{"id":252,"date":"2017-04-15T14:10:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T13:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=252"},"modified":"2017-04-15T14:10:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T13:10:13","slug":"new-cover-art-agnes-of-grimstone-peverell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hebulstrode.co.uk\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"New Cover Art: Agnes of Grimstone Peverell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Having lately been given a wonderful present in the form of a new and much better camera, and not being altogether happy with the original image for the cover art of Agnes of Grimstone Peverell<\/a>, I decided to revisit this luminous stained-glass\u00a0window\u00a0with a view to acquiring\u00a0a better picture, and what you see above is the result. Unlike on the preceding occasion, this time\u00a0there were no obstructions\u00a0blocking my view, which meant that I did not have to take the picture at an angle. The lighting too proved to be much more favourable. All that therefore remained was a little image manipulation to remove perspectival distortion from\u00a0its uppermost portions. The\u00a0result is much crisper, and richer in colour.\u00a0\u00a0As there is always a lag between uploading imagery and it going live on Amazon, I should imagine that the new cover will not be displaying on the site until Tuesday, or thereabouts.<\/p>\n

For readers unfamiliar with the tale, most of the action unfolds on a single\u00a0bitterly cold day in December 2009, during which a theatre critic and his wife – Lionel and\u00a0Frances Smallwood –\u00a0find themselves enjoying the Victorian Christmas market in the little-known Dorset town of Grimstone Peverell. Chilled to the marrow, they retire to the town\u2019s minster where they are accosted by an enthusiastic guide, who knows a great deal about some things, yet next to nothing about that which would, to most people, seem obvious; she seems keen not to let them go, but return to London they must \u2013 Lionel has a play to review. That, at least, is his intention.<\/p>\n

The story is heavily larded with black humour, and like others in the series, possesses a wry twist.<\/p>\n

Agnes of Grimstone Peverell <\/a>is available via Amazon worldwide, free to Kindle Unlimited subscribers,\u00a0otherwise 99p or 99c. To preview and\/or purchase, please click on the image above.<\/p>\n

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