The Other Side of Life

Shocking news yesterday. Pat and I had just come back from church when we received a phone call from our neighbour to tell us that our Vet had murdered his wife. This was the Vet who came to our house four weeks ago to put our dog, Lucy down. We have used his practice for a few years now and he has operated on our cat and dog, plus giving them the usual vaccinations etc. The shop, which is in a local village, was always busy with a mixture of Spanish as well as ex-Pats. The vet’s daughter ran the shop. She was always there with a smile on her face, and always remembered your pets’ names. They rescued lots of animals, and it wasn’t unusual to see a dozen or so puppies or kittens in their shop, happily playing with toys, unaware of their own fate. They are an Argentine family, and have been in practice her for a good number of years. I think probably everyone who used the surgery were very happy with him. Then this: such a tragedy. He is now in custody, the practice is closed and I wonder if it will ever open again. We no longer have Lucy, but we still have Treacle (our cat), so we’ll be looking for another practice.

On the book front, I can now see my way clear to get down to some writing. I have a short story to finish, then I’ll begin on my next, full length novel which I hope will keep me occupied for a while. If we sell our house, that will be a major disruption because we will be returning to England.

I have been promoting SHADOW OF THE WOLF, which will be free on Amazon April 18/19/20, and I have also paid for retweets for my book, THE DEVIL’S TRINITY. It’s amazing how you can misjudge the potential of your own books. I thought this one was a must for the American market, but I have only sold about five or six copies since it was released a few months ago. One of my better sellers is NORTH SLOPE. This seems to sell slowly but continuously. Maybe it’s because it has 43 reviews to its credit, and most of them are four star. I’m still waiting for someone to review SHADOW OF THE WOLF. Hopefully it will happen. I’m confident it won’t be panned (fingers crossed). Wish me luck!.