Jonathan
Jonathan asked Ed James:

Why have several books been re-titled?

Ed James Hi Jonathan,

I've recently retitled four books — Cullen 4 is now Stab in the Dark, 5 is now Cops & Robbers, 6 Liars & Thieves, and Snared has been renamed Tooth and Claw. The reasons are:

1) The previous titles — Dyed in the Wool, Bottleneck, Windchill, Snared — weren't particularly crime-y.

2) Cullen 7 and 8 have a different patterns to the first four, SOMETHING IN THE SOMETHING, so I've extended that pattern. The two sets of four books have running themes — the first four are Cullen as a DC, the second as a DS. Similarly, the Fenchurch books will have two trilogies when book six comes out later this month.

Writing these books gets a bit tiring, I have to say, so any chance I can take to freshen them up, I will. There haven't been any editorial changes to the books, except for SNARED being pretty much rewritten in the T&C form. It's a much better book for it, IMHO. I might do an edit of COPS & ROBBERS to freshen that book up. Watch this space! Anyone who's bought it previously in ebook will be able to get the revised file, should I do so.

Hope that helps clear things up and thanks for the answer.

Cheers,
Ed

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