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Hey, readers! It’s me again, writing with some pithy notes about my new novel, THE GOOD DAUGHTER
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WAIT, IS THIS THE BOOK ABOUT THE FAMILY OF LIARS?
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Ha ha! It’s LAWYERS not liars, but I can see where you would mix up the two.
HOWEVER!
THE GOOD DAUGHTER is not just about lawyers! It is about family, and betrayal, and a bunch of other things that I won’t share here because you can read some of my thoughts on my Goodreads page and, let’s be honest, I am too lazy to type it all out again.
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UMMMM…OKAY I GUESS YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF COPY AND PASTE WHICH IS WEIRD BECAUSE YOU ARE A WRITER BUT DIDN’T YOU ALREADY EMAIL ME ABOUT THE GOOD DAUGHTER AND TELL ME WHEN AND WHERE I COULD GET IT IN MY COUNTRY?
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You ARE reading my emails!
This is an UPDATE, literally, because it is about a date moving up (holy crap at my awesome wordsmithing!)
Here it is:
For amazing and spectacular reasons that will soon be made clear, the US publication date for THE GOOD DAUGHTER has been moved up to AUGUST 8th!
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WOO-HOO!!! THAT’S A FEW WEEKS EARLIER THAN I THOUGHT AND NOW MAYBE I WILL NOT HATE DUTCH AND FLEMMISH PEOPLE AND OTHER ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE FOR BEING ABLE TO READ THE GOOD DAUGHTER BEFORE ME, A PROUD AMERICAN (OR CANADIAN)!
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Hold onto your horses, my American (or Canadian) friends, because it gets even better!!!
August 8th is also International Cat Day. So let’s just all agree that it is probably the most important day of the year.
FURTHERMORE: If you have already pre-ordered THE GOOD DAUGHTER, there is nothing more for you to do but ask your boss for a day off, send your children to camp, tell your spouse that you’re selectively adulting, and wait for August 8th to roll around.
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BUT I HAVEN’T PLACED MY ORDER YET!!!
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Well, golly, some people are very non-compliant!
You can remedy that infraction RIGHT NOW by ordering THE GOOD DAUGHTER from your favorite book store or online retailer, OR you can head over to the Poisoned Pen website for your very own copy signed by me and dedicated to you, your mom, your cat, or your weird uncle Bob. It’s your book, is what I’m saying, and I will pretty much write anything you want so long as it’s not gross, or maybe even if it is gross, but I get to decide.
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WOW THAT SOUNDS COOL BUT IS THERE ANOTHER INCENTIVE TO ORDER FROM THE POISONED PEN INSTEAD OF ANOTHER RETAILER BECAUSE THAT MEANS I WON’T RECEIVE THE GOOD DAUGHTER UNTIL A WEEK AFTER IT’S OUT AND I GUESS I COULD GET A READING COPY FROM MY FAVORITE RETAILER AND ANOTHER COPY, WHICH I WILL DEEM A COLLECTOR’S COPY, DEDICATED TO ME OR PERHAPS I COULD GET A READING COPY FOR ME AND SIGNED COPIES FOR EVERYBODY ON MY CHRISTMAS LIST, BUT WHAT MAGICAL OFFERING COULD POSSIBLY ENTICE ME DO SO???
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You are certainly long-winded in your requests today, but I hear ya, US readers. So…
The first 100 people to place an order with the Poisoned Pen will also get an awesome Popsocket that I had made especially for THE GOOD DAUGHTER (retail value $1,000,000,012.42).
But what is a Popsocket, you might be asking? I will tell you! It is an amazing new invention that, among other things, keeps you from dropping your phone in the toilet like I have never done before in a major international airport!
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HA HA ME NEITHER! BUT WHAT IS THIS BRIBE YOU ARE PROPOSING TO GET ME TO PRE-ORDER THE GOOD DAUGHTER IN THE FIRST WEEK, WHICH I KNOW FROM READING PAST EMAILS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WEEK IN A BOOK’S LIFE?
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I am glad you asked!
A Popsocket is basically just a handle for your phone, but these special ones at the Poisoned Pen happen to be the most awesome handle imaginable.* And you also get to simultaneously show off your amazing taste in books.
Our beautiful, young, easy-going yet complexly architected model illustrates for you thusly:
 
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AHEM! WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US AROUND THE WORLD WHO WANT TO READ THE GOOD DAUGHTER???
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For those of you in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and other fantastic places, no need to worry, your pub dates are still the same! And here are some of them:
UK – July 13th (where I will be touring!)
AU, NZ – July 24th (where I will tour again in 2019!)
GERMANY – August 7th (I was there! Where were you?)
USA, CANADA – August 8th (Also touring!)
CLICK THIS LINK FOR INFO ON YOUR TERRITORY
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! If you happen to be in the UK and you order your copy through Waterstones by July 12th (where THE GOOD DAUGHTER is being offered at ½ off) you will be entered for a chance to have a character named after you in my next book.
Just imagine! You could be fictionally murdered or assaulted or whatever I come up with to add you into the story and people will be like “Holy crap, is that YOU?” and you’ll walk around saying things like “I vant to be alone!”**
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THAT IS GREAT FOR THE WORLD BUT WHAT ABOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE COUNTRY IN WHICH YOU RESIDE?
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I am glad you asked! With the new pub date comes new tour dates. I will be doing some awesome Facebook announcements about where I’ll be, but if you aren’t on Facebook, first, congratulations on having a life and second, you can check my website and find out all of the touring info there.
(Don’t worry London, I’ll still be there to see you in July with my pals, Lee Child, and Mark Billingham! And if you are on Facebook, you can watch it Live Stream! But if you are not on Facebook, this is not a reason to get on Facebook, because it will suck away your life).
Oh, and in September, I am going to Brazil for the Rio Book Fair.
Olá, readers! Onde é chocolate?
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WHAT ABOUT SOME DUTCHIE AND FLEMMIE LOVE???
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Here it is, my dear readers! MWAH! Thanks so much for helping to make GOEDE DOCHTER #1 in both the Netherlands and Flanders by heading out to your favorite stores and getting the book in the first week, which is the most important week in a book’s life and now you know why! (Because that is how it gets to #1! And by the way, it’s also #1 this week, which means y’all are even more awesome than I thought!)
And thanks for all the tremendous treats that you guys brought me that I ate a lot of but had to share some because they wouldn’t let me in the car if I didn’t! I always love seeing my Dutchies and Flemmies, some of whom have been coming to see me for years. Ha ha, remember when we were young?
You can see some of the lovely treats as well as behind-the-scenes videos on my Facebook Page.
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WOW YOU ARE ON FACEBOOK? DON’T YOU HAVE A LIFE?
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OF COURSE I am on Facebook! And no, I do not! Why aren’t you watching me and liking my posts and talking about how beautiful my cats are, which is the entire point of Facebook??? (And which is why I understand some of you will never join, but come on, it’s me. And my cats!)
I am also on Instagram. And all of you #bookstagrammers please tag #SlaughterFansAreSexy and I’ll try to repost your photos of THE GOOD DAUGHTER on my feed! I’ll be running some contests soon!
PHOTO CREDIT: @CrimeByTheBook
#SlaughterFansAreSexy
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OKAY, THANK YOU, NOW I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO!
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Fantastic!
And just to be clear: you’re supposed to order THE GOOD DAUGHTER now because the first week of a book’s life is the most important week, and also you should contemplate coming to see me if you live in the UK or the US, or even if you don’t because you have always wanted to visit either London or Bowling Green!
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That’s it for now, readers! Thanks so much for coming to see me if I have already visited your country, and please come see me if I have not. Er, I mean, when I will. You be there. We will both be there. Okay, I’m still jet lagged after spending two weeks in Europe, but what I am saying is get the book and come see me, please.
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*Not to diminish the importance of door handles
**DISCLAIMER: Appearing in one of my books is no guarantee of fame, money, sexual favors, or paparazzi. But your mom might be happy and show her entire knitting club.
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If you no longer wish to be on my newsletter mailing list, then I guess it’s okay that you don’t want to know about how to win contests or what my cats look like and what a Popsocket is and also that door handles are nice, too, so go ahead and be left out of the greater world and UNSUBSCRIBE HERE.
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