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 …
Couldn’t quite believe my eyes when I spotted this in Central London today! I had no idea. Added, just to clarify: this was mocked up for me by my 11 year old son whose school topic is advertising (see my comment below). The quote from the New York Times is genuine, though! They really …
I was delighted to be asked to contribute a guest post to Elizabeth A. White’s wonderful book review site, Musings of an All Purpose Monkey. I chose to write about the day my editor commanded me to kill off my main character…