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Thanks so much for visiting my website – I’m delighted you’ve found me!

Please feel free to browse the site to see what I’m up to. At the moment I’m particularly focused on novels, including my new cosy crime series and my thrillers in the vein of classic writers. But I’m also an award-winning playwright, poet, short story writer and journalist, as well as dabbling in presenting and performing.

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Join the Cosy Crime Club

January 23, 2026


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And they’re off! The four members of the Quaint Bookshop’s reading group are up and running as a fully-fledged team of amateur sleuths.

With the publication today of Murder by the Book in ebook and on audio (paperback follows on January 30), the Cosy Crime Club is officially launched.

I spent...read more

The great unboxing

December 24, 2025


The great unboxing cover

They don’t come around all that often, so it’s important to celebrate the moment when your new book finally arrives from the publisher.

In the case of Murder by the Book, the parcel arrived appropriately enough just before Christmas, giving me the added excitement of an author unboxing ahead of...read more

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