{"id":18012,"date":"2026-02-03T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:32:01","slug":"new-release-day-decoy-by-christopher-c-tubbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012","title":{"rendered":"New Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is New Release Day for Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs!<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

Blurb<\/h2>\n

1941 Europe.<\/h5>\n

The Nazis have taken northern Europe, borders are sealed, until one heavily disguised trawler, a decoy ship, finds a way in.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tommy Keelson was a smuggler long before MI6 recruited him for the war effort.<\/p>\n

Now he commands The Sarah \u2014 a German-built trawler refitted with hidden guns and covert equipment. It\u2019s a lethal decoy built to slip through occupied waters and fool the enemy.<\/p>\n

From Saint-Nazaire to Honfleur, Tommy\u2019s missions grow deadlier by the week. But his next mission will be his most dangerous yet. <\/strong><\/p>\n

He must rescue a captured MI6 agent who\u2019s trapped deep in occupied France.<\/p>\n

Tommy and three Free French commandos slip into Paris, strike the Gestapo\u2019s headquarters and pull her out.<\/p>\n

But their escape erupts into a firefight along the Seine \u2014 ending in an explosion that sends Tommy overboard, presumed dead.<\/p>\n

Now wounded and trapped behind enemy lines, Tommy must fight his way to safety and back to England where Germans forces are closing in on all sides.<\/p>\n

\"Decoy\"<\/p>\n

Book Links<\/h2>\n

Goodreads:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/246488183-decoy<\/a><\/p>\n

Purchase Link:<\/strong> https:\/\/geni.us\/decoy-review<\/a><\/p>\n

About the author<\/h2>\n

\"Decoy\"<\/p>\n

Christopher C Tubbs, is a SABA 2020 Fiction Book award short listed Author. A dog loving descendent of a long line of Dorset clay miners who has traced his family tree back to the 16th century in the Isle of Purbeck. He left school at 16 to take an apprenticeship in Avionics and has been a public speaker for most of his career and was one of the founders of a successful games company back in the 1990\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Now in his sixties he is writing the stories he had going around in his head for many years. Thanks to inspiration from great fiction and fantasy authors he was finally able to put digit to keyboard and start writing the Dorset Boy series. He makes no apologies that he write for himself. The stories emerge as he writes and is often surprised by the twists and turns that they take. His dogs sit by him as he writes and it would be unfair to leave them out so look out for them in The Dorset Boy series. Now living in the Netherlands Antilles on the island of Bonaire with his wife and furry kids.<\/p>\n

You can follow Christopher at these links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Facebook<\/strong><\/td>\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedorsetboy\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Website<\/strong><\/td>\nhttps:\/\/www.thedorsetboy.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is New Release Day for Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs! Blurb 1941 Europe. The Nazis have taken northern Europe, borders are sealed, until one heavily disguised trawler, a decoy ship, finds a way in. Tommy Keelson was a smuggler long before MI6 recruited him for the war effort. Now he commands The Sarah \u2014 … Continue reading New Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2020,2028,2029,6,1967,2021],"tags":[106,2022,228],"class_list":["post-18012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christopher-c-tubbs","category-decoy","category-new-release","category-novels","category-world-war-ii","category-world-war-two","tag-authors-2","tag-christopher-c-tubbs","tag-novels-2"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today is new release day for Christopher C Tubbs' novel, Decoy, Book Four in his Decoy Ships series. Batten down your hatches and settle in.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs - Celtic Connexions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today is new release day for Christopher C Tubbs' novel, Decoy, Book Four in his Decoy Ships series. Batten down your hatches and settle in.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Celtic Connexions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T05:01:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/New-Release-Decoy.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612\"},\"headline\":\"New Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-03T05:01:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012\"},\"wordCount\":416,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/New-Release-Decoy.png\",\"keywords\":[\"authors\",\"Christopher C Tubbs\",\"novels\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Christopher C Tubbs\",\"Decoy\",\"New Release\",\"Novels\",\"World War II\",\"World War Two\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012\",\"name\":\"New Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs - Celtic Connexions\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/New-Release-Decoy.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-03T05:01:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612\"},\"description\":\"Today is new release day for Christopher C Tubbs' novel, Decoy, Book Four in his Decoy Ships series. Batten down your hatches and settle in.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/New-Release-Decoy.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/New-Release-Decoy.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=18012#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/\",\"name\":\"Celtic Connexions\",\"description\":\"My Scottish roots and writing by Melanie Robertson-King\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612\",\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Melanie\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs - Celtic Connexions","description":"Today is new release day for Christopher C Tubbs' novel, Decoy, Book Four in his Decoy Ships series. Batten down your hatches and settle in.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs - Celtic Connexions","og_description":"Today is new release day for Christopher C Tubbs' novel, Decoy, Book Four in his Decoy Ships series. Batten down your hatches and settle in.","og_url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012","og_site_name":"Celtic Connexions","article_published_time":"2026-02-03T05:01:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/New-Release-Decoy.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Melanie","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Melanie","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012"},"author":{"name":"Melanie","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#\/schema\/person\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612"},"headline":"New Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs","datePublished":"2026-02-03T05:01:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012"},"wordCount":416,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/New-Release-Decoy.png","keywords":["authors","Christopher C Tubbs","novels"],"articleSection":["Christopher C Tubbs","Decoy","New Release","Novels","World War II","World War Two"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012","url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012","name":"New Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs - Celtic Connexions","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/New-Release-Decoy.png","datePublished":"2026-02-03T05:01:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#\/schema\/person\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612"},"description":"Today is new release day for Christopher C Tubbs' novel, Decoy, Book Four in his Decoy Ships series. Batten down your hatches and settle in.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/New-Release-Decoy.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/New-Release-Decoy.png","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18012#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Release Day! Decoy by Christopher C Tubbs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#website","url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/","name":"Celtic Connexions","description":"My Scottish roots and writing by Melanie Robertson-King","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#\/schema\/person\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612","name":"Melanie","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Melanie"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com"],"url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?author=2"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2NmRa-4Gw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18012"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18018,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18012\/revisions\/18018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}