detective Patrick Ormand, to ask for help with a problem that's beginning to look like an international terrorist conspiracy. But JP has no way of knowing that they're about to flush a ghost from Patrick's own past. And Patrick's obsession is going to put Dom and Bree in the sights of a sniper's rifle, on the red-carpeted steps at Cannes.

Beginning with a death in the family and ending with a burial and a goodbye, London Calling takes on the issue of racism, and how musicians have fought it and succumbed to it. This is the third book of the Kinkaid Chronicles, rock and roll mysteries featuring JP Kinkaid, giving the reader an all-access backstage pass to how musicians work, live, and love.

In other news, statements for FFoSM and MG arrived from ex-agency. MG nearly earned out its advance in pre-orders; the statement is only through April of last year and 2500 of the 4000-book press run had been pre-ordered. FFoSM, on the other hand, is in deep financial water. And I don't get it. FFoSM, miles away, is the best book in this series.

People confuse me.

Yo, I would totally read it! But you have to appreciate I am not exactly objective.

TRYING to be objective....yes, I would still find the premise intriguing. Sex, rock and racism...all interesting topics, if well-handled.

Gus, your books sounds intruiging. I am looking forward to it being published.

Deb, great synopsis. I hope you get the whole series published and soon.

I love the buffista blurbs.

Great blurb, Deb.

I hate you. Die before I publish.

I hate you. Die before I publish.

HEY!

Hey, yourself, blurb-gir!

Seriously, though. I would read it.

This is how I would blurb Gus:

"This first novel is compelling enough to make the reader want to break into the author's home and drink all his booze."