10/06/2026
We can't wait! New Paul Cleave this year!
Howdy folks!
Today marks the 20th anniversary of me being a published writer. It's crazy to think that 20 years ago today, The Cleaner came out here in New Zealand. I still remember taking a bunch of friends out for breakfast that first weekend, then doing a book signing at Boarders. Man I was nervous. Not about the breakfast, about the book signing.
Since then I've gone from being a man in my young 30s with a house full of cats, to being an old man in my 50s with a house with no cats. And, of course, there are books - fourteen of them, with number fifteen on the horizon - and what better time than show you the cover :-)
'Somebody Always Comes Looking' goes to print soon, and will come out here in NZ later this year. I don't have an exact date, nor can I say at this stage about other countries or translations - but for now I really wanted to share the cover, which I think is very cool (of course we'll throw some author quotes on there down the line)- and to say thanks again to the team at Upstart Press for all the hard work.
So - what's it about? Well - I still have to write the blurb for it, and when I do, you'll be the first to know, but for now, let me leave you with the one line...
๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฑ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ข ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ?
