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A massive thanks to my 60 backers. Sherlock Holmes FAR AND WIDE Kickstarter reached goal three times over! Looks like I will be signing lots of books. Thank you, again for your support. SHERLOCK HOLMES FAR & WIDE is my fifth book and will be released everywhere by MX Sherlock Holmes Books in the spring. A… Continue reading Thank You All! FAR AND WIDE Kickstarter was a wonderful success.
With the Holidays just around the corner, I've launched a holly-days Kickstarter for my new Sherlockian stories book, FAR & WIDE. Stop by and follow the clues in MY VIDEO. There are PDF's, hardbacks, paperbacks, all five of my books as PDF's or signed paperbacks. Plus the Sherlock Holmes Page A Day Calendar 2025. SHERLOCK… Continue reading My FAR & WIDE Holly-Days Kickstarter
Amazing how Kickstarter works! For the author, it is a joy to check the site and receive such positive daily feedback. Thank you! With the Holidays just around the corner, I've launched a holly-days Kickstarter campaign for my new Sherlockian stories book, FAR & WIDE. SHERLOCK HOLMES FAR & WIDE Holiday Kickstarter is the way… Continue reading Day 4-FAR & WIDE reached it’s Kickstarter Goal! 26 Days to Go!
“A boldly portrayed Holmes. Exciting, ingenious, and a delight to read”. The Sherlock Holmes Journal. Extraordinary News! SHERLOCK HOLMES FAR & WIDE is NOW launched on my holiday Kickstarter! For the next 30 days, it is a way to get the book in your hands before it is even released. Signed copies are also available.… Continue reading Sherlock Holmes FAR & WIDE Launched on Kickstarter NOW
SHERLOCK HOLMES FAR & WIDE Kickstarter is the way to get the book in your hands before it is even released. Signed copies are available from this Holiday Kickstarter, too. There are other rewards, too, including the chance to purchase MX's fantastic Sherlock Holmes 2025 Page a Day Calendar. To Ms Altabef's American fans, this… Continue reading Formidable News! SHERLOCK HOLMES FAR AND WIDE is Pre-launched on Kickstarter!
“This elegant publication… cleverly develops an ingenious and original new plot, finally delivering to the reader a stunning conclusion to the novel.” Historical Novel Society. Gretchen Altabef has the highest placed novel audiobook. (The top six audiobooks are short story collections): Mxpublishing's BlogDecember 4, 20241. 1. The Six-Thirteen from Fairfield Junction and Other Cases of Sherlock… Continue reading FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY #1 Novel in Top 20 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks
Download & Review - Get it while it's hot, this is a one week deal! If you are truly passionate about reviewing and sharing your love of Sherlock Holmes books, then I invite you to claim your free reviewer copy of my new audiobook, courtesy of MX Publishing. Five Miles of Country by Gretchen Altabef (NEW AUDIOBOOK… Continue reading FREE AUDIOBOOK DEAL – FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY
“This elegant publication… cleverly develops an ingenious and original new plot, finally delivering to the reader a stunning conclusion to the novel.” Review by Julia Stoneham for The Historical Novel Society. The Historical Novel Society was founded in the UK in 1997. It was "conceived as something of a campaigning society for the support of… Continue reading Review of Five Miles of Country by The Historical Novel Society.
I sprang to my feet, my hand grasping my pistol, my mind paralysed by the dreadful shape which had sprung out upon us from the shadows of the fog. A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its… Continue reading HAPPY HOOOOOUNDAWEEN!!!
Give it a listen! FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY - A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure is out on audio. Just in time for the holidays. A FIVE-STAR Sherlock Holmes Mystery written from a women's perspective by Gretchen Altabef. Brilliantly narrated by J.T. McDaniel. J.T. McDaniel's Scottish lilt adds authenticity to the voices of Doctor Watson and… Continue reading FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY Audiobook is out NOW!
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