Just Deceits hits #1?!
Ahh, the mystery of the internet, the e-world, the unknown. My first novel, JUST DECEITS: A HISTORICAL COURTROOM MYSTERY, hit #1 on the paid KINDLE list in the legal thrillers category this past week. I’m delighted – it is such a great read – but also somewhat mystified and humbled by the alchemy of the eBook. Here’s a book that came out from a tiny Seattle press in 2008, with NO reviews, NO marketing, nothing, nada, zip – one that in the old lit world would have been deader than last week’s newspaper in the blink of an eye, instead gradually climbing, climbing, like the Little Engine that Could, through the never-out-of-print ranks of the undead eBooks, till BANG-O! with a little help from a few free download promotions, suddenly it takes off. Listen up, dear fellow writers: the primary lesson here is, give away free books! Counter-intuitive, but well worth it. And with eBooks, it’s easier, since after all, they don’t cost anything to give away. I will also add that I’m not even sure that JUST DECEITS is a legal thriller. It certainly isn’t the John Grisham Scott Turow Bob Dugoni type book, since it is a historical novel as well as a courtroom drama. But who cares? It hit #3 in the historical novel category on paid KINDLE downloads, too. So, if you’re looking for a great read – please try JUST DECEITS. & here’s a secret: you don’t even need a Kindle. It is available at Secret Garden Books or on Amazon in old-fashioned trade paperback too. Write on!
What a fun read! Schein may have created personas that differed from the real, but I found the Patrick Henry and John Marshall of Just Deceits to be a fantastic duo!
I needed to keep my dictionary close by as Schein has an extravagant vocabulary. Words like – genuflected and parsimonious.
It is an unsuspected legal thriller as the reader doesn’t expect such considering the time and place. I’m sure its popularity will continue to grow.