Well, I made a promise to you all that if I won the Specsavers ITV3 People’s Bestseller Dagger Award, then I’d celebrate by buying fish and chips for any of you who turned up on Brighton Pier the following day! To my total and utter amazement, beating the other shortlisted authors, Lee Child, David Baldacci,…
Hello again, A sooner-than-usual follow up to my last newsletter, but there is a lot happening and on top of that, voting for the ITV 3 People’s Bestseller Dagger Award closes at the end of next week on Oct 7th. I’ve just found out that in addition to voting 5 times with each email address,…
I’ve just been in one of my favourite cities in the world, Toronto, promoting Dead Man’s Grip and advance promoting Perfect People. I lived here in the 1970s and it has changed a lot – back then you could not get a drink on a Sunday! This is the very charming blog of a budding…
Hello again, Firstly thanks so much for all your comments, I’m really pleased you like this new-look newsletter. The big, televised awards ceremony that I’ve been shortlisted for, the ITV3 People’s Bestseller Dagger Award will be televised on October 11th in the UK, not 7th as I previously wrote. Apologies. Thank you so much for…
I love getting letters from my readers, mostly truly lovely ones, occasionally an expert in a field correcting me on a fact I have got wrong, or someone pointing out a continuity error. Every now and then I get one I consider to be a real gem, such as the one below which I thought…
Well, I guess not many people end up in the stocks on their birthday…! But there I was, nobly on parade on Brighton seafront at 10am on a Sunday morning in order to formally open the Sussex Police, Fire and Ambulance Services 999 fun day, in aid of the quite wonderful Martlets Hospice in Brighton…
I mentioned in an earlier post that I’ve contributed a chapter to a serial novel, in aid of Leukemia research. My fellow contributors include Jeffery Deaver, Alexander McCall Smith, Kathy Reichs, RL Stine and David Baldacci. Ten of us attended the launch event in New York a few weeks ago, and we each had to…
Hello again, Welcome to my newly improved newsletter - in keeping with my newly redesigned website, which I hope you will take a look at, if you haven’t already. Firstly, I’d like to ask you all a favour, please. I’ve been shortlisted for the very prestigious and high profile ITV3 People’s Bestseller Dagger Award, which…
I’m elated to report that I’ve been nominated for a People’s Bestseller Dagger. The Crime Thriller Awards will be held in London, at the Grosvenor’s House Hotel, on October 7th and broadcast on ITV3 on October 11th. While the competition is fierce – I’m up against the likes of David Baldacci, Lee Child, Peter Robinson,…
I mentioned a while ago I was thrilled to learn that a Mastermind contestant, Ken Owen (a really lovely guy) has chosen my Roy Grace novels up to and including Dead Like You, as his Specialist Subject. His show is recording on Friday July 22nd (I will let you know when it is going on…