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Do you ever give talks at small clubs like ours? We’re an enthusiastic bunch of amateur sleuths and we’d be delighted and honoured to welcome you. We don’t have a huge budget, but if you could make it here, I will personally ensure you walk away with £40 in Amazon vouchers and a bunch of flowers.
Even if you are too busy to come and see us, we can’t wait for your next book!
Cathy-June Lloyd
An email from Dave ‘Itchy’ Kilmore atFresh Ghostpodcast, 14 June 2021:
TO:Amanda Bailey
DATE:14 June 2021
SUBJECT:Fresh Ghost returns!
FROM:David Kilmore
Hey Mandy!
New series klaxon! Yes, theFresh Ghostpodcast is back for a twelfth series and I’m lining up guest speakers in good time for once. Can I pencil you in again? You went down a storm last time. Happy to chat about the subject of your choice and include plugs for your books: past, present and future (what are you working on?) as well as chat around our chosen theme. Subjects I’ve pencilled in include:
Faking Suicide: the murderer’s holy grail
Assassination: why doesn’t it happen more?
Psychopaths whodon’tkill: why the heck not?
Open to other ideas. Let me know …
Dave ‘Itchy’ Kilmore
WhatsApp messages between retired detective chief superintendent Don Makepeace and me, 14 June 2021:
Don Makepeace
Dear Amanda. Thank you for your email. I remember those events well. Happy to meet for a chat over lunch. Do you realise there’s someone else writing a book on the same case? Oliver Menzies. Called a while ago. He’s looking at it from the baby’s point of view. I can make any day. Don.
Amanda Bailey
Oliver Menzies? NO WAY. Don, what did he say? Has he met the baby?
Don Makepeace
I can’t remember. We had lunch at Quaglino’s. Very tasty bread and organic butter. Don.
WhatsApp messages between me and my editor Pippa Deacon, 14 June 2021:
Amanda Bailey
Hi Pippa, I’ve thought of a great title for my Alperton Angels book: DIVINE. What do you think? I should tell you something I’ve only just discovered myself: Oliver Menzies is writing about the same case and from what I hear, he’s also focusing on the baby. Is this as much a problem for you as it is for me? Should I rethink the angle before I go any further?
Pippa Deacon
Who is he? Do you know him? Title brilliant btw.
Amanda Bailey
I do. From another life. We both started on a local newspaper training scheme in the late 90s. I left before the course ended, he left just after.
Pippa Deacon
