Riviera Blues
A Crang Mystery
by Jack Batten
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Pub Date Nov 15 2016 | Archive Date Sep 30 2016
Dundurn | Dundurn Press
Description
Crang, the smart (and often smartass) criminal lawyer, finds himself embroiled in a mystery while on vacation on the French Riviera.
Like all the criminal messes Crang has ever found himself caught up in, this one begins in perfect innocence. As Crang is leaving for a holiday on the French Riviera with his movie-critic girlfriend, Annie, his rich-as-Croesus former father-in-law appears to ask if he’d mind checking up on an errant family member who is said to be hanging out in Monaco. Crang says he’ll do the favour, a decision that drops him into a series of ever-tighter spots on the Côte d’Azur.
Crang and Annie enjoy the Riviera’s pleasures, but lurking in the background, gathering menace, is a piece of elaborate fraud and murder. Crang has no choice except to solve all the riddles, nail the murderer and, if he’s adroit enough, eventually tip the scales of justice in the good guys’ favour.
Like all the criminal messes Crang has ever found himself caught up in, this one begins in perfect innocence. As Crang is leaving for a holiday on the French Riviera with his movie-critic girlfriend, Annie, his rich-as-Croesus former father-in-law appears to ask if he’d mind checking up on an errant family member who is said to be hanging out in Monaco. Crang says he’ll do the favour, a decision that drops him into a series of ever-tighter spots on the Côte d’Azur.
Crang and Annie enjoy the Riviera’s pleasures, but lurking in the background, gathering menace, is a piece of elaborate fraud and murder. Crang has no choice except to solve all the riddles, nail the murderer and, if he’s adroit enough, eventually tip the scales of justice in the good guys’ favour.
A Note From the Publisher
Jack Batten, after a brief and unhappy career as a lawyer, has been a very happy Toronto freelance writer for many years. He has written thirty-five books. Batten reviewed jazz for the Globe and Mail, wrote for the Toronto Star, and reviewed movies on CBC Radio for twenty-five years. Not surprisingly, jazz, movies, and crime turn up frequently in Crang’s life.
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Library wholesaler ads: Library Services Centre, Whitehots, United Library Service, Ingram Advance
Trade ads: Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Quill & Quire
Online ads: NetGalley, Goodreads, 49th Shelf, Facebook
Books for Everybody submission
MARKETING MATERIALS
Bookmarks
EVENTS
Festival pitches
Event promotion: posters, e-cards
Trade shows, school and library conferences
Launch event, Toronto
DIGITAL MARKETING
Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Dundurn.com campaigns
Goodreads giveaway
Cover and sample chapter reveal
Q&A with author on Dundurn blog and newsletters
Digital Reader Copies available: NetGalley, Edelweiss
Consumer, library, bookseller, and author newsletters
PUBLICITY
Targeted media and blogger review mailings
Advance Reading Copies available, enhanced quantity
Key Influencer mailing
Niche marketing to associations and interest groups
MERCHANDISING
EPUB series price promotion and bundle
Shelf talkers for independent retailers
Book hashtag: #CrangMystery
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781459733282 |
| PRICE | $16.99 (USD) |
