October 2021 Blog Posts (3)

A writer's life

I thoroughly enjoyed doing an interview for Alex Pearl’s excellent website featuring chats with a range of authors.

You can see the result as we delve into my life as a writer, everything from childhood influences to plotting, at…

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Added by John Dean on October 28, 2021 at 12:11 — No Comments

I am pleased to say that Last Man Alive, the latest book in the series featuring Detective Chief Inspector Jack Harris, is climbing the Amazon sales charts again, having attracted positive reviews and ratings following its publication by The Book Folks in the summer.

In the book, my 21^st crime novel to appear, Harris is on the trail…

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Added by John Dean on October 21, 2021 at 14:30 — No Comments

Where it all begins

I have just started writing the next Jack Harris crime novel and, as with every new book, it’s at once exciting and daunting. Exciting to find out where the planning I’ve been doing over recent weeks takes me, daunting because a lot of work lies ahead and a blank computer screen is a scary thing.

I’m only 700 words in but they are words which…

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Added by John Dean on October 19, 2021 at 14:20 — No Comments

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