I am looking forward to meeting up again with fellow crime writers Jackie Baldwin, Ian Robinson and Ann Bloxwich for a special event entitled Walking on the Darker Side at the first ever Kirkcudbright Fringe Festival in the Dumfries and Galloway town.

Introduced and chaired by myself, the event will sees us exploring some of the main themes…

Book Review

Murder at the Caravan by David Pearson (The Book Folks)

The opening pages of this novel tell you everything you need to know about David Pearson as an author, that he is supremely confident in the way that he handles the task of crime writing. The story begins at Christmas when nothing is happening and few people…

As you may know if you have read my recent blogs, I am at work on the latest DCI Jack Harris crime novel for my publisher The Book Folks.

A number of readers who follow the series have told me that they look forward to meeting the members of the regular ‘cast’ but it is crucial that I, as the author, put as much effort into creating new…

Today, I read a couple of excellent online reviews of my latest DCI John Blizzard mystery The Name On The Bullet (The Book Folks), which were welcome, but both mentioned that it was a good way to sign off the series because Blizzard will not return.

Which was a surprise to me and the man himself. Indeed, I have just come off the phone from the…