One of the joys of the research phase is discovering obscure old books. This one is a history of the Yard written in 1929 – which coincidentally is the year of my dad’s birth. There’s that musty smell you don’t get with Kindle. I’m hoping it will provide some interesting procedural detail. Can’t wait to …
Scotland Yard and The Metropolitan Police by J. F. Moylan. Read More »
This is a follow-up post to Fake news is nothing new (Part 1), where I began to tell the story of Kate Hume, a young office worker from Dumfries who in September 1914 forged two letters, purportedly evidence that her sister Grace, a nurse, had died horribly at the hands of the Germans in Belgium. …
An interesting titbit from Peter Simkins’ book, Kitchener’s Army, which I mentioned in my last post. It’s the story of a young nurse, Grace Hume, whose horrific death and mutilation at the hands of the Germans in Belgium in September 1914 was reported in the Dumfries Standard. According to the report, the Germans attacked the …
I’ve just finished checking the proofs for The Red Hand of Fury. The book comes out in hardback at the end of March. It’s the fourth book in my Silas Quinn series and takes the story up to the outbreak of the First World War. That event happens while my hero… no, I’ll stop myself there …
The proofs for my next book arrived in the post today. It’s always a nerve-racking (or should that be nerve-wracking?) time. It’s the last read-through before the book goes into print, the last chance to catch any little typos, anachronisms, formatting snafus, or even major plot holes. Thankfully, it’s also being read by a professional …