My blogs

  • Latest reviews

    Only a very select band of writers/authors make a good living from their work. For most authors it is appreciation and feedback that makes the effort worthwhile. When people I have never met or previously heard of post reviews like this it gives a writer a great feeling and the motivation to keep on doing… Read more

  • Thank goodness for spell cheque…

    Ode to the Spell Check/cheque Eye halve a spelling chequer It cam with my pea sea It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh. As… Read more

  • WPC Yvonne Fletcher

    On 17th April 1984 I was a 27 year old advanced car driver working in central London on a police traffic car. On 17th April 1984, my friend WPC Yvonne Fletcher was a 25 year old officer on the Vice Squad at West End Central Police Station. My wife of the time served on this… Read more

  • No ordinary I.E.D

    At 2100 hrs  on 10th April 1992 I had a very luck break. I was on duty as a uniformed inspector in Hackney when I was called into the police station and ordered to a neighbouring area where streets were being sealed off following a bomb threat. I went to the scene with three other… Read more

  • April (fool) Competition – Winner announced

    Draw made – winner below Thanks for all the entries – as promised, everyone who guessed correctly will receive a signed copy of the sequel as soon as it is published. Over the last year, I have received some wonderful reviews for Wicked Game which have inspired me to keep writing. I have, therefore, decided… Read more

  • Wicked News from Apple

    As of March 2013 Wicked Game has been selected as one of the Apple store (UK and Ireland) top 55 debut novels and has been listed in their top ‘Breakout novel’ listings. Its great news that came to me through Smashwords creator Mark Coker in an email this morning. I was reticent about withdrawing from… Read more