'Rucked', The Debut Novel from Derwent Grey Out Now!

Contact sport is the purest form of mindfulness. People spend hours seeking 'presence' in peaceful environments, forgetting that violence is the quickest way to the moment. Light some scented candles, concentrate on your breathing, and try slip into a meditative state, or just run the ball at a 100kg butcher’s apprentice with anger management issues and a penchant for the shoulder charge; only one guarantees you’ll forget Karen from Accounts. The sole worry is you may forget her permanently, if the apprentice from Bowral wanders a bit high ...

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Gary "Lucky" Grace's life is on a downward spiral. When his former coach and mentor drops dead in his hometown, it sets off a series of events that see him publicly humiliated, badly injured, and finally, more at peace than he ever thought he could be.

Murder on the Campus! ‘Weed In Eden’, by AJP McClintock, Available November 4th

Weed in Eden, by AJP McClintock, the first of the Mortarboard Murder Mysteries, is set to be released digitally by McClintock Ink this coming Friday, the 4th of November (GMT). The book will be available to download via Amazon.com on Kindle for $6.99AUD.

Taking place at the fictitious John Oxley University in Brisbane, Australia, the book follows facilities manager, Bruce Springfield, and his dog, Soul, as they navigate the heat of summer and the day-to-day politics of university life, to find the murderer of a young woman and clear the name of an innocent man, who also happens to be his star groundskeeper.

McClintock Ink was created by father and son to release the works of AJP McClintock. For now, these works are only available in digital form, but as McClintock Ink learns and grows, more formats and projects could arise.

AJP was born in England in 1949, raised in Ireland, and will pass on in Australia. He spent nineteen years working at a ‘sandstone’ university and while these works are entirely fiction there is truth in some of the politics and behaviours that permeate through university life.

“In the last few years I started to note incidents that I thought would be ingredients to include in a book,” AJP McClintock said. “When I looked at them before starting the mysteries, I realised that the facts recorded were utterly unbelievable. I therefore rely solely on fiction.”

The Mortarboard Murder Mysteries series includes two more forthcoming works, Don’t Drink the Water and Several Wives and the Sisterhood, both slated for release in 2023.