Delighted to say that there are plenty of decent reviews and ratings coming in on Amazon for my twentieth crime novel to be published. Thank you to all who took the time to give feedback, it is much appreciated.

Kill Shot (The Book Folks) plunges DCI Jack Harris into a scenario where what appears to be a local murder not only challenges his…

Delighted to say that a couple of the older DCI Jack Harris novels published by the Book Folks - Dead Hill and The Vixen's Scream - are enjoying a new lease of life in the Canadian Amazon Kindle British Detectives bestsellers chart - there are some brilliant writers in the top 100 and you can check out the chart at …

As a writer, I find that that it sometimes helps to liken the craft of plotting to completing a jigsaw, in that it’s all about slotting together many disparate pieces.

This thought came to mind as I worked to…

This is a subject I have broached in previous blogs but I feel that it is always worth returning to. As you may know, I teach writers both online and in person (they were the days!) and one of the things I focus on is my golden rules of writing.

This has come to mind again because I am running an online course at the moment and they form part…