Behind the scenes, the cogs have been whirring for some time on what’s coming next in my writing career, and after a great deal of discussion, I can happily report the answer to this will […]
Tag: fiction
COVER REVEAL: CROOK’S HOLLOW
Thrilled to share the cover art and preorder information for my next book, ‘Crook’s Hollow’, coming from Black Rose Writing on 22nd March 2018. BLURB: “In the quiet village of Crook’s Hollow, almost […]

The Book That Changed Everything
Post originally published on Literarily Speaking on 13th November 2017 (link). The Book That Changed Everything I grew up in Croft, a small village in the north west of the UK, a stone’s throw from […]
Writing From Your Gut – Guest Post For Lori’s Reading Corner
Writing From Your Gut – originally published at Lori’s Reading Corner on 27th July 2017 You need to have guts to be a writer, even right from the start. When you first sit down to […]
The Dry and its amazing claustrophobic openness…
I grabbed The Dry by Jane Harper on a whim, having seen that beautiful jacket and read half a line of the synopsis. I think I’d clicked BUY NOW before I’d even realised I’d done […]
The Last Cut, But A Great New Series
One of my formative memories in my fledgling writing career was at Bloody Scotland in September 2014, when, bumbling and in awe, I asked Danielle Ramsay to sign a paperback for me. I proceeded to […]
A Wanted Man – FREE TODAY!
‘A Wanted Man’, is FREE today! ‘A fantastic read with brilliant characters… A perfect ending… did not see that coming. 5 stars’ ‘one of the best books out the hundred I’ve read this year so […]

A Wanted Man – published!
It’s with great delight that I can share the news that A Wanted Man, my debut novel, has been published by Endeavour Press. You can grab it here! A Wanted Man is, simply put, the […]

My Sister’s Grave and where your moral compass lies…
Read this great novel, My Sister’s Grave by Robert Dugoni, and really enjoyed it. I grabbed it after seeing an advert for Dugoni’s latest, and wanted to go back to the start of the series […]