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It’s June! - and in the UK the rain’s back. I know. Last month, with the sun continuing to shine, and May temperatures soaring past the 30s it felt like summer had arrived early. It hadn’t!

But maybe that’s not all bad when those rainy days give themselves to curling up with a good book. And this month is all about good books.

Clouds and silver linings are coming to mind…

Winston Graham did it with Poldark, and Ian Fleming was right there with his world famous James Bond character. Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse has also sprouted numerous TV series and sequels.

And sho could forget Ian Rankin’s Rebus, Ann Cleeves Shetland books, or Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley Mysteries.

These authors penned such charismatic characters that they transferred really well to our TV screens, sending their rankings sky high.

So why, when we can record these telly shows and view them at our leisure, do the original books remain so popular? Is it because reading the author’s actual words on the page, and watching a screenwriter’s interpretation of them on the screen, are two totally different experiences?

So here’s the question…

Does reading the book first make you critical of the telly version? Or does it fire your enthusiasm for more, even though much of the plot and the characters change so much that you hardly even recognise them?

Do you feel for the TV scriptwriters who must make those internal emotional conflicts of characters come to life on the screen?

Or do you celebrate with authors for having the space to explore each scene, character and plot twist in luxurious detail?

Comments please in the box below. I can’t wait to read them.

If you enjoy a good thriller - and who doesn’t?- then check out this month’s offer! My fellow authors have once again assembled a collection of more than NINETY exciting mysteries and thrillers. AND THEY ARE ALL FREE!

Also included in this offer is my Loveday Mystery, A Cornish Obsession.

It's a snowy December night and Jago Tilley is making an unsteady way home from the village pub. He doesn’t know that by morning he will be dead!

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I’m excited to announce Dangerous Inheritance, book 5 in the second series of Loveday Mysteries, is approaching publication day. A limited number of places are available on my team of Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) volunteers!

If this excites you, and you want to know more about joining this fabulous team, then click here!

*Contact me at author@renageorge.com

About the Book

Dangerous Inheritance is set in Cornwall, where magazine editor Loveday Ross is used to hunting for headlines, but this time the story is personal.

When crooked solicitor Felix Penhallow is found dead, DCI Sam Kitto—Loveday’s partner—has his prime suspect: She is Zena Rodda, a woman with every reason to want Felix dead. The lies he told in court sent her to prison for a crime she didn’t commit. – and now she’s back in Cornwall to seek revenge.

But as Sam builds his case, Loveday uncovers a tangled web involving another murder – Zena’s ex-partner, Sandy. If Zena isn’t the killer then a murderer is loose in Cornwall. Loveday is determined to clear Zena’s name, but every new piece of evidence she finds puts her deeper at odds with Sam.

Between the murderous demise of Felix Penhallow and the mysterious death of Zena’s ex-partner another young family is in hiding from a vengeful escapee. With the body count rising, Loveday must navigate a maze of corruption before prisoner on the run, Denny Hockin finds his targets.

But her fight for justice must be cautious or she may risk losing Sam, the man she loves.

Note: Applying to join my ARC Team does not guarantee a place, so let me know why you believe you should be chosen and let’s approach this together.

*Email me at author@renageorge.com

Did you know that this day, June 11^th is German Chocolate Cake Day? It’s also a Hawaiian state holiday, honoring King Kamehameha I, who unified the Hawaiian Islands between 1795 and 1810.

The great French oceanographer and film maker, Jacques Cousteau was born on this day n 1910.

This is also National Making Life Beautiful Day, created to encourage small acts of creativity and beautification — a garden planted, a room rearranged, a letter written.

OK, so these facts may not be earth shattering, but we can allow them to add a little colour to our lives. Enjoy!

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Happy Reading!