Good news to share: When the Germans Come has been chosen for a UK BookBub feature this September, running in their historical fiction list on the 9th.
If you don’t know BookBub, it’s one of the biggest deal-alert services for readers, and a feature like this puts the book in front of a huge number of people who love historical fiction but may never have come across Louis Renard, Jessica Marshall, or wartime Dover otherwise. It’s a genuinely useful boost, courtesy of my publisher, Bloodhound Books.
For anyone who hasn’t picked it up yet: it’s 1940, and Dover is bracing for a German invasion that could come any day. Jessica Marshall, a Canadian journalist, is filing stories from the town that nobody back home wants to print. Louis Renard, a former Scotland Yard detective still recovering from Dunkirk, is trying to hold together a police station that’s barely functioning. Then a dancer is found murdered in one of the town’s secret underground bunkers — and the two of them are pulled into a case that exposes just how exposed and fragile this corner of England really is.
If you enjoyed the book, this would be a lovely week to leave a review, or to mention it on social media — every bit of noise around a BookBub feature helps. And if you haven’t read it yet, the 9th of September is a good moment to grab a copy.