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Many thanks for the plot idea, MT!
It was sobering to read in a ‘Motor Transport’ review of Alternative Outcome that ‘Peter Rowlands claims to have written for this very publication, but no one here remembers him.’ Sic transit gloria mundi! Well, I did. Continue reading
Starting as you mean to go on
Alternative Outcome starts with a chance meeting at the doors leading from the concourse at Euston station out to the forecourt. But what do those doors actually look like? For years I remembered hinged glass doors that you had to push or pull to open. But they’d changed!
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Transport press mentions
Quite a few transport news websites picked up on Alternative Outcome at launch, reflecting its logistics backdrop. They include ‘Motor Transport’, ‘Freight Business Today’, ‘Haulage Today’ and ‘Industry Today’. Continue reading
No Kindle? No problem!
You can read a Kindle novel on almost any tablet computer, or even on a smartphone (which works surprisingly well). And of course you can read it on a laptop or desktop computer. Here’s a quick reminder of how to do it. Continue reading
On sale now!
My first mystery drama, Alternative Outcome, was published for Kindle today (4 March 2106)! Continue reading
Publishing in February – that was the plan!
Well, the best-laid plans can go awry. I hoped to publish Alternative Outcome during January 2016, but should have realised I wouldn’t make it. The good news is that it will definitely be out in February. [Nearly made it – not … Continue reading
A Christmas welcome!
A welcome message posted some weeks before I published my first Kindle mystery novel, Alternative Outcome, in March 2016. In it I urged readers to visit my website and read the opening chapters there. Continue reading
Who actually wrote that book?
We tend to think that a novel is essentially the work of an individual. But is this really the case? The editor can also play a fundamental role. But how much rewriting is valid before the work becomes a collaborative effort – even a two-hander? Continue reading
Writers I like
Who are my favourite novelists? Well, I tend to take a pretty broad-brush approach, though I suppose I do tend to opt for mystery dramas or mystery thrillers. I’m a great admirer of Michael Connelly and his Harry Bosch series, for instance. Continue reading
Shocks and reverses – too many of them?
A lot of recent thrillers and mystery stories aim to astound readers with a series of extraordinary revelations. You sit up and think, ‘Wow! I never saw THAT coming!’ This technique can be really impressive, but is it in danger of being over-used? Continue reading
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