I always get a little nervous when I’m meeting genuine Russians, because I’m convinced they’re going to see through the made-up ones in my books. That, or take umbrage at my act of outrageous literary effrontery in appropriating a character created by one of their nation’s greatest ever writers. My novels feature Porfiry Petrovich, you …
This afternoon I’ll be at the Book Barge, a wonderful floating bookshop that is currently moored at King’s Place, York Way in King’s Cross. It’s just outside the Guardian Building, apparently. I’ll be there between 4.30-6.30 pm, so if you’re in the area please do pop in and say hello.
I’m going to be busy. I’ve got a new book to write. Two new books, actually. But let’s take it one book at a time. I’m going to be starting a new series, with a new character – Silas Quinn. He’s a quirky character, a police detective with something of a dark side. Don’t want …
I first met Essie Fox at Wilton’s Music Hall. We were both members of the online writers’ community Writewords and Essie, or Sarah as I knew her, had told me about a staged reading of an adaptation of Dostoevsky’s novel The Devils which was being put on there. At the time I was in the …
There’s a wonderful new review of The Cleansing Flames on Crimetime. Reviewer Brian Ritterspak describes it as “absolutely splendid”. Thanks Brian! He goes on to say: “As before, character building, locale, atmosphere and historical detail are all beautifully balanced — not to mention the perfectly delivered exigencies of the crime fiction narrative.” Read the whole …