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Unveiling the next Lucy Clayburn enquiry
Okay, I know I’ve been promising his for a little while, but today I’m at last able to unveil the jacket for the next Lucy Clayburn novel, SHADOWS. So, here it is … enjoy (and feel free to tell me what...
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Just how cool are those great book covers?
The focus is squarely on crime fiction today. A timely thing, I suppose, with the publication of my next crime novel, SHADOWS, just around the corner. But we’re also going to have a bit of a chat this...
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Devious, dangerous men doing dark stuff
We’re talking street-crime of the heavier variety this week: hoods, hoodlums, muggers, blaggers, gun-toting desperadoes of every sort. That’s partly because we’ve today reached the final countdown to...
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'Tough guy' girls - who are our favourites?
I’m going to be talking about heroines in thrillers this week, particularly the hotshot types, those who are young enough, tough enough and crazy enough to embrace the action full-on. This is partly...
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It's here again: darkness, devilry and dread
The horror … the horror …Yes, we’re in the final run-up to Halloween, and so this week I’m going to take a brief break from talking about my new crime novel, SHADOWS, in order to celebrate the season...
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Rogues to gather in dark, dangerous north
One event of this year which I have been anticipating more than many others is now almost upon us.It is HULL NOIR, a celebration of northern crime writing, which I’m delighted and flattered to be...
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Brightly Shone the Moon that Night: Part 1
Those who regularly tune in here will probably regard me first and foremost as a crime and thriller writer, but they may also be aware that I’m no stranger to writing horror stories. And usually, at...
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Brightly Shone the Moon that Night: Part 2
Very proud today to present the second installment of my brand new Heck novella, BRIGHTLY SHONE THE MOON THAT NIGHT. As you may have guessed from the title, it has a Christmas theme, but because this...
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Brightly Shone the Moon that Night: Part 3
Welcome to the third and final installment of BRIGHTLY SHONE THE MOON THAT NIGHT, a brand-new Heck novella written specifically for this Christmas season, and thus far at least, unpublished anywhere...
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Seeing 2018 through should be a real blast
Okay, I hope everyone had a great Christmas, and happy New Year to you all. I trust you’re all ready to tackle 2018 with the vim and vigour required. Personally, I’m looking for an explosive year, this...
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Out and about in 2018: the big diary dates
Okay, we’re well into 2018 now, and that semi-surreal period around Christmas and New Year feels as if it’s a long, long way behind us. Time now to get on with this year’s events. So, today I intend to...
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Vampires, ghouls and mad, cursed clowns
We’ve been up in the Lake District this week, purely for a holiday, you understand, but perhaps unavoidably it ended up turning into a whistle-stop tour of Cumbria’s spookiest and most mysterious...
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Cruel, savage - and that's only the women
I came into possession of an intriguing stat this last week, which has provoked today’s main line of thought. In short, I’ll be considering the differences, if there are any, between the sexes when it...
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Horror meets Crime in a new twilight zone
To celebrate the paperback publication earlier this month of John Connolly’s masterly A GAME OF GHOSTS, which I’ll be reviewing and discussing further down in today’s column, I thought I’d also talk a...
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A quick trek into the cosmos of the mind
It may be perverse of me, but in a week when I’m proofing my next thriller, have a glut of crime novels to read and a whole raft of new horror movies to watch, I’m going to be talking about science...
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Scouring Manchester’s darkest underbelly
It’s all about Manchester, this week. Ah yes, football, chip butties and Boddington’s bitter, right? Well ... sometimes maybe. But not today. Today, we’re looking at the darker side of the Northern...
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New Brit-grit, new journeys into darkness
I’m happy today to be able to reveal in all its glory the cover for the next Heck novel, KISS OF DEATH. Those who follow the investigations of DS Mark Heckenburg of the Serial Crimes Unit at Scotland...
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Demons, demons ... everywhere demons!
We’re firmly back on the horror trail this week. Primarily, that’s because there are big developments with the TERROR TALES series that I want to tell you about, but also because I’ll be reviewing and...
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Brand new Heck novella, absolutely FREE
Anyone waiting for the next Heck novel, KISS OF DEATH, which will hit the shelves in August, and who can’t wait that long, may be interested to learn that a brand new Heck e-novella, DEATH’S DOOR, set...
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Crossing the country to punish the guilty
I’m going to be talking a bit more about KISS OF DEATHthis week. That’s my next novel, which is due out in August. In particular today, I’ll be focussing on some of the sexy locations we visit during...
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