Susanne Alleyn

"This is a story about passion, bloodshed, desire, and death: everything, in fact, that makes life worth living." --Irma la Douce

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Meet Aristide Ravel: Buy Game of Patience or A Treasury of Regrets for your Kindle: $3.99 each

Scroll down this page's left-hand column for links to Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de, & Barnes & Noble (for Nook)

Welcome to my author website, home of murder, mayhem, & the French Revolution--better known as the Aristide Ravel mystery series and also A Far Better Rest, the reimagining of Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities.

For lots more on all the novels and/​or for information about book signings, author talks, and more, click "Works" or "Events."

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Reader reviews, not just reviews in newspapers, are incredibly important for all authors. If you enjoyed one of my books, please consider leaving a review where you purchased it, such as at Amazon.com, and/​or at related book and reader forums like Goodreads or LibraryThing. It only needs to be a line or two, and it would be very much appreciated.

If you don't wish to sign up for an Amazon account and/​or don't want to bother signing in to Facebook or other sites to leave a review, please consider emailing me a few words showing how you felt, with permission for me to post your reader review at my website (and possibly elsewhere). You absolutely don't need to sign your full name: a first name or initials (preferably with the town where you live) is just fine. [Example: "James, Rochester, NY" or "J.A., New York City"]

If you want to discover how to write a book review, I suggest visiting Scholastic and following their five-step plan at http:/​/​teacher.scholastic.com/​writewit/​bookrev/​ . Before you know it, you will be writing better reviews than the so-called professionals.

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Inquiries about translation, reprint, audio, or film/​TV rights to any of my novels should be directed to my agent:

Cristina Concepcion
Don Congdon Associates
110 William St., Suite 2202
New York, NY 10038

212 645 1229 phone
212 727 2688 fax

March 2012: Formidable! I'm featured, with a lengthy interview about myself and my historical novels, at the academic website Fiction and Film for French Historians. FFFH focuses on representations of French history in novels and movies and their potential use in the college classroom. It's very cool to be deemed worthy of study by people who have far more impressive university degrees than mine.

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Visit the auxiliary pages to my website for lots of bonus material, mostly relating to the historical background of the Aristide Ravel series: glossary, bibliography, capsule biographies of historical figures who appear in the novels, and more.

Be sure to visit the "Events" page for information about future parties, book signings, readings, etc.

Are you a member of a book club?

(By "book club" I mean, of course, a group of friends who meet regularly to discuss a particular book they've all read--not one of those annoying "get four books free now and put yourself in hock to us for the rest of your life" deals.)

Are you part of a neighborhood book club or writers' group in the USA, Canada, or UK? If so, would you and your group like to hold a live phone chat with an author?

Writers love talking about their work! (It probably comes from spending way too many hours alone at a keyboard.) I'd be delighted to visit on the phone with your group for an hour to answer your questions and/​or discuss my books, mystery fiction, historical fiction, writing, getting published, and so on. College-level writing or history classes are also welcome.

I'll be adding some brief discussion guides (no spoilers) to the book pages here. Discussion questions for The Cavalier of the Apocalypse are already posted. Please email me if you have suggestions for more topics, or suggestions for discussion on Game of Patience or A Treasury of Regrets--I'd be happy to get your input.

Contact me to set up a date and time for a chat--don't forget to remind me what time zone you're in--and tell me a little about your group. All you need at your end is a speakerphone; I'll pay for the call. I look forward to visiting with you!

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