The Unboxing - OCEANO BEACH BEDLAM
Book Two in the Hanlon & de la Guerra Mystery Series is hot off the press! I just received a shipment of OCEANO BEACH BEDLAM, the sequel to All that Glisters.
I couldn’t wait to tear open the box, remove the shrinkwrap, and hold the book in my hands. There’s a heft to it. The smell of printer’s ink. And then there’s that eye-grabbing glossy cover.
Oceano was a labor love, born out of pandemic days and the loss of my first wife. Writing was my refuge. I’m thrilled to see the manuscript—so lovingly critiqued by members of the St. George Writing Improvement Group (WIG) and my beta readers, Patti Smith and Gail Koske-Phillips—finally in print. The early reviews by critics of Oceano Beach Bedlam are coming in strong with 5 Stars from Readers' Favorite. (I’ll have more to say in my next blog post).
The Official Worldwide Release Date for Oceano Beach Bedlam is St. Paddy’s Day—March 17, 2025. I’ll have a couple of advance copies with me at the Write On – St George 2025 Winter Conference this coming Saturday, February 1st (see below) if you want to flag me down. Otherwise, pre-order is open for both the paperback and e-book. See the buy links here: https://topperjones.com/product/oceano-beach-bedlam
Write On Winter Conference 2025
This Saturday, the Write On – St. George chapter of the League of Utah Writers is sponsoring its third annual winter writing conference. The location is superb—The Center for the Arts at Kayenta in Ivins, UT. And the speaker lineup is guaranteed to amp up your writing this coming year. This year’s keynoter is Ally Condie author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Matched trilogy and its companion novel, The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe.
Click here for complete details, the conference schedule, and registration: https://www.writeonstgeorge.org/winterconference
Hope to see you there.
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