'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'

Thanks so much to you, the readers of my blog, for following my posts during the past twelve months. 2021 has been a strange year for almost...

I was preparing to record an interview with Manx radio this morning, in advance of a trip to the island in a few weeks' time, when I...

I've returned home after a brief and hectic trip to London that involved a variety of meetings (one of them in the historic Reform Club,...

I've just returned from a terrific, if all too brief, holiday in Spain, but before I say anything about my trip, I want to talk abou...

The Golden Age of Murder has today featured in the shortlist for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. Another moment to savour in what r...

Those Who Walk Away is a Patricia Highsmith novel from 1967, which shares some themes with her earlier book, The Blunderer . I happened to ...

One of the questions writers are asked most often is: "Where do you find your ideas?" In fact, I gave this title to a short story ...

"The Most Beautiful Bookshop in the World" is the claim made by Libreria Acqua Alta in the Castello district of Venice,...

I've been away for a week on a cruise of the Adriatic, a chance to unwind in some truly marvellous places, and also to catch up on so...

A fellow lawyer who has managed to escape the legal profession to write crime full time (envy, envy!) is Chris Ewan, a delightful companion ...

How do writers do their research? It's a question often asked, and of course there are countless answers. Experiencing real-life and obs...

I’ve finally made it back from a truly enjoyable holiday cruising around the capitals of the Baltic. It’s been a period of relaxation and, t...

I was very sorry to read that Murder One, the legendary crime bookshop in Charing Cross Road, has fallen victim to the credit crunch, and is...