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GOLDEN AGE SUSPENSE STORIES: Edited by by Otto Penzler 

For readers/listeners of a certain age, this book is a trip down memory lane. Otto Penzler has assembled a sterling selection of short stories from the years between the two world wars. Each story is preceded by a potted biography of the author, many of whom have legendary film credits to their name – aContinue reading “GOLDEN AGE SUSPENSE STORIES: Edited by by Otto Penzler “

World Book Day

World Book Day seems the ideal time to reveal the new cover for Albert’s Garden, A Binky Earle Cosy Mystery – the story of an. opinionated old woman, a murder, a knitting circle and the faithful Phoebe-cat.I also asked my Meta AI glasses to recommend an audiobook for the occasion and, after a bit ofContinue reading “World Book Day”

Sneak Peek at first pages

Burden of Freedom : the third book in theAshes on the Tongue trilogy FAMILIES STEEPED IN CRUELTY AND BETRAYALA COUNTRY TORN BY SECTARIANISM Fen Crozier is living in Belfast, homeless and a fugitive from justice. On the last day of 1957, her father, Victor, is hanged for the murders of a Catholic priest and anContinue reading “Sneak Peek at first pages”

A well-plotted character study

You know those family parties you look forward to, anticipating the conversations and conviviality with family and friends – the ones that start off with everybody in a great mood, just enjoying drinks ad ‘catching up’. Then the cracks begin to appear, maybe just a little uneasiness and, before you know it, the murky pastContinue reading “A well-plotted character study”

Burden of Freedom: Launch Day

Now available on Amazon as eBook, paperback, hardback and on KU Fen Crozier is living in Belfast, homeless and a fugitive from justice. On the last day of 1957, her father, Victor, is hanged for the murders of a Catholic priest and an Orangewoman. Fen herself is not completely free from guilt in the murderousContinue reading “Burden of Freedom: Launch Day”

Toes in the sand …

THERE’S A BODY IN MAX DE PAULEY’S GRAVE …BUT IT’S NOT HIS Max de Pauley is dead, seventeen days shy of his eightieth birthday. He is survived by his lifelong partner, Martha Sunday, also nearly eighty. They were bound together, not by a mutual love and compassion, but by events of nearly sixty years agoContinue reading “Toes in the sand …”

Picture this …

Today, I’ve been amusing myself by making advertisements for some of my books. I love messing about in Photoshop and, at one time, I would have been using my own photographs as backgrounds but macular degeneration put paid to that so, nowadays, I’ve made friends with Getty Images instead. Anyway, these are the results ofContinue reading “Picture this …”

Nightshade: Michael Connelly

Location: A small town on Catalina island. Lots of descriptions of the area, name dropping of local landmarks and a mass of boating terms. It’s a first novel in a new series. I get it. But to fill the opening chapters with terminology that will be unfamiliar to most readers makes for a very slowContinue reading “Nightshade: Michael Connelly”

Fill your Kindle for summer!

To celebrate the onset of summer – and I’m convinced it’s going to be a fantastic one – I have reduced all my ebooks to 99 pence until the end of summer. As I have a grasshopper mind, there’s a selection of genres to choose from – or download them all and just go withContinue reading “Fill your Kindle for summer!”