This one is a bit edgy for me because it’s my first proper try at a contemporary story so I tried to write something I knew about – life in a small town – with a profession I knew a bit about – working in a small cash-strapped museum.
It was sheer self indulgence to make the love interest a heavy plant operator because I do love the big machines. In the archaeological world those huge scary things can be used with considerable finesse. They are also appealing on their own account – all that power!
It’s also an edgy release day because the book is supposed to be the first of a series set in the fictional town of Pemberland which, if it existed, would be just off the A465 and alongside the River Monnow about where Ewyas Harold is now.
So, a big new project that’ll keep me going for a good few years, I should think. Book 2, Close Shave, is about half written!
Available today from Manifold Press
THE BONES OF OUR FATHERS
Blurb:
“The bones of our fathers cannot lie.”
Malcolm Bright, brand new museum curator in a small Welsh Border town, is a little lonely until – acting as emergency archaeological consultant on a new housing development – he crosses the path of Rob Escley, aka Dirty Rob, who makes Mal’s earth move in more ways than one.
Then Rob discovers something wonderful, and together they must combat greedy developers and a treasure hunter determined to get his hands on the find. Are desperate measures justified to save the bones of our fathers? Will Dirty Rob live up to his reputation? Do museum curators really do it meticulously?
Answers must be found for the sake of Mal’s future, his happiness and his heart.
Buy Links:
Amazon UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073JM29TD/
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Kobo – https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-bones-of-our-fathers
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Elin Gregory 
Have you read any of Francis Pryor’s books? There’s a story about how he used to keep hiring a digger and a driver from one particular place and in the end the owner said “Look, why don’t we teach you to drive it yourself, it’ll be cheaper in the long run?” – so, although IIRC we didn’t see him doing it on ‘Time Team’, Francis was quite capable of jumping on the digger and taking off the top layer all by himself! Totally not relevant, but a lovely thought anyway …
No I haven’t read the books but 😦 RIP the digger drive Ian. Think maybe I should share the banana video?
Congratulations! I was so pleased to see this one turn up on my kindle. 🙂
Thanks babes 🙂
Just finished it, Elin. FABULOUS!!