Yes, you read that right. The Coppersmith, my serial killer novel that takes place in Upstate New York (nothing quite like creepin’ out the home folks!) is FREE to Download from Amazon for the next three days.
This is the second “Kindle Promotion” I’ve done so far. We saw more than 6K downloads for the first Jefferson’s Road book. Aside from the freebies, The Coppersmith has outsold Jefferson’s Road by about 2:1.
I’m real curious to see how this works out.
As before, those who SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER and POST TO FACEBOOK or TWITTER will be entered into a drawing to receive a free, autographed copy of the book.
Meanwhile, I’m hard at work on Topheth, the sequel to The Coppersmith. You can find an excerpt in the back of the book.
Good Afternoon,
I love being introduced to new authors as I have been introduced to your works today via FreeBooksy on FB… What makes this even more special for me is that you live outside of Rochester, NY, where I lived for almost 20 years (actually, I lived in Henrietta not far from the Dome Arena.) I went to college at RIT and stayed there until ’96 when we moved to Jersey… we were just up there for a long weekend – we try to get up there fairly often since we still have a lot of good friends there, and my husband and I intend to move back up to Rochester in the next few years…
I look forward to reading your books!
Nancy Graziano
I’ve been enjoying _The Coppersmith_. This particular type of serial killer poses a special puzzle to the investigators.
You caught my attention by making the tiny sect of Marshall/McVee an offshoot of the Worldwide Church of God. I was in WCG for a number of years and am very familiar with that culture.
I think you’ve captured some parts of that culture very well. The idea that such a group might reject Paul’s writings is quite believable. People in such a group would highly value the seventh-day Sabbath and dietary laws, and would be highly critical of “Sunday Christians”, as in your novel.
There are also some details that don’t fit with the usual culture of a WCG offshoot.
1) Charismatic practices like a prayer language or prophesying would usually be completely foreign to that culture.
2) A pastor in such a group would not speak in pseudo-King James language, and would not tolerate anyone calling him “Reverend”.
3) Marshall would not have a picture of Christ on his wall, because a WCG offshoot would see pictures of Christ as a violation of the 2nd commandment.
Of course, since this sect is entirely fictitious, it can be envisioned in any way that will contribute to the plot of the novel.
Hi Doug,
So glad you’re enjoying the book!
One of the things that really surprised and delighted me with the WCG was the apology they issued to mainline and evangelical churches back in the 90’s. I was struck by the courage the leaders showed in confessing the errors of Armstrong and in asking for the right hand of fellowship from so many churches.
Yes, I did play a little fast and loose with some of the practices (prayer language, Reverend, etc.). Didn’t know about the picture of Jesus, but as you said, the sect is fictitious.