The Krugerrand Conjecture is a story about a private investigator in the UK. Between late 2014 and 2016, many gold counterfeits appeared and multi-million pound losses incurred. Tungsten is such a close match for weight and density that a gold plated Tungsten coin or bar would pass the tests for validity. So, detecting a Tungsten counterfeit was guesswork, or conjecture.
The novel includes murder, arson, theft, prostitution and blackmail. Please pick a format in which you want to read; I have it in Apple eBook and PDF formats. If there is another format you wish, then please let me know.
My Beta reading guide:
1. The novel is Crime fiction, Hard-boiled Detective Mystery, so if you do not read or like these genres, please say so, and I will not expect you to read.
As you are a Beta Reader, you’re helping me to strengthen my story. I’m happy for you to critique any difficulties you have in character descriptions, locations or in following or losing interest in my work.
2. If you discover you have questions, or comments, or are finding difficulty in comprehending the story, please let me know quickly, by email, or message on this post.
3. If you find the story uninteresting or any other reason develops why you no longer wish to read, please inform me why you’ve lost interest, or don’t have the time. After which I won’t expect you to read any further.
4. This novel is 72,500 words, and it hasn’t been line edited by a professional, yet. On the basis my software shows the word count should take 6 hours to read, I’m happy for a month to elapse, for you to read my work.
5. My story is a first person narration from Blake Logan, the Protagonist, and set over the first full week in August 2015. It’s structured in days. So obviously, the first day is Monday the 3rd August 2015, and I spread out the story over the week until Saturday 8th. I’ve set the aftermath of the events on a Saturday in December 2015.
6. Please contact me when you reach the page showing the day of the week has changed, and I’ll ask questions related to your understanding of my story, and receive your general feedback. I think one of the following methods: a phone call, FaceTime or a Zoom Meeting is a best way of me finding your answers and receiving your comments, so please take your pick.6.
7. Copyright enforces me to ask you not to supply my novel to anyone else without my approval.