Recently I was in invited to choose five books on a theme for Shepherd.com – a site which helps readers find books. The theme I chose was Characters that Shine Through. My choice was aimed at books where there are characters that aren’t particularly likeable or heroic, but who nevertheless shine through the pages of…
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Update: The Eighth Court
I am delighted to announce that the third edition of The Eighth Court is available on Kindle from today, which brings all four existing books back into publication and completes the series to date. “Scream if you want to go faster!” That was the call. The Eighth Court is perhaps the darkest book of the…
Strangeness and Charm: Update
I am delighted to be able to share the new cover for Strangeness and Charm 3rd edition. As some of you may know, Alex is probably my favourite character from the series and this is her book. I wanted something that would reflect her emergence into adulthood with all the snags and spurs that brings….
The Road to Bedlam: Update
The new covers continue to expand the series with the The Road to Bedlam on release very shortly exhibiting a distinctly nautical theme. If you look carefully you can see the edge of the old Bethlem Hospital where it stood on the edge of Moor Fields in the background. Exactly how the coastal theme and the infamous hospital come…
Sixty-One Nails Re-Released
I am delighted to announce that from today you can purchase Sixty-One Nails from Amazon Kindle. The book will be available from other sources, but this is the first step to getting the books back in circulation. There will be more news on the other books in due course as work is already in process…
Courts of the Feyre: Update
By now many of you may have noticed that the books have been temporarily withdrawn. This is a consequence of the publisher, Angry Robot Books (ARB), going into administration, which is a tale in itself and I won’t go into detail, but the rights to the books reverted back to me as author at the…
Edith Cavell – In Small Tribute
In Chapter Eight of Sixty-One Nails, my protagonist, Niall, is sitting at the corner of St Martin’s Lane in London. The Chapter opens with the lines: I sat for an hour or more before people started walking across the square, heading towards work or some other rendezvous, and it lost its privacy. I was getting…