Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and ranking every single mystery novel

written by the Queen of Crime Dame Agatha Christie. I am Kemper Donovan. And thank you for

bearing with me. Listeners, I am back. We are still battling fires here in Los Angeles, but we are doing

better than we were a week ago. I have preserved those links in the show notes to this episode

that I mentioned in my announcement last week. So if anyone is looking to donate to the firefighting

cause or the greater recovery effort, please by all means do so.

I feel so lucky to be okay and also to have so many people who care about my being okay.

So thank you for that.

And to all of the people who were affected so much more directly and viscerally than I was,

please know that you have my sympathy and my ongoing concern. It's been so great to see everyone

in this sprawling city where we are so spread apart on a daily basis. It's been great to see

everyone coming together and really

stepping up and making an effort to help each other. I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge

that and celebrate that. It's really important. I also really quickly want to mention that my

second mystery novel, Loose Lips, the second ghostwriter mystery in my ongoing series, is nearly here.

Technically, its release date here in the U.S. is February 4th, but I believe it will be available

on shelves and available to download as an e-book starting the week of January 20th, just a few

short days from now. So I appreciate all the support that listeners

have given me on my writing endeavors. You were so kind to me when the busy body came out.

And I appreciate your continued support as loose lips makes its way into the world.

So you can show that support by buying the book and also by coming to see me when I'm on tour.

And I will be here in my hometown of Los Angeles doing two different events, one in Brentwood and one in Pasadena.

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