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Writes Cesare Aldo historical thrillers, set in Renaissance Italy • CARNIVAL OF LIES out 26.05.25 • Buy my books: https://linktr.ee/D.V.Bishop • Free newsletter: https://dvbishop.substack.com • Rep: @jennybrownagency.bsky.social • Ex-Tharg
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And yes, I should be writing, not scrolling bookseller websites!
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Thank you! I have my expectations set to zero, as usual. Any one of the Historical Dagger shortlist could win, they're all cracking reads, but my money's on Guide Me Home by Attica Locke to take the Gold Dagger.
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Grazie mille for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it! Consider me equally perplexed about the date on Netgalley 🤷♀️
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Much as I love Martin Fry, this is a contender...
"Can't complain, mustn't grumble,
Help yourself to another piece of apple crumble."
But surely the winner is:
"You're about as easy as a nuclear war."
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"Doo wah diddy..."
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Ahh, "The Devil in the Dark" - aka the Pizza Topping of Death! The Horta spoke Yoda long before The Empire Strikes Back...
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Were the ticket prices a bit scalp the aged?
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Chaotic Evil!!!
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Unless I'm not conscious at the time, I expect to die very grumpily, probably muttering "I want more life, fucker."
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That is gorgeous... Achievement unlocked, level up!
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Day 100 of #UKBookIndustryClicheBingo2025 had 8 entries:
new • fresh • finest • crisis • arresting • acid-dipped • serious • alarm
Three of those make their second appearances of the year - 'new', 'finest' and 'crisis' - which seem apposite.
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Dealer’s choice!
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Euroland sounds like a dreadful theme park.
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Befuddled my days yesterday, so this is actually Day 99 of #UKBookIndustryClicheBingo2025 and it has 3 entries:
expanded • sucker • moving
That puts 'moving' in a tie with 'definitive', 'major' and 'beautiful' for the leading cliche of 2025.
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This X five million:
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Daft Punk were really good as Captain and Tennille.
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Wear the mask long enough...
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That ham is especially… eye catching
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Looking forward to Rose Killed Kennedy!
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9. Congratulations! You are in a destination thriller. Grab your passport, we're going on a revenge trip. Nobody is what they seem, everyone has a secret and the heat is on. Pack a bathing suit, bring sunscreen and maybe a home Luminol kit. Keep a knife under your towel, you'll need it.
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8. Congratulations! You are in a psychological thriller. Expect a shocking life reversal on pages 11, 129 and one chapter from the end. Trust nobody, especially yourself or your memories. With luck, there might be urgent sex amid all the lies. Hope you like nice houses and yellow raincoats.
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7. Congratulations! You are in a Tartan Noir. Yes, yes, nobody calls them that anymore, but how else to explain the dreich weather, relentless grimness and references to granite/sandstone/heather? Expect divorce, colleagues dying and even occasional demons. But a series can last 20 books, so...
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6. Congratulations! You are in a cosy crime novel. The good news is you will probably survive, and any murders will be done out of sight. The bad news is you might find the surroundings and/or other people insufferably twee, despite their protestations. Still, expect pastries and good tea or coffee.
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Question 5: Would you rather...
A. Find a corpse in the pool
B. Find a corpse in your bed
C. Find that you are a corpse
A? Go to 9
B? Go to 9
C? Go to 9
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Question 4: Would you rather...
A. Discover your spouse lied to you
B. Discover you lied to your spouse
C. Discover everything is a lie
A? Go to 8
B? Go to 8
C? Go to 8
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Question 3: Would you rather...
A. Be in a city
B. Be in the countryside
C. Be in prison
A? Go to 7
B? Go to 7
C? Go to 7
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Question 2: Would you rather...
A. Stay close to home
B. Be somewhere foreign
C. Live in the past
A? Go to 6
B? Go to 6
C? Go to 6