Do you like collecting signed copies of books? If so, what are some of your most precious ones? If you’re not a collector of signed copies, do you collect any other bookish items? (Photo is of a stack of signed preorders of There Should Have Been Eight for Chapter Books & Tea!)
The New Zealand & Australian print editions of There Should Have Been Eight are now in bookshops! Thank you for your patience! I hope you enjoy my take on a gothic locked room thriller.
Woohoo!!! There Should Have Been Eight is now out worldwide!! All editions - print, audio, ebook - available except for print in Australia/NZ - your print editions hit the bookshelves on Tuesday!
I wrote an article for Crime Reads on why New Zealand makes a great setting for thrillers and mysteries, and it’s now live! Are there any locations you think would make a fantastic setting for a book?
And it’s out!! There Should Have Been Eight is hitting shelves around the world this week! I can’t wait for you to get your hands on my quietly gothic thriller!
Thank you for all the support for my walk on the thriller side. You’re amazing!!! 
p.s. I took about three gazillion photos before I decided on this one. Seems appropriate for a book featuring a photographer protagonist. 
US residents: To celebrate the upcoming release of Nalini's new thriller, There Should Have Been Eight (out next week!!), Nalini's US publisher is running a giveaway on Goodreads for 50 Kindle copies. The giveaway will run until November 20.
Good luck! ~Ashwini
Woohoo!! There Should Have Been Eight is an Amazon Editor’s Pick for November in Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense! 
This is a locked room mystery except the ”room” is a gothic ruined mansion in New Zealand’s Southern Alps. It features seven friends, one huge secret, and a reunion that goes quietly, terribly wrong… 
Look at this gorgeous special edition copy of Angels' Blood!!! It's being produced by my UK/international publisher and is a hardcover with foiled cover artwork, sprayed edges and more! And it'll be out in time for the holidays!
You can preorder via the Gollancz Emporium. They will ship to anywhere the UK editions publish.
The stunning golden alpine grassland on which I stood over a year ago and wondered hmm, how can I turn this into a quietly sinister thriller.
It’s beyond gorgeous in daylight but imagine it in the pitch dark, in the middle a snowstorm…and someone is bleeding from stab wounds…Welcome to the Shepherd Estate, half ruined and with secrets in the walls.
“There Should Have Been Eight” releases in 3 weeks!!
p.s. That’s frost on the grass in the foreground. So, so beautiful.
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North American Sale! Nalini's US/CA audiobook publisher is offering 70% off the Last Guard audiobook until 11/10/23! If you don't have the audiobook, now's your chance to get it at an amazing discounted price! The sale is only available at audiobooks.com.
~Ashwini
A reminder that the Friends of the Ashland Library Swag Bag Auction ends soon! 100% of the proceeds go to the Friends of the Ashland Library who fund all of the library's programs.
Click here to view Nalini's contribution, and here for the full list of items for auction.
~Ashwini
