Dear Book Enthusiast,

I beg your indulgence for the impersonal salutation. Unfortunately, due to the many changes occurring in a large number of bookstores lately, I never quite certain who’s sitting at the helm of any particular store. Even if you were sitting there today reading this, you might get fired tomorrow, or your store will go out of business or be closed by a corporate entity, you might even commit suicide or become a drug addict, but that’s the chance I’ll have to take. That being said, I realize that your time is valuable and the responsibilities vast, so I will quickly bring this letter to point.

In 2007 the Fallopian Press will be publishing In The Cold Dark Depths of Secret, a monumental block buster novel by Courtney J. Gafoor that’s sure to rock your world as well as interest an overwhelming number of your store’s patronizing readers. The Fallopian press plans a 60 million copy first printing, backed by an 11 figure extensive marketing campaign that includes radio satellite zeppelin and 42 city personal author tour, advertising, special bus station promotions, web marketing the book reader, Katrina evacuee websites, and author interview streaming video at Times Square and during in-flight movies on Allegheny Airlines. And more.

Gafoor’s new novel is a suspenseful, humorous exciting blockbuster mystery which suddenly skews generic convention to continually surprise readers with reversals of their assumptions and expectations. It’s the story of Charles Philip Ferringfold, a famous orchestra conductor, who dreams of fulfilling his boyhood vision of becoming a subway conductor, a career that was denied him when he mistook the word orchestra for the word subway. Powerful forces in the metropolitan opera however want to deny his dream because the latest Concerto by Middle Eastern composer Ali Ben Fazazaza is to include a secret message signaling the beginning of the terrorist attack, and Charles is the only one who can handle its staccato passages. Even when he does achieve his dream of the subway the terrorist menace follows him there, in the form of germ warfare concealed in a jar of a child’s Skippy peanut butter. His nemesis, a killing machine has been in deep cover as a gym teacher for many years, the very man who used to ridicule Charles for not being able to climb the ropes and encouraged his classmates to give him wedgies. Can Charles overcome the demons of his past, save the United States, and win the hand of harpist/brakewoman Christina de la Fontaineau? You can bet millions of readers will be salivating on the pages in order to find out!

Gafoor is the best-selling author of the four previous best-selling novel thriller blockbuster monuments, including The Great Baloney Dump Mystery, previously published by Warder Herzog books and optioned for movie rights by Cicely Tyson and Tanya Roberts. Gafoor has a great track record of producing books that hit the ground running on topics pertinent to the national discourse and worries of the average American and their pets.

Booklist reviewed one of Courtney Gafoor’s previous books as "in the English" and "readable." Library Journal praised another as "evidently the product of human intelligence." Mary Higgins Clark praised Courtney as "a very persistent and crafty woman determined to discover my home phone number." The Toledo Blade termed her villain as "along the lines of Charles Manson and Richard Speck." And, Publishers Weekly’s review stated "it’s like Dr. Seuss and Sidney Sheldon had a love child and fed it Drano from birth."

Courtney Gafoor is a practicing aroma therapist and novelist who has worked as a senior adviser for Mark Maynard, the notable blogger God and inventor of the extremely popular Ypsipanty. For professional work as well as her experiences with Mark provide the foundation for her passion: telling a simple story in a way that will enthrall and generate millions. Both Courtney and her husband Ross are graduates of the Central Tech Emerging Human Program and live in Ypsilanti’s Depot town. Like the hero of her book, Charles, Courtney enjoys conducting to old phonograph records, pushing people on the subway, walking, eating, drinking, sleeping and reading comic books, but only good ones.

To book an interview or request review copies, complementary coasters or to purchase a painted tie, please contact Ross Gafoor at Mark Maynard.com.

Thank you very much ever so for your time and consideration!

Sincerely,

James R. Scrimgeor editor/publisher/typesetter/publicist