Alessandra Ranelli

Wow.

And it turned into, I had nine offers when I signed with Harry and then one came in after the deadline.

And yeah, Harry was the last, he was one of the first people to request, but then it was London Book Fair and then he got sick and then he was like the last one to offer.

So I was glad I waited.

Well, actually, that started before we sold it to the publisher.

And I really have to credit Harry for that.

I had a friend...

who had made a trailer for his book that was coming out.

And I really liked it.

And I, you know, I love doing creative things.

So I made a little trailer for Murder at the Hotel Orient.

And then I was proud of it.

So I sent it to Harry and I said, what about, I planned that, we planned that I should go on sub right after Capital Crime.

Because it would just give me a chance to maybe talk to a few people in person before.

And that was really our last chance to go on sub in the summer because things shut down.

So it was a risk as well to take the book out in June because you're just at the end of that time and things can start dragging on and you lose momentum.

But I think we just had a feeling it would go fast.

Maybe that was bold, but I guess we were right.

And I went to Capital Crime.

I met some really lovely editors and one of them was just on your podcast.