Recommended for You has been out for a little while now, and the response has been warm, thoughtful, and encouraging. Several readers wrote to tell me the story stayed with them long after finishing it, which is exactly what I hoped for when I wrote it.
If you read the book, recommended it, or simply downloaded it and gave it a chance, thank you. It means more than you might think.
Interesting fact. The novella was published simultaniously in English and Dutch. While the English edition outsold the Dutch edition in February, the Dutch did better in March. Makes me wonder if I should spend more time on making my books available in different languages.
I’m now working on the next novella. Something very different. It introduces a new character.
Cole Mason.
Amsterdam, 1947.
The war is over, but the city is still full of ghosts.
Black markets thrive in the shadows, old collaborators reinvent themselves, and justice rarely arrives where it should.
Cole Mason is a former soldier who stayed behind after the war and now works as a private detective. His office is small, his reputation questionable, and most of the people who walk through his door have something to hide.
The first story is called The Lady in the Mist, and is planned for release in May. The first, as I’m planning to write a series of independent novellas featuring this character.
I’m currently finishing the edits. If you enjoy noir stories and would like to read it early, feel free to subscribe to the newsletter so you will be notified when it’s ready. Early readers are invaluable. They point out errors before the work is made available to a wider audience and occasionally generates early reviews. And those are essential.
As always, thank you for being here. You make these stories possible.