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Behind the Scenes: The Candidate (A Rookie Reporter Murder Mystery Novella)
PLEASE NOTE:
Updated on: Tuesday, the 18th of November 2025
This story was originally published under the title The Candidate. It has now been fully revised, expanded, and republished as The Reporter at the Gate. Because this behind the scenes blog posts no longer reflects the final published text, I’ve removed the blog posts and sample chapters.
You can now read updated behind the scenes post which will be published, tomorrow on Wednesday the 19th of November 2025.
I hope you enjoy the newly updated second edition of The Reporter at the Lake.
Happy reading, everybody!
Amelia xx
A. D. Hay (Amelia)
Amateur Sleuth Mystery Author
Amelia writes amateur sleuth mysteries under the pen name A.D. Hay. She is the author of The Reporter at the Gate, The Locked Room, The Lawn, Suspicion, and Duplicity. When not absorbed in a gripping page-turner or writing my James Lalonde series, Amelia loves to travel around Europe, drink tea and rosé, and eat pizza. She is also obsessed with journalism, art history, and is a closet religious thriller fan. She is also the host of The Authorpreneur Podcast and the Mystery Novel Nerd Podcast. Right now, she is writing a cozy mystery novella, A Will to Murder and editing The Woman on the Lake.
