Cover reveal! The Secret Notebook of Sherlock Holmes is available for pre-order!

Please forgive the exclamation marks (it’s my first time). Yesterday, after a great deal of writing, editing, tweaking, checking and fretting, I pushed the button to submit The Secret Notebook of Sherlock Holmes to Amazon (Kindle Direct Publishing, to be precise). And today, it’s available for pre-order before the publication date of April 1!

So I guess it’s time to show the book off:

Here’s the blurb:

Meet Sherlock Holmes before he was famous!

The discovery of a maroon leather notebook hidden in the great detective’s sock drawer caused a sensation. Now readers can join Holmes and Watson on a romp through 19th-century London, in 29 new and remarkable early cases.

These humorous short stories feature appearances by Mycroft Holmes, Inspector Lestrade, and other familiar characters, as well as cameos from several well-known Victorians. They also contain numerous historical liberties.

Can Holmes and Watson solve the mystery of Mornington Crescent? Why are all the policemen whispering at Scotland Yard? Is the world prepared for the case of the Giant Rat of Sumatra? Read The Secret Notebook of Sherlock Holmes to find out…

Visit the book on Amazon here and get your copy for the introductory price of 99p (or your local equivalent).

PS If you’d like to help with spreading the word, I’ve created a Thunderclap for launch day, April 1. A Thunderclap, if you haven’t met one before, is a way to do a mass simultaneous social media ‘share’. It’s really easy to participate – one click on http://thndr.me/DkKCSe, and then one click to share my launch message on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr. And you’re done! Thanks in advance!

The featured image is Attackfoto – In the photo studio by Suzanne Nilsson, shared under Creative Commons license 2.0.