• Ladies’ day

    15 October 2022

    I always like to feature strong, integral female characters in my books. Sometimes they're the heroes, sometimes they're the villains, sometimes they're the voice of reason, sometimes they're the...

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  • Bye-bye Robbie

    14 October 2022

    So sad to hear of the loss of Robbie Coltrane. I was a fan of his in the 1980s, from movies such as "Mona Lisa" and "The Fruit Machine." Like pretty much everyone else in the UK and Ireland in the...

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  • A brace of birthdays

    14 October 2022

    I have a brace of Shantastic birthday pics to share today!

    First up we have BRODIE, who received ALL of these books as presents!! I've got to say, that's a jaw-dropping haul -- *I* certainly never...

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  • Archie Vol 3 omnibus

    13 October 2022

    The Volume 3 omnibus of my Archibald Lox series goes on sale on October 25th. It collects the final three books of the series (books 7, 8 and 9) in a lovely, thick, single edition, and presents...

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  • Tattoo Tuesday - Leo’s shorts

    11 October 2022

    It's TATTOO TUESDAY time again, and this one is a real thing of beauty, although it might be a bit of a mystery to many fans of my books!! "What on Earth," I hear many of you muttering to...

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  • The return of signed books

    10 October 2022

    Some more photos of books of mine that I've signed for fans in the past, shared with me by their happy owners, who've kept the books safely all these years, so that I can share the pictures with...

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