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Photos from North Tour are below on the following post.

The Great North Tour!

Here are a few photos from The Great North Tour. You can read about it in the article in Crime Time

'Crime Author Leigh Russell Takes the North by Storm' - quite an appropriate headline, considering all the bad weather we've been having! http://www.crimetime.co.uk/mag/index.php/showarticle/3017

Preparing to sign in Manchester

Meeting a fan in Warrington

Apologies again to disappointed fans - the books sold out by 1.30 in Liverpool

Meeeting a reader in Preston

At Waterstones in Harrogate with another fan

At Harrogate Festival with fans of Geraldine Steel

Back on tour in Wakefield

InYork Dead End flew off the table, thanks to 'The 'York Connection'

And we finished off in Leeds

The tour attracted some interest in the media -

Outside the BBC Radio Merseyside studio

Inside the studio with presenter Billy Butler

Another photo from BBC Radio Merseyside

Talking to BBC Radio Manchester presenter Becky

And here's a link to an article in the Manchester Evening News
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/life_and_style/s/1583050_its-the-why-dunnit-theme-for-writer-leigh

It wasn't all work. Here are a few more photos from the trip.

We had a fantastic time, but it's good to be home!

The busy life of an author

I've got a busy time coming up for the rest of July. Monday 9th I'm  meeting a BBC researcher to discuss how crime is depicted on the BBC. Wednesday 11th I'll be signing at Waterstones in St Albans. Thursday 12th I'm giving a talk at Yiewsley Library at 12.30, then at 7.30 I'll be appearing as a 'special guest' at Harrow Literary Eveninng. On Friday I'm travelling North for a tour of Waterstones stores in Manchester Arndale (14th) Warrington (15th) Liverpool One (16th) Preston (17th) Harrogate (19th) Wakefield (20th) York (21st) and Leeds (22nd).  Look out for a feature about my books in the Life and Style magazine of the Manchester Evening News. Then it's back down South for an interview with the Harrow Times on the 23rd and signing again at Finchley Road O2 Centre in London on the 28th. So that's the rest of July for me booked up and looking busy!

 I'm also working on co-ordinating a new initiative for the CWA (more about that later on - you'll be the first to know!) and writing of course.

With Death Bed on the shelves in paperback, I've finished the 5th book in the series which has gone off to The Editor. The one after that, Geraldine Steel number 6, is half written at about 42,000 words. So it's all go!

I hope that explains why I've been too busy to post here much lately. If you haven't had time to read Death Bed yet, I hope you check it out soon. It's been getting some good reviews! http://leighrussell.co.uk/

I'm back

In a shameful dereliction of my blog, I haven't posted here for... well, longer than I can remember. Now I'm back I really don't know where to begin. Meanwhile, I have been posting almost daily brief updates on facebook so please check it out. You'll find lots of photos of recent events at bookshops, and festivals, this year, including drinking champagne with Jeff Deaver, and catching up with fellow authors Lee Child and Peter James at CrimeFest https://www.facebook.com/leigh.russell.50
In other news, my wonderful publisher has secured a fabulous deal with an Italian publisher, and brought out a special limited edition hardback of Death Bed, signed and numbered. These are only available from my publisher directly so do check out the link which you can find on my website http://leighrussell.co.uk/
I've been busy visiting bookshops and libraries.  It's so important to support them both. Last Saturday I visited Waterstones in Guildford to sign my books.  This is apparently the busiest store in the entire chain. There I sat, watching a queue of women lining up to pay for 50 Shades of Grey. For all the ccriticism of this book, denigrated as a jazzed up Mills and Boon, it has been a sales phenomenon thanks to all the hype about 'mummy porn'.  I said my title would have to be 50 Shades of Purple... But seriously, I have to admit it doesn't appeal to me.  My publisher (who also hasn't read it) suggested (joking?)  that I write an 'erotic crime' novel.  You can read quite a few responses to that idea on facebook!

Oh well, I have to go. It's time to revise my WIP...

Thank you very much to all of you  who have continued to
follow this blog even though I've been largely absent. I'll
try to do better!

Death Bed

More news - Death Bed is at number 50 on WH Smith Travel chart - look out for it in main stations and airports. You might even catch me signing the books!
I'll post some photos from Crimefest here as soon as I have a moment - hectic in the run up to the launch party in London next week. Let me know if you'd like an invitation - all blog buddies welcome! In the meantime, you can see some photos on my facebook page. Got to dash... 'bye for now!

News

I'm thrilled that my UK publisher has secured a deal with an Italian publisher to publish my series in Italian. Fantastico!

DEATH BED  is now "in stock" on amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1842435949/pocketessentials

Lost

The new look dashboard on my blog is driving me nuts. I can't find anyone or anything. Sorry I haven't visited you all recently. Where is everyone? Help! I'm lost. Someone please send me a map or a sat nav so I can find my way back to the blogosphere.