Ever since I self-published my first novel Rare Traits back in 2012, I have had a nagging feeling about the title and the cover: they didn’t quite cut it, but alternatives were heard to conjure up, for me, at least.
That feeling persisted with the second and third parts of the Rare Traits Trilogy: Delusional Traits and Murderous Traits.
I then went on to write the three books (so far) in the Cotton & Silk Thriller series and although the titles of the first two: Irrefutable Evidence and Remorseless were fine, with the third part, The Assassin’s Dog, neither the title nor the cover really chimed after a while.
So with the great lockdown of winter 2020-2021, I got to thinking about all the above matters of state and the result is new covers for all seven on my books and new titles for four of them.
OUT WITH THE OLD.
The array in the banner shows the new line-up. Gone is the Rare Traits Trilogy and the three titles it comprised and…
ON WITH THE NEW
in their place we have The Dust of Centuries, the new series title. The three books within the series are:
Quincentenarian (The Dust of Centuries I)
The Delusion Gambit (The Dust of Centuries II)
Fatal Consequences (The Dust of Centuries III)
along with three new themed covers to reflect both the dust of centuries and the mists of time.
WHAT HASN’T CHANGED are the books themselves. The Dust of Centuries series are the same books, so if you read them under the Rare Traits titles, there’s no need to hit the buy button, unless you would like to have the paperbacks of the new versions adorning your shelves – and they do look rather fetching …
Here are the new titles and covers. The details are all on the My Books page but if you really can’t wait and want to buy now, just click on one of the cover images to the Amazon store to buy the kinmedle version.
If you would prefer the paperback versions, high quality, inexpensive versions of all my books are available from The Great British Book Shop, who, despite their name, ship worldwide.
To complete the Dust of Centuries saga, for now, there is also a new eBook box set available at most online ebook stores at the bargain price of £6.99 or equivalent.
Details of the other changes will be in the next post.
