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Blackmail – best crime if you want to escape detection?
Blackmail is one of the themes that kick off the next Mike Stanhope mystery drama, scheduled for publication in late summer 2024. Continue reading
Should journalists report news or create it?
The dilemma faced by journalist Mike Stanhope in Not Exactly True I remember listening in dismay to the TV correspondents who reported on the 2008 financial crash. Night after night, they would tell us in lugubrious tones how the contagion … Continue reading
Numero uno? If only!
The picture with this blog shows me pointing out my novel Alternative Outcome in a number one slot (though not THE number one slot) in a listing of other books on Amazon US website. Impressed? I was! Or was it all just wishful thinking? Continue reading
‘Sorry, we don’t review e-books.’ The self-publishing paradox
I sent a press release out to the literary press. “Sorry, we don’t review e-books,” came the replies. How could they? If they did, they would be inundated with emails containing e-books or links to them. Some kind of qualitative mediation for indie books is apparently required. That’s the self-publishing paradox. Continue reading
Read this. No don’t! Yes, do.
I want to promote my new novel, but for people who haven’t read my first one, the new one contains spoilers. So what should my message be? I want to say, “My new book is out, but please don’t read it – read the other one.” Yet that sounds daft! Continue reading
Can logistics be exciting?
High drama in the high-bay, conspiracy on the conveyor line, hijacking on the highway – not to mention overstocking in the warehouse and financial finagling on the fiscal front. ‘Deficit of Diligence’ shows logistics CAN be exciting! Continue reading
On sale now!
My first mystery drama, Alternative Outcome, was published for Kindle today (4 March 2106)! Continue reading
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