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July 30th 2018. It’s the hottest Summer in fifty years and Joseph Severin, a respectable North London businessman, has taken on a lucrative side job. He’s doing the books, old school, (because these days the only trail you can’t trace is a paper one) for a rogue MI5 outfit, the Shadows, headed by clever, psychopathic Sebastien. When the game is rumbled, he sends their hitman, Mr Phipps, to kill Severin and get those books back.
For a simple man, Severin has a complicated life. He’s developed a sudden and wild passion for Lottie – aka ‘chaos on two legs’. Who is in love with Patrick, the next hot young black actor. Who is obsessed by Sonya, a gorgeous Russian escort. Who has one night to make the final money she needs for her daughter’s cancer operation. With MI6 onto them, and the books missing, the Shadows panic. And a day that begins with a hit in Finchley ends in violence and betrayal on the steamy night streets of Portobello.
ONE LONDON DAY is a daisy chain tale of characters and connections, a contemporary London Noir. Like that genre’s 40’s origins, this story has its hood, its moll, its femme fatale, its fancy boy. Everyone is both protagonist and antagonist.
No one gets out unharmed – and some don’t get out at all.
Dear Helen,
Damn! My yearly chance to perhaps visit Blighty ruined for two years by… well, we don’t need to mention it. I try not to, since I had it.
Not recommended.
Much better now – and excited to share something with you.
I have a new novel out. ONE LONDON DAY is quite different from any of my others. It’s set today (well, 2018) in my city, even in my area of North London, and is a modern noir. A hitman, a hit, a victim, the consequences. Spies, molls and murderers - and ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events.
It is also loosely based on something a friend of ours, who must remain nameless, witnessed.
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It was rejected in glowing terms by the top crime editors in London (‘I love this! er, what is it?"). It’s not conventional – but I think its fun.
So, this request. To build momentum with the algorithms, I need to sell several copies every day for a few days. So could you click on any of the links below and buy a copy in any form you choose? On Kindle, on paper or on audiobook read by that other Humphreys, Chris. For that, you don’t even need Audible. You can download direct from the link to your phone or computer. (If you follow that link you can even hear a sample).
Of course if you are feeling especially generous you could forward the links to five friends - kinda like those chain letters that used to so annoy us in the 70’s. Except with this one, at least you get some entertainment.
some reviews:
"An exciting, mesmerizing, and enticing adult noir thriller like no other, author C.C. Humphreys’s “One London Day” is a must-read of 2021. The narrative instantly draws the reader in and the balance of character growth with an inviting setting leads to a shocking finale as the story comes to a close. If you haven’t yet, be sure to grab your copy today!" Anthony Avina Reviews.
Feel free to click right now...
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B093ZCG66F
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093ZCG66F
Kindle Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B093ZCG66F
Kindle Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B093ZCG66F
Audio excerpt...
https://shop.authors-direct.com/products/one-london-day
Many thanks for your help, it is so appreciated.
Chris
P.s. Sorry about the newsletter feel to this. Hope you feel able to spread the word - and buy a copy, of course!
Chris (C.C.) Humphreys has played Hamlet in Calgary, a gladiator in Tunisia, waltzed in London's West End, conned the landlord of the Rovers Return in Coronation Street, Walked the Sun Hill beat in The Bill, commanded a starfleet in Andromeda, voiced Salem the cat in the original Sabrina, and is a dead immortal in Highlander.
He has written several historical fiction novels including The French Executioner, runner-up for the CWA Steel Dagger for Thrillers; Chasing the Wind; The Jack Absolute Trilogy; Vlad - The Last Confession; A Place Called Armageddon and Shakespeare's Rebel - which he adapted into a play and which premiered at Bard on the Beach, Vancouver, in 2015. Plague won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in Canada in 2015.
Chris has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
He is now writing epic fantasy with the Immortals' Blood Trilogy, for Gollancz. The first two books, Smoke in the Glass and The Coming of the Dark are now published. The epic finale, The Wars of Gods and Men will be out in 2022.
Several of his novels are available as Audiobooks - read by himself!
He has a new novel just out: One London Day - a modern London Noir. Quite a different adventure.
Chris lives in a forest overlooking a fjord on Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
Check everything out on his new website:
http://www.authorchrishumphreys.com/
Twitter: @HumphreysCC https://twitter.com/HumphreysCC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorcchumphreys/
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