I've been holding off making an official announcement about this, as books 2, 3 and 4 have yet to upload (even though all the other books are on there). But I'm off on holiday next week, and I'm worried someone will spot them while I'm away and word will spread before I can announce it myself. And I do like to share big news like this with you guys first. So...

UNOFFICIALLY, you understand!!!

The Archibald Lox series is coming out as AUDIO BOOKS exclusively on APPLE. Books 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are already on sale, with the rest to be added in the very near future.

The reason they're only on APPLE? Well, it's because they haven't been narrated by a human -- they've been narrated by APPLE'S AI narrator!!!

I've had a listen to a bit of the adaptations online, and they're scarily good (the techonology truly is amazing). Whether the AI voice will hold over the course of an entire book (not to mention an entire series!), and be able to cope with some of the weirder character names, and be able to be clear when multiple characters are speaking in any given section, is another matter entirely, and I'll be waiting for feedback from listeners to find out how successful or unsuccesful these are, and whether or not to persevere with them going forward. This is very much an experiment, and the jury -- you guys -- is currently out!!

I'll be talking about this in more detail once all 9 books are available and I make the OFFICIAL announcement, but for those of you who love audio books and don't mind buying them through APPLE, I figured you'd appreciate the early heads up!!

Here's the link for the first book -- even if you don't plan to buy it, it's worth clicking on, as you can listen to a sample of the audio book online, and I'd love to know what you think even from that little taster...

https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1697932654