Death Sets Sail: SPOILER POST! DO NOT READ UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THE BOOK!

August 4, 2020

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DO NOT READ THIS POST UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED READING DEATH SETS SAIL! Thank you.

Hello Detectives! Today is the launch date for Death Sets Sail in Australia and New Zealand – and I know that some British and Irish fans have already got their copies too! (This is just because sometimes stores get stock a few days early and send pre-orders out to fans then – so don’t worry if your book hasn’t arrived yet, or if you’re waiting to visit a bookstore on the 6th to pick up your copy). That means only one thing … some of you will have FINISHED the book, and if you have I’d love to hear what you thought of it!

I’ve created a special post for this because I really want to keep what happens in this book secret for anyone who hasn’t yet read it – but I know that if you’ve finished it you’ll be DESPERATE to talk about it!

The rules:

  • Don’t comment here until you have FINISHED DEATH SETS SAIL. I can’t stress enough how much you need to keep on reading until the last page before you post here! If you want to read the book through with a friend and discuss it offline, that’s fine, but don’t do it here, because you’ll end up seeing spoilers for bits you haven’t got to yet!
  • Don’t read the comments until you have FINISHED DEATH SETS SAIL if you don’t want to be totally spoiled for the ending. If you do you only have yourself to blame!
  • It’s fine if you disagree with another fan, or if you don’t like something I’ve done in the book. But please be nice to each other! Any comment that I think breaks this rule will be removed immediately.

And that’s it! I really hope you did enjoy Death Sets Sail. It was a rollercoaster of a book to write – and fingers crossed that’s how you felt as you read it!

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