Category Archives: My Books

Body of Evidence. Part I

This is what happens with a murder. The wicked deed is done, the body is found, police are called, they investigate, catch the murderer, he (or she) is charged, sent to trial, convicted and sentenced. End of story. We all move on. That is the basis at least for most standard police procedural crime fiction.Continue reading “Body of Evidence. Part I”

NEW BOOK: warming up for COLD IN THE EARTH

I have a new book! It will be officially published on 7th November, a chilly time of year, which is okay because it’s called Cold In The Earth. My last crime novel, Bethulia, featured a young detective constable called Rosanna Quillan, and she plays a central part in this new book too, but I wouldn’tContinue reading “NEW BOOK: warming up for COLD IN THE EARTH”

Oh for a snapshot of the past.

I do wish that throughout my childhood, teens and early adult years, I and my family had viewed cameras as a means of documenting everyday life, instead of taking endless snaps of cute kids or holiday views. My mother did take a lot of photos of us, and she valued them all, filling endless albumsContinue reading “Oh for a snapshot of the past.”

New Title, New Cover, Same Tale.

First there was A Time For Silence, my domestic noir novel set in the present day and in the North Pembrokeshire of the 1930s and 40s. Who killed John Owen and why was no one caught? A moody blue cover with a photo of a cottage very near me. Then there was The Covenant, anContinue reading “New Title, New Cover, Same Tale.”

NEW BOOK: Consequential Short Stories

I’ve always been a reader, the longer the book the better. I like disappearing into vast tomes or, better still, series. If I’d been asked, as a child, if I’d like a collection of short stories, my answer would have been an emphatic no. It would never have occurred to me to read something thatContinue reading “NEW BOOK: Consequential Short Stories”

The Publishing Road Less Travelled

Or less traveled, if you’re American. Writers in their yellow wood of composition come to their own diverging roads at last, and have to decide which path to send their completed book down – the conventional route via agent and publisher, or the other, self-publishing. Is the latter still the one less travelled? Possibly not,Continue reading “The Publishing Road Less Travelled”