I have just ordered the paperback version of Shots Fired, the latest in the Nash and Moretti crime fiction series written by Ian Robinson and published by The Book Folks.

I thoroughly enjoyed the first two in the series so am looking forward to this one as a shooting leads the Metropolitan officers into an investigation taking in…

I am returning to a familiar theme for this blog, namely the right of a character to exist. The subject comes to mind because I am working on the latest DCI John Blizzard novel and, although some of my regulars appear, there is a cast of new characters as well.

The key to creating characters is not to confuse the…

I am delighted to announce that Last Man Alive, the latest book in the series featuring Detective Chief Inspector Jack Harris, has been published by The Book Folks -  my 21^st crime novel to appear.

In the book, Harris is on the trail of a missing man whom he suspects of having dementia and being at grave risk, when he makes a…

As a writer, the question of pace dominates my thinking. Whether I am doing final edits on a novel or starting a new one (both of which I have done in the past week) the rate at which the story moves is crucial.

Pace should not be confused with speed. A story with good pace need not necessarily move fast but what it will do is move at a pace…