Happy Wednesday, thanks for visiting The Reading Closet on the day of this Red dog Press cover reveal. Thanks to Meggy for the invite and to the designer of this cover, wow, you did great!
Earlier this year, you may remember that Red Dog Press published a novel by author Matthew Ross, his debut ‘Death Of A Painter’ and the first in a planned series of stories featuring Mark Poynter and his associates.
Well today, I get to be part of the cover reveal for the cover of the second book in the series, The Red Admiral’s Secret, a dark comical crime novel that is due to be published on the 3rd of February 2021. You can pre-order from here, but if you love independent publishers like I do, you’ll want to pre-order directly from them, so here’s the link to Red Dog Press’ online shop here!
So, Who is Matthew Ross?
Matthew Ross was born and raised in the Medway Towns, England. He still lives in Kent with his Kiwi wife, his children and a very old cat.
He was immersed in the building industry from a very early age helping out on his father’s sites during school holidays before launching into his own career at 17. He’s worked on projects ranging from the smallest domestic repair to £billion+ infrastructure, and probably everything in between.
A lifelong comedy nerd, he ticked off a bucket-list ambition and tried his hand at stand-up comedy. Whilst being an experience probably best forgotten (for both him and audiences alike) it ignited a love for writing, leading to various commissions including for material broadcast on BBC Radio 4 comedy shows.
Matthew moved into the longer format of novel writing after graduating from the Faber Academy in London in 2017.
Matthew enjoys reading all manner of books – especially crime and mystery; 80s music; and travelling and can’t wait for the next trip to New Zealand to spend time with family and friends.
Fancy a peak at the synopsis? Of course you do, well here it is:
A Premier League bad-boy murdered at his newly refurbished home; a teenage runaway’s corpse uncovered on a construction site; a gunman shoots up the premises of the local gangland boss – all of them projects run by beleaguered builder Mark Poynter. Can he fix it?
Things seem to be on the up for builder, Mark Poynter. Mark’s got himself a nice little earner taking care of the sizeable property portfolio built up from the career earnings of former Premier League bad-boy and local celebrity, Danny Kidd. But when Danny Kidd puts an interested party’s nose out of joint by using his star status to gazump them on a development site – the derelict Admiral Guthrie pub – things turn ugly and incendiary, leaving Mark to deal with the consequences.
Meanwhile local villain, Hamlet, uses his subtle persuasion to dupe Mark into unwittingly help him launder vast sums of dirty cash but when it drags the area to the brink of gang warfare, Mark’s help is needed to try and broker a truce.
At the Admiral Guthrie secrets from the past meet conflicts of the present – will the rising flames reduce Mark’s future to ashes?
“The Red Admiral’s Secret” is the second in the series of darkly comic crime fiction novels featuring the beleaguered builder Mark Poynter, aided and hindered in equal measure by his trusted crew of slackers, idlers and gossips, and the lengths they go to just to earn a living.
The question now is, are you ready to see the gorgeous book cover? It’s time to reveal the face of the next installment of the Mark Poynter series? Okay, okay, well here it is:
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*Ta-da*
Isn’t it more gorgeous than you expected?!
So there you have it, a cover reveal of a fine book indeed. Have you pre – ordered it? Let’s start the publication countdown!
Until next time,
Happy reading!
The Reading Closet 
Oh you!!! Thanks so much for taking part in this cover reveal! xxxx
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