My research for my Roy Grace novels has led to my developing some great relationships with a number of Sussex Police officersw, and they frequently tell me stories about incidents they have been involved with. I thought I would share this one with you, which was emailed to me yesterday by a young undercover officer,…
I used to be a big fan of Avis car rentals. Seven years ago in Los Angeles I was involved in a fairly major car accident, and fortunately in a substantial car, a large Cadillac. I was in Santa Monica on Olympic Boulevard, a multiple-lane dual carriageway, dashing to a meeting, when my mobile phone,…
One of the questions I often get asked is ‘what does a writer do all day when he is not actually writing?’ So having effectively finished the second draft of my latest novel, (Dead Man’s Footsteps) I thought I would share my Monday with you: This morning, and through lunchtime, I spent with a young…
I’ve just had real eye-opener into how little some medics know. Let me start by saying that I have met many doctors over the years and I have great respect for some, but certainly not for all of them. I admire especially all those who have an open mind, the ones who freely admit that…
Here’s a little test for all the geographers and linguists among you! A bottle of champagne to the first person to correctly name in a comment here the English titles of these two books, and to guess the railway station where the billboard is displayed!
Knowing my interest in meeting police in every country that I can, my publishers in Moscow arranged for me to meet the Chief of Police for central Moscow, Alexandr Havkin — whose bailliwick includes the Kremlin and all the surrounding area. I had been briefed to bring a gift of a UK police hat and…
I’ve just been in Moscow for my Russian publishers, Centrepolygraph, attending the Moscow Book Fair and doing a number of bookstore signings, as well as a press conference with over 25 journalists lasting some three hours. I hadn’t realized Roy Grace is huge in Russia — and it was really a thrill. And no, sadly…
Good news! In Moscow this past weekend (more of which to come), I finally finished the first draft of my new Roy Grace novel, “Dead Man’s Footsteps”, which will be published next June. It is always a strange feeling sending your book off to your editor and your agent — it reminds me of all…
My apologies to you all that my anticipated 12 days absence from blogging to finish my new Roy Grace novel (Dead Man’s Footsteps) has now extended to a month – and I’m still not quite there yet… Years ago my close friend, the writer James Herbert, gave me a valuable piece of advice: that the…