There was something I was going to tell you. Oh, what was it now? Hang on it’ll come to me. Something or other about a book…
Ah! That’s it, yes, my new novel is now published and it’s called:
Yee to the hah! It’s finally out there after 9 months of hard work, blood, sweat and tears. Well, ok, there was no blood. But there were plenty of tears.
Anyway, it’s done now and I’m cock-a-hoop over it.
It’s a Joe Wilkie novel; his fourth can you believe, and it’s a corker of a laughter-fest. As any good Joe Wilkie novel should be.
This time we find our erstwhile slow-learner hero in hot water due to the unfortunate side effects of a certain potion he’s made. He also has to lock horns with a mysterious new antagonist who seems to have the whole village enthralled with his fake psychic act.
Will Joe win out in the end?
Of course he bloody well will, what do you expect? But there are plenty of twists and turns along the way and an angry mob (naturally) for him to deal with.
All your favourite Blessham characters are there including Lady Stark-Raven who is as irate and intolerant as ever, and of course dear old, calamitous Joe himself who comes in for a liberal dose or two of her temper tantrums. You can’t help but love him.
Toilet humour abounds and there are more flatulence jokes than you could possibly count. Well, it wouldn’t be a Joe Wilkie novel without them now, would it?
So yeah, here it is, the long-awaited new novel from yours truly. It’s available, as ever, as a Kindle download (£2.99) or as a paperback (£8.99) and you can get your copy from my Amazon page here.
This would make the ideal Christmas present/stocking filler for the reader in your life. You don’t need to read the other 3 Joe novels to enjoy it either; it helps if you do but it’s not absolutely essential.
But what I will say is that if you have enjoyed Ah Boy! The Pheasants Revolt and Hot Eire then you’re going to love Medicine Show. Expect more of the same Wilkie induced chaos in this one.
I’m going to take the rest of December off from novel writing (although there will be weekly blog posts) and focus on promoting Medicine Show. Then, in the new year, it’s back to Ingleby for the next instalment from everyone’s favourite canal boaters – Archie and Aggie Stone.
So don’t delay and get yourself on over to Amazon to secure your copy of Medicine Show today and have a damn good laugh at Mr Wilkie.
Blessham Hall 