Comic strip clues..

Included in The Case of the Diamond Shadow are some clues contained in comic strips. I decided to do these because I love comic strips and because these were also very common in popular magazines of the 1930's. The comic strips tell the beginning of the story of the adventures of Inspecteur Nocturne, crack detective from the Paris Surete(which is like the French version of Scotland Yard). I wrote the text, and my son teenage Bevis did the illustrations. They were heaps of fun to do!

Cover for Diamond Shadow!

Today, I saw, for the first time, the finished cover of The Case of the Diamond Shadow---and doesn't it looks gorgeous! Exactly what I was hoping for, with its snazzy, retro, intriguing look.

The fantastic artwork's by Stuart McLachlan.

A new anthology..

I have an essay in Demigods and Monsters, a new anthology of pieces about the fantastic Percy Jackson series, by Rick Riordan. The book will be out soon in Borders stores(like Through the Wardrobe, it's published by Ben Bella Books and is a Borders exclusive). Lots of interesting pieces to get your teeth into--and the book's edited by Rick Riordan himself!

Interview on Writer Unboxed

For those interested readers,there's a short interview with me, about the Thomas Trew series, at the Writer Unboxed blog: www.writerunboxed.com

Matilda interview

Perry Middlemiss of the great books blog, Matilda, has just uploaded an interview he did with me, from the Australian Crime Fiction Snapshots series. Go to the Matilda blog to read it:
www.middlemiss.org/weblog/matilda
(you will have to scroll to the March 6 post in the Australian Crime Fiction snapshots series.)

NEW: Trailer on You Tube!

I've just uploaded a trailer for The Case of the Diamond Shadow at my You Tube channel. It features 1930's pictures, including some taken by my grandfather, and a still from a 1930's French movie he shot, called Melo, as well as the cover of a 1930's true-crime magazine I have. And it's got a soundtrack which is part of the famous 1931 song, ''Minnie the Moocher'' by Cab Calloway. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/sophievmasson

New website for fantasy series

I've just created a great new website for my earlier four-book fantasy series, The Chronicles of el Jisal, with the fabulous, free new Googlepages website creator. Have a look: it's at http://sophievmasson.googlepages.com