For the past six months of what seemed like the longest year of my life, I've been hoping that you lovely subscribers would get your special editions of A Murder To Die For in tme for Christmas. And I'm delighted to say that Father Christmas has, bless his bobbly hat, delivered.

For the past 48 hours my Facebook and Twitter streams have been filled with glorious pictures like these:

Occasional photos like these:

And, mercifuly, not too many like this one. Poor soul.

I can't tell you how excited I am to see you with copies of the book. I know that some are still on their way out to you but you should all have your books very soon.

Nor can I adequtely express how thankful I am that you had the faith in me to help make it reality.

It's your book as much as it is mine.

Watch out for news of the sequel soon ... :)