Esther Chilton

Some of you may remember that last year, I put a call out for your thoughts on the blurb for my partner’s crime novel. Your responses were so helpful in him deciding upon the final words for the back cover of Borderline.

He’s been working on the second book in series, Renegade, and once again would really appreciate your help. For anyone who does take the time to give their input, he’d like to say his thanks by giving you a copy of the ebook. Or, if you’ve not read Borderline, you can have that instead.

Here are the blurbs he’d welcome your thoughts on:

Blurb One

When you don’t trust the police, should you trust a Cowboy?

When Rand Scott’s past comes calling, it couldn’t be worse timing

A police investigation is going nowhere and a grieving wife wants answers

It should be a straightforward job, but life isn’t as simple as that.

Animal rights activists and farmers are a bad combination at the best of times

And farms aren’t the only places to keep livestock

Blurb Two

If the past is a foreign country, the present is a rogue state

There’s never a good time for bad news and Rand Scott isn’t a happy bunny

An old flame, a dead animal rights activist and a half-hearted police investigation are just the start

Then there are the people he thought he’d never see again – and they have questions

But words aren’t the only things that are brutal

And farms aren’t the only places to keep livestock

Blurb Three

If you don’t trust the police, there’s only one place to go

The death of an old acquaintance drags Rand Scott back to a life he left behind a long time ago.

A police investigation is going nowhere and a grieving wife wants answers

Putting minds at rest should be easy and it gets him away from the city

But factory farms and animal rights activists can be a sensitive combination

And Rand soon discovers a world where violence is the only common language

Blurb Four

When you don’t believe the police, turn to the Cowboy

When Rand Scott’s past comes calling, it couldn’t come at a worse time

An old flame is looking for help, and he’s not the only one that thinks it’s a bad idea

Still, it gets him away from the city for a while

But factory farms and animal rights activists are a bad combination at the best of times

And Rand soon discovers just how brutal life in the country can be

Blurb Five

When the past comes calling, it’s the present that suffers

An old flame, a dead animal rights activist and a half-hearted police investigation are not what Rand Scott was looking for

But they’re enough to take him away from the city and back to a life he’d left behind

A chance to put right his wrongs

As he starts to poke around, though, he uncovers a lot more than he expected

And soon finds out just how brutal life in the country can be

Blurb Six

When the past comes calling, it’s the present that suffers

When Rand Scott gets an opportunity to drop even further off the radar, he gets more than he bargained for

An old flame, a dead animal rights activist and a half-hearted police investigation are just the start

Then there are the people he thought he’d never see again – and they have questions

This rural idyll can be brutal

Especially when Rand discovers farms aren’t the only places to keep livestock

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