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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
How exciting is that?
Robert Crouch (left) and Peter Rowlands. Writing books tends to be a solitary pursuit. You think thoughts, work out ideas, then sit down at a keyboard and convert them into prose. Maybe you dip in and out of online writers’ … 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
Coronavirus – does anyone want to read about that?
Can a novel be crafted effectively round a major world crisis such as coronavirus while it the crisis still under way, and before the outcome is known? Continue reading
Fixed in time?
Can a mystery novel work if it’s set against unresolved real-world events like the US presidential election or Britain’s tortured Brexit process? Never Going to Happen (released on Kindle in March 2018) aims to prove that it can. 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
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
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