<meta content="urn:uuid:c85d13ca-de5d-47ff-8f77-58b9c24604fe" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <h2>Author’s Note</h2> <p>The events in this book take place a couple of months before <span style="font-style: italic;">Private Viewing</span>, the first novel in the Jane Child/Bluebelle Investigations series of thrillers. </p> <p><span style="font-style: italic;">Dead Men’s Shoes</span> is a novella of 30,000 words (roughly 110 print pages) and is a prequel to the other books in the series. I’ve been careful not to include spoilers (for those of you who are new to the characters), but existing fans of Jane’s adventures will find a few hints of what’s to come. There’s plenty of fresh action and mystery for everyone to enjoy, as well as a little extra background detail on some of the major players.</p> <p>Like all my books, I had great fun writing this. I hope you have a blast reading it.</p> <p><br/></p> <p>Geoff Palmer<br/>Wellington, New Zealand</p> </body> </html>