Sherlock Holmes Inspired Funny Book, “Inspector Hobbes And The Blood”, Free On Kindle 24-26 August

Cotswolds, UK -  Wilkie Martin’s debut “Inspector Hobbes and the Blood” (publisher The Witcherley Book Company) is FREE on Amazon Kindle on 24-26 August (starting/ending midnight PST). It is a fast-paced comedy crime fantasy with lots of ludicrous and humorous situations, and lashings of good food. Set in an English Cotswolds town, it is a diverting light read and was shortlisted for the Impress Prize for New Writers in 2012. It is suitable for a wide audience from young adult to those of a more mature age, and should give many a good laugh.

“Inspector Hobbes can get rather wild, especially when he’s hungry, and I was unable to get into his mind,” says Wilkie, “as his thought processes are so different to those of normal people. Conan-Doyle used Dr. Watson as a narrator to solve the problem of explaining the unusual mind of Sherlock Holmes, so I decided to use one too. Mine, Andy Caplet, is a local reporter who gets assigned to Inspector Hobbes. He’s clumsy and struggles against his many flaws which lead to him becoming the main character; it is Andy who is often, unintentionally, the focus of the comedy”. Wilkie explains more behind the characters in his blog.

“Inspector Hobbes and the Blood” is the first in the ‘unhuman’ series featuring Inspector Hobbes, and Andy Caplet. It has 5 star reviews on Amazon and has been described as an “entertaining and amusing tale” by Amazon Top Reviewer, Brett H, who says it has “more double-entendres than a Carry On film” and an “action packed climax”.  The Free Kindle promotion is a way of introducing more readers to the weird and wonderful ‘unhuman’ world before the second book “Inspector Hobbes and the Curse” is published in October.

The FREE Kindle book can also be read on PCs, Macs, tablets and smartphones using FREE software from Amazon. It is also available in paperback from Amazon and good bookshops; and a draw for one of 5 FREE paperback copies is being run by GoodReads.com (http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/61198) and can be entered using a Goodreads or Facebook logon until September 9.

Links:

Wilkie Martin:
Website http://www.wilkiemartin.com
Blog: http://blog.wilkiemartin.com
Goodreads giveaway: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/61198

Contact Information

Julia How

Publisher

The Witcherley Book Company

publisher@witcherleybooks.co.uk