The publishing process has started. The manuscript is with Anne for proofreading, Andjela has my cover ideas and notes on which to base her own, and the Author’s notes are ready. I am waiting to hear back from my nephew, who may be able to make me an illustration for the inside, as we have had in the other books. I am aiming to have the book published for you by the end of the month at the latest.
Meanwhile, I did some fiddling about with some image software and managed to come up with this – it’s not part of the title, just an aide.
I also managed to produce another image with use of the dreaded AI, and it was rather good. However, this is only for publicity and has not been designed or put together by a real person, so I shan’t be using it for anything other than publicity. I will always pay a designer to do my covers, no matter how good AI gets at doing them. Why? Because it’s morally right, I know I will get the correct spacing for the spine and page numbering, and it keeps consistency across the series.
However, this does rather sum up a dramatic moment from the story.
The blurb may also help make sense of that image, so here it is.
The Delamere Dilemma
The Delamere Files Book Twelve
Such games we played in those dark days.
The Metropolitan Police suspect Lord Clearwater of being the infamous East End Ripper, the murderer responsible for the horrific deaths of five young men in 1888. Without proof to the contrary, Clearwater and everyone connected to him are finished, including his charities, the Larkspur Academy, and everyone at Delamere House.
The only way to save Clearwater is for Jack Merrit and his men to uncover the Ripper’s true identity and find the only evidence that can reveal the truth: a document that may not even exist — the Ripper Diary.
As the hunt intensifies, the return of the notorious murderer, Lucas Temple, and a wave of poisonings plunge London into chaos. Following clues from the past and present, Jack and his men uncover an unbelievable conspiracy that links the Ripper, Temple, and Clearwater himself.
With time running out, a city-wide catastrophe looming, and the Ripper Diary still beyond his grasp, Jack must outwit a ruthless enemy before everything he holds dear is destroyed in what could be the Delamere detectives’ deadliest case.
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The Delamere Dilemma is the twelfth and final book in the Delamere Files series. It contains a spoiler for anyone who has not read the first Clearwater Mystery, ‘Deviant Desire.’ However, whether you have been following the Clearwater world from the start or not, your enjoyment of this series finale should not be affected.