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Looking forward to the long, dark season?
Now that we’ve switched to Greenwich Mean Time, the dark nights are again setting in, and of course the leaves are falling and the temperatures plunging, we inevitably start thinking of the season...
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Okay ... time for the next 'Next Big Thing'
I was quite honoured last week when the indefatigable TIM LEBBON tagged me as part of his ‘The Next Big Thing’ blog. For those not totally in the know, this is a kind of chain-letter thing in which a...
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Great grue and sexy demons - will we win?
Amazing though it seems to me, it's almost a year and a half since THE DEVIL’S ROCK was released in the UK. Given how intensive an experience it was writing it, and then being a party - albeit over...
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Memories of terror both real and imagined
Lots of people have seemed to want to interview me this last couple of weeks, which is rather nice (if a little baffling, knowing me as I do). However, for those whose interest in my opinion extends...
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For those keen on truly devilish horror ...
If you fit that description, you might be interested in this first teaser-trailer for DARK HOLLOW. The link will take you through to BLOODY DISGUSTING, which, despite its ominous name, is one of the...
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Cool to have a bit of power in your corner
I can't tell you what a nice warm feeling it gives you inside knowing that a publishing powerhouse like HarperCollins is throwing all its muscle behind the promotion of your next book. Regular readers...
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Share this slow, steady descent to madness
Well, it's now mid-December, and various Christmas-themed things are on the horizon, including a couple of online stories of mine, which people might enjoy checking out. The grim picture above could...
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Festive frights are just a button-push away
Alas, only time for a very quick blog post today. But then, on the upside, it is Christmas Eve, so there are plenty of other exciting things for us all to do in preparation for the big night tonight....
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Those tales of terror just keep on coming
Well ... it seems that the world didn't end in December 2012 after all, and most of us made it through to 2013. So Happy New Year on that score. Will it be a good one? I suppose that remains to be...
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Feasts of blood on the best days of the year
Much sooner than I expected, I'm here able to showcase the new cover for SACRIFICE, the second book in the Mark Heckenburg series, my new trio of cop novels out from Avon Books (HarperCollins imprint)...
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Buy now and get STALKERS for only 99p
Anyone interested in buying my debut crime novel, STALKERS, can currently buy the electronic version for just 99p - though this special offer is available for a limited time only. If you're interested,...
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Racking up the sales, digging up the bones
To say the least, I’m very happy with the way the e-version of STALKERS, my first crime novel, is selling. (I shouldn’t really boast about it of course, but I’m going to anyway – don’t be too...
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Stalked to a place of no return - with luck
To say that I'm bowled over by sales of STALKERS would be the understatement of all time.Well over a week ago we had sold 15,000 copies of the ebook, and I've seen with my own eyes that the paperback,...
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Can we blast our way onto the upper tier?
If there's anyone out there who hasn't bought STALKERS yet, for any reason at all, I'm today making it my job to try and convince you do otherwise.First, a quick recap. STALKERS is my brand new...
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A rarity, this week. I'm not actually going to write very much. Instead, I'm gonna yap.Here, for your delectation are the first four of several filmed interviews I recently did with Avon Books,...
View ArticleWhere Detective Heckenburg came from
A few more thoughts this week regarding my new cop novel, STALKERS. In these interviews - exclusively recorded at Harper Towers in Hammersmith - I discuss the basic idea behind the novel, which I'm...
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100,000 sales and counting - happy days!
I attended the London Book Fair yesterday, for the first time ever as a guest speaker, and to my delight was given the information that STALKERS, my debut crime novel from Avon Books, has now sold over...
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Big day at the Book Fair, plus Dark Hollow
The London Book Fair was an amazing experience. For those who don’t know, it’s a massive book-publishing trade fair held each April in Earl's Court, and in terms of its importance to the industry, it...
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Old terrors linger in our rural backwaters
Okay, first off – the big development of the week is that I’m slowly but surely joining the modern world. I’ve at last made my presence felt on Twitter. I can be reached there, should anyone desire to...
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Setting out to create the perfect murder
There are quite a few cool things to report this week, starting – and I’m particularly happy with this one – with the brand new crime anthology I’m featured in, THE PERFECT MURDER, which is now...
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