My partner, Graeme Cumming, is also a writer and his first crime novel is coming out soon. He’s currently working on a blurb. He’s come up with five, but isn’t sure which one he likes. So he’s looking for some help in choosing one. Which one do you like best?
Blurb 1
Stopping a sex pest outside a lap-dancing club is all in a day’s work for Rand Scott. When he gets his reward, though, it comes with a request for help. Kirsty Moore wants him to find her brother. It won’t be a straightforward job. Not when he’s competing with the local constabulary, media and organised crime. But, with a little help from his friends, he can handle it. Can’t he?
Blurb 2
Life can be a blurred line
Stopping a sex pest outside a lap-dancing club is all in a day’s work for Rand Scott. When he gets his reward, though, it comes with a request.
Kirsty Moore wants him to find her brother. But it won’t be straightforward. Not when he’s competing with the media, the police and organised crime.
Sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll sound like good clean fun – until you throw in prostitution, addiction and a one-time rock star wanted for murder.
Still, with a little help from his friends, he can handle it. Can’t he?
For fans of Robert B Parker and Robert Crais – other Roberts are available…
Blurb 3
A search for a missing man thrusts Rand Scott into the dark worlds of the street homeless, drug dealing and sex clubs. There, he uncovers an even sleazier world, where money talks louder than the screams of innocent bystanders.
Blurb 4
In a city in the north-east, disgraced ex-cop Rand Scott is asked for help. Kirsty Moore wants him to find her brother Johnny, a one-time rock star. But the police also want him – for burglary and murder.
With the police investigation overseen by the officer responsible for Rand’s dismissal, he needs to stay off the radar more than usual.
But as he searches for Johnny, the circumstances of the robbery make less and less sense. And then there’s the interest he’s getting from a local crime boss and a team of deadly ex-soldiers protecting business interests.
When he’s betrayed, Rand’s challenge is to find a way to keep Johnny safe, make sure justice is served and earn some money into the bargain.
Blurb 5
When the system isn’t working, you need someone who works outside the system.
Stopping a sex pest outside a lap-dancing club is all in a day’s work for Rand Scott. When he gets his reward, though, it comes with a request for help. Kirsty Moore wants him to find her brother, Johnny, a one-time rock star, who the police want for burglary and murder.
When Rand learns Johnny is living on the streets, he thinks it should be an easy job. After all, he funds a homeless shelter with his ill-gotten gains. But he’s not the only one looking. Apart from the local constabulary, he soon discovers there are others who don’t play nicely. And there’s something not quite right about the burglary Johnny was involved in.
Even so, with a little help from his friends, Rand can handle it.
Can’t he?
Esther Chilton 
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