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 …
I was out and about in Muswell Hill, doing a few middle class errands. You know, picking up the olives and the Marsala wine. “Trifle?” “No, chicken. With mushrooms.” “Ah, yes. Nobody buys it to drink these days, which is a shame.” (So said the man in Prohibition Wines.) I suddenly realised that, although I …
I’ve got a new book to write. It will be my tenth published novel. Double figures at last. It’s another historical crime novel, the next in my Silas Quinn series. As always, there’s a bit of research to do before I start writing. Researching a novel is a bit like lying in a warm bath. …
Donald Trump has been compared by some to Adolf Hitler. (I don’t know, something to do with his love for Tiki-torch-bearing Nazis and generally being a little bit fascist-y?) But reading Barbara Tuchman’s riveting The Guns of August, about the outbreak of the First World War, I was struck by the eye-popping similarities between Donald …
Dusting off the cobwebs of this old blog with some news. It’s been a while, but I’m excited and proud to say that I have a new book coming out in 2018. It’s the fourth in my Silas Quinn series, set just before the outbreak of the First World War. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: R. …