'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

I've been interested in two discussions in recent days on that perenially entertaining (if subjective and inconclusive) topic of "f...

Headhunters is a 2011 film based on a novel written three years earlier by the prolific and much acclaimed Jo Nesbo. I've read two or t...

Take My Breath Away is a novel of psychological suspense that means a great deal to me, and I'm delighted that at long last, it...

Twisted is a title I came up with for the novel that later became Take My Breath Away (though it also had a brief incarnation as Guilty Cre...

Why is it that some books attract more attention than others? I’m not sure there’s a definitive answer. I’ve written at least on...

Kerrie Smith, of Mysteries in Paradise, whom I was so pleased to meet at Crimefest, suggested I contribute to the celebrations of the annive...

A downmarket, dogged criminal lawyer called Harry works in a scruffy city backstreet. Harry has been damaged by the death of someone very cl...

On Saturday evening, I took part in the nationwide celebrations of World Book Day, giving a talk and hosting a performance of my Victorian m...

I'm very pleased to confirm that Take My Breath Away , a stand-alone novel of psychological suspense set in London, will be published in...

I’m looking forward rather eagerly to a number of publications next year. When I first became a published author, I got a real kick out of s...

I raised the question a while back as to when you can draw the line with a book, and send it off to a publisher. But of course, there is a q...

Last Monday evening, I hosted my Victorian murder mystery at Akryod Library, Halifax. It was an enjoyable occasion, and I found the venue es...

Last Sunday was the hottest day of the year so far, and I was due to travel from Middlesbrough to Boroughbridge for the CWA lunch. It seemed...

I’m truly thrilled to have received a contract for the publication in the United States of Take My Breath Away , which appeared in the UK ba...

Ed Gorman, one of the wisest people in the world of crime fiction (read his superb blog and you’ll see why I say that), described it in a re...

I spent a chunk of Thursday attending a reception at the House of Lords to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Local Solu...