There Will Be Blood in New John Pilate Mystery Novel

Book Four in Series Promises Action, Humor… and Even A Little Mystery

Criminal elements in the “mutated Mayberry” of Cross Township want to teach John Pilate that blood is thicker than water–and twice as deadly– in Pilate’s Blood, the long-awaited fourth installment of the John Pilate Mystery Series by J. Alexander Greenwood.

Pilate’s Blood (2015 Caroline Street Press) joins reluctant hero John Pilate (and a snarky doppelgänger called Simon) a few weeks after the events of book three, Pilate’s Ghost. 

The good news: Pilate’s book about his previous near-fatal experiences at Cross College is a bestseller. The bad news: his publisher just absconded with all the proceeds.

Once a hero, now Pilate is broke, bored and forced to take a job imbued with a little more authority than a dogcatcher but far less respect. What’s worse, there’s criminality afoot and nobody to deal with it but Pilate. Sure, things could work out just fine…then again, it may come down to spilling Pilate’s Blood…Thicker Than Water, Twice As Deadly.

“As is usually the case with a John Pilate Mystery, readers get action, humor and even a little mystery to solve,” said Greenwood. “I’m excited to get back to John Pilate after a three-year break.”

Greenwood added that fan response has been so positive to Blood that he’s already announced a follow-up, Pilate’s Seven, slated for publication in the summer of 2015.

Pilate’s Blood is available as a paperback and an ebook on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and Lulu. The ebook may be found in iBookstore, KOBO and wherever eBooks are sold.

Book one in the John Pilate Mystery Series, Pilate’s Cross, was published in 2010. Inspired by a true-life murder at a small college in the American Midwest, Pilate’s Cross was nominated for several Global Ebook Awards and was recognized as a Notable book by Shelf Unbound Magazine. It was re-released as an audiobook in 2013.

Pilate’s Key and Pilate’s Ghost were released in 2012. Key was named semi-finalist for Best Mystery/Thriller in the Kindle Book Review Awards. Both books were named “Pageturners” by Shelf Unbound Magazine.

Pilate fans have expressed their strong approval for Pilate’s Blood:

“Just when we thought we weren’t going to get any more John Pilate, J. Alexander Greenwood gives us Pilate’s Blood. Greenwood obviously had a lot of story left in him to tell, as Pilate’s Blood is perhaps the best written of them all. What’s great about Blood is that we still have the lovable, but incredibly flawed, John Pilate, but he seems a bit more comfortable in his own skin. Given a job he’s not all that excited about, Pilate seems to go ‘above and beyond’ in ways of getting himself in trouble.”

–Reviewer B. Harris.

“The words come off the pages like film and I see what is happening. Sometimes, I’m there with John. Maybe it should frighten me that at times I could be Simon (Pilate’s ‘imaginary friend’) because he just barely beats me to saying out loud a thought I just had. Or maybe that is why it is easy to identify with John? We all have our own Simon. When I say I laughed and I cried, that is no joke. I loved this book.”

–Reviewer A. Walker. “

“Pilate’s Blood was the perfect distraction. It was a great palate cleanser to the steady stream of negative broadcasting that has dominated the last two weeks. I enjoyed being entertained without any political agenda or moralistic teaching.”

–Reviewer G. Grey

The John Pilate books always keep me on the edge of my seat. I think I read this one in record time, because I couldn’t stand the suspense. I’m not sure how Greenwood dreams up the situations he gets Pilate into, but knowing how small towns work, they seem plausible enough to keep me intrigued. This one leaves you hanging….and counting your gold coins until the next book in the series is written. Hurry Greenwood. Hurry!

–Reviewer D. Trivitt

Pilate’s Blood

$14.99 / 208 pages/ 978-0988320147/ Trade Paperback Original

$2.99 / B00O6BB6HK/ ebook

Caroline Street Press

 

About J. Alexander Greenwood

J. Alexander Greenwood won the 2011 Shelf Unbound Short Story competition for his popular storyObsidian (available on Amazon.com). His debut novelPilate’s Cross was nominated for several Global eBook Awards. His second book, Pilate’s Key was a semi-finalist for the Kindle Book Review’s Best Mystery/Thriller of 2012.

He is a former actor, director and radio show host. Greenwood has been interviewed by countless blogs in the United States and Canada, and appeared on radio and TV talking about the books and the burgeoning e-publishing movement. Greenwood is the grandson of acclaimed historical fiction novelist Robert E. Trevathan (Ballanger, Red River Angel).

Greenwood is the author of the bestselling non-fiction crowdfunding book, Kickstarter Success Secrets (2012 Caroline Street Press).

He resides in Kansas City, Missouri with his wife and daughter. For more information, visit PilatesCross.com.