Caroline Hodge
Caroline Hodge asked John Gwynne:

For my book club's Xmas book swap we need to provide a book written by an author who lives in their old home town and I believe you live in mine! Would you recommend starting people with F&F or A Time of Dread? I'm tempted to get A Time of Dread, simply because I haven't read it yet. ps. I don't suppose there's any signed editions floating around EB?

John Gwynne Hi Caroline, thanks for the message.
I think you could start with either - Malice or A Time of Dread. Both are separate stories, although if you start with A Time of Dread, then there is a certain amount of spoilers for the first series, as those books are the history upon which the new series is built upon.
And yes, there are usually signed copies of my books in Eastbourne's Waterstones, as I pop in there fairly regularly to sign their stock. :)
Hope that helps.

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