Now can you spot Santa??? Every year I have to dress up on Xmas Eve for the little ones who join us for our Swedish Christmas Eve celebration. But I was rumbled last year by Oscar – I forgot that a dog doesn’t get fooled by a disguise – he could smell Santa! I…
My amazing agent, Carole Blake, has had her agency create a tree from its clients books. I rather like the star on the top…..!!!
I’m thrilled to report that after just three days on sale, the paperback of Dead Tomorrow has gone into the Sunday Times bestseller list at No 3. This weekend the TV ads start on Sky, peppered through the crime programmes on that channel, so keep an eye out, and one keen fan, Aron Peterson, took…
As mentioned last week, there is an unabridged audiobook version of Dead Tomorrow now available from Whole Story Audio Books – as you can see above, the cover is a little different to the paperback version of Dead Tomorrow, so I thought it was worth posting here in case you’re looking for it. You can…
Dead Tomorrow Bus Adverts – shown here in miniature form! The paperback of Dead Tomorrow is published on November 26th, and will available from all bookshops as well as many supermarkets. Dead Tomorrow will be supported by my first ever TV advertising campaign, which starts nationwide on November 30th and will also be advertised on…
Many of you have asked to see pictures of my new desk which I designed myself together with carpenter Antony Scudder. Ever since I wrote my first published novel, back in 1981, I have wanted to design my perfect desk, but never got around to it, and finally this summer I decided I would get…
Dined in on Tuesday night at the world’s most famous restaurant, El Bulli, in Spain, with my Spanish publishers. Co-owner/chef Ferran Adria is rated by all his peers as the world’s most inventive cook – and, as you will see from the pictures below, he has in some cases re-defined and reinvented what cooking is…
I wouldn’t want to give the impression that my trip to the Turks and Caicos was all work and no play… I did take the last day off, after I had delivered my book (Dead Like You) but I also had another reason for being there – the Assistant Commissioner of Police, the wonderful Neil…
Every profession/job has its good and bad parts and the life of an author is no exception. Loneliness, deadlines, writer’s block and the fear of bad reviews are just some of the clouds that cast dark shadows on our lives. But, there are some great upsides, too. For me one of the very best is…
The Grand Hotel, Brighton At 3am on October 12 1984 a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at the Grand Hotel, Brighton. The target was then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her ministers. It failed to kill her or any ministers, but five people were killed, including Conservative MP Sir Anthony Berry. Several…