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So I've been hawking my book around Berlin, where I live, and ended up with some modest success. The book is now in 6 bookstores, mostly in Kreuzberg (where people are the most friendly; shops in Mitte were sooo uninterested), stretching from between 8-10 euros. Don't know if/when I'll hear back from the shops about sales, but I did get a big buzz from walking into one store, and, somehow communicating in my grammatically-challenged German, sold the book for straight-up cash instead of the usual commission. Minus the costs of ordering the book via Amazon, the profit margin is about 50 cents, but it's a big buzz, nonetheless. Something about holding the coins in one's hand is fun. And the store had about 20 English books in it, so hopeful it might connect with someone. Now I'm tempted to fly to my native London and spend a day in central doing the same thing (where the no. of English bookstores is, obviously, extremely high); wonder if anyone has done that?

So I've been hawking my book around Berlin, where I live, and ended up with some modest success. The book is now in 6 bookstores, mostly in Kreuzberg (where people are the most friendly; shops in Mitte were sooo uninterested), stretching from between 8-10 euros. Don't know if/when I'll hear back from the shops about sales, but I did get a big buzz from walking into one store, and, somehow communicating in my grammatically-challenged German, sold the book for straight-up cash instead of the usual commission. Minus the costs of ordering the book via Amazon, the profit margin is about 50 cents, but it's a big buzz, nonetheless. Something about holding the coins in one's hand is fun. And the store had about 20 English books in it, so hopeful it might connect with someone. Now I'm tempted to fly to my native London and spend a day in central doing the same thing (where the no. of English bookstores is, obviously, extremely high); wonder if anyone has done that?

Fired from his job, left by his wife and living with his judgmental mother, former police detective Aleksandr Melik has decamped to the peaceful lake town of Beltova for some much-needed rest and relaxation. But when the mysterious Hungarian tech scion László Bauer is killed in a yacht explosion, Melik is forced back into action, plunging him into a world of corrupt cops, vengeful businessmen, dodgy tennis games and a vast international conspiracy.

The propulsive debut novel by Marty MacDaid, Murder in Beltova is a gripping Balkan noir with border-busting significance, ideal for fans of Eric Ambler, Graham Greene, Patricia Highsmith, Agatha Christie and Dick Francis.