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Jonathan Payne

@jon7payne.bsky.social

CITIZEN ORLOV | An Apple Book of the Month | IBPA Silver Medal, Mystery-Thriller | IPPY Bronze Medal, Suspense-Thriller | Sequel, HOTEL MELIKOV, out now!

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Hotel Melikov – THE BIG THRILL In an unnamed kingdom in central Europe, tensions between the government and revolutionaries erupt into civil war, and a simple fishmonger finds that the future of the nation is in his hands.

HOTEL MELIKOV featured in The Big Thrill...

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6 Espionage Novels with Charmingly Clueless Protagonists Spy fiction is having a moment. According to Laura Martin at the BBC, that’s because of uncertain political times. In the past year alone, Black Doves topped the Netflix charts worldwide, an update…

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20.11.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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One month from today! Join me at the Mysterious Bookshop in NYC for a colorful conversation about espionage, absurdity, nuns and war. Preorder here: www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/jon...

18.10.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jonathan Payne - Hotel Melikov - Preorder Signed | The Mysterious Bookshop Jonathan PayneTuesday, November 18th6:00 - 7:00pm____________________If you plan on attending the event, select In-Store pickup at checkout;Β if you are ...

HOTEL MELIKOV launches 11/18 at @mysteriousbookshop.com. Preorder here and, if you plan to attend the event, select "In-store pickup" at checkout. See you there! www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/jon...

21.09.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hotel Melikov, the sequel to Citizen Orlov, will be out 11/18. Join me on pub day at @mysteriousbookshop.com in NYC with Greg Wands or on 11/20 at Elaine's in Old Town Alexandria with Jeffrey James Higgins.

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Bookmail from Croatia! Thanks to VBZ Books for these beautiful specimens.

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Fishmongers for Orlov!

This Zagreb fishmonger proudly displaying his Croatian language edition of CITIZEN ORLOV was snapped by the translator, Neven Anticevic.

#booksky #books #thrillerbooks #vbz #vbzbooks #citizenorlov #hotelmelikov #spyfiction #espionage #zagreb #croatia #hrvatska

08.03.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Citizen Orlov now available in Croatian from VBZ Books. Translation by Neven Anticevic. Cover by Milan Trenc, creator of The Night at the Museum.

22.02.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for a starred review of HOTEL MELIKOV, the sequel to CITIZEN ORLOV. Out September. Preorder now. πŸ’™πŸ“š #booksky

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Nuns with guns! HOTEL MELIKOV, the sequel to
CITIZEN ORLOV, will be out 9/16/25.

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We're doing a series! HOTEL MELIKOV, sequel to CITIZEN ORLOV, will be out May 13th. Available to pre-order now!

26.12.2024 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s day 20 of the Fiction Kitchen Berlin advent calendar of weird flash fiction. Hear me read On Discovering My Poetry Causes Hysteria, wherever you listen to podcasts…

20.12.2024 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Writers! Take a trip down Exposition Boulevard.

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Paid a visit to the New Fiction section at NY Public Library to see CITIZEN ORLOV on the P shelf.
#writersofbsky #writingcommunity #writerlife #thrillerbooks #nypl #library #publiclibrary

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Coming soon! A podcast advent calendar of weird short fiction from Fiction Kitchen Berlin. On 12/20 I’ll be reading β€˜On Discovering My Poetry Causes Hysteria’.

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Today's political moment, as foreseen by Orwell in '1984', published in 1948. #orwell #1984 #georgeorwell #readabook

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Understood. Personally, I don’t feel too strongly about that, since tweets and other social media posts are out in the public domain already. The bigger concern (for me) about AI training is the Books3 scandal, ie downloading ebooks illegally without paying for them.

15.11.2024 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A standing bearded man reads from a book to seated attendees in a bookstore.

A standing bearded man reads from a book to seated attendees in a bookstore.

Hello @bsky.app folks. Just landed here because of you-know-what. I'm a NYC-based writer of thrillers with an absurd sense of humor. Looking to connect with other writer and reader types.

#writingcommunity #writersofbsky #readingcommunity #readersofbsky #thrillerbooks #readabook #thrillers

15.11.2024 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel your pain. Not posting on ex-Twitter anymore, but for now I'm keeping my account only because I don't want anyone else to take my username. Can I keep this up indefinitely? Not sure.

15.11.2024 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, Larry. Just arrived. Thanks for this!

14.11.2024 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey y'all... as more and more #writers show up... if let's help them find communities. Here's a starter pack of mystery/thriller/crime writers! From traditional to #indie. #Cozy to #noir!

#writing #writingcommunity #readingmystery

go.bsky.app/4Ndrs1e

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