{"id":3076,"date":"2016-10-16T16:05:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T16:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2016-10-22T13:01:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T13:01:35","slug":"october-competition-results-mr-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/october-competition-results-mr-dry\/","title":{"rendered":"October Competition Results: Mr Dry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that the October Frights Blog Hop<\/em> is over, we can announce the winners of our challenge. Sorry that it couldn’t be everyone, but then it would have been a rubbish competition, I suppose.\u00a0 The Deptford Assassin<\/strong> was feared throughout late Victorian and Edwardian England. Reputed to have ‘removed’ the banking magnate Frederick Caille, several peers of the Realm and countless less well-known personages, his name was, of course, Mr Edwin <\/strong>Dry.<\/p>\n

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The five winners of an ebook of A Study in Grey<\/em> are:<\/p>\n

Betty Owens<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Lance Alexander<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Leslie Winch<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Rick Siemens<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Sue Sharpe<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Congratulations to them. We’ll be sending out their ebooks this week. If you missed out, you can buy A Study In Grey<\/em>, five-starred and featuring Captain Redvers Blake (as well as Sherlock Holmes)\u00a0 for a very modest few pennies here:<\/p>\n

a study in grey (amazon uk)<\/a><\/p>\n

a study in grey (amazon us)<\/a><\/p>\n

There are Mr Dry<\/strong> tales in the offing, but in the meantime, you can read more at no cost by following this link:<\/p>\n

two free tales of the last edwardian<\/a><\/p>\n

And for those who didn’t see the original post, you’ll find a recovered recording of a 1910 interview with Mr Dry here:<\/p>\n

a word with mr dry<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to everyone who took part in the Blog Hop, readers and writers, and especially to Clarissa Johal<\/strong>, who herded everyone so admirably and supported us all in getting it live.<\/p>\n

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We shall be back in a day or so with our normal service to all listeners. In the next couple of weeks, the third part of our Lurchers for Beginners series Training Your Human, much Edwardian Arcane and some great interviews…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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