The Puzzle ↗

Two different guys get a strange delivery on the same day. What do Danny Andrews, grieving gambler, and Detective Inspector Tony Tate have in common?

The Whole in One: Portfolio of Nobody ↗

A writer’s journey from first dodgy novel to the last book published, a children’s book of fairy tales. All in chronological order and with backgrounds to the stories.

Trouble Cross ↗

Thomas Robel, a newly established insurance investigator, is so desperate for his first case he is set upon a tortuous trail by a mysterious American woman.

Rewind ↗

Everyone has wished sometime or another they could go back in time and have the chance to do something over again. Jason West has wished these many times.

Once Upon a Week ↗

Seven new never seen before fairy stories, each based around a proverb. Witches, dragons and trolls, with a life lesson thrown in, and maybe the odd parent chuckle along the way.

Pratt, Pratt, Wally & Pratt Investigate

Pratt, Pratt. Wally and Pratt are a newly formed firm of insurance investigators, although only one person works there, Thomas Robel. He gets his first case from a mysterious American woman who appears unannounced at the office.

T is for…

Thomas Robel’s new insurance client is acting suspiciously and he carries out his own investigation only to get caught up in kidnap and murder.

A short prequel to Trouble Cross

Doctor Oh No!

Short James Bond spoof from the 80’s lifted from the pages of Trouble Cross.

S.P.I.D.E.R. operative Sindy Cobweb, W7, attempts to rescue a missing scientist and his eyesight formula from the combined enemy forces of S.M.A.S.H. and S.C.E.P.T.I.C. in their Egyptian lair.

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  • Déjà Entendu 

    Déjà Entendu 

    A study of contradictions. Lockdown is easing in all sorts of ways, yet a sudden spike in Leicester could mean local lockdowns reinforced. Worrying. I know a couple of people from Leicester who work or used to work (in one case), at the university. That is the University of Leicester and not De Montford by…

  • Briefly Upbeat

    Briefly Upbeat

    There were some further sales of Once Upon A Week in the past week. It is gratifying to know that there are some people who feel that my first children’s book is worth buying. I have to assume it is parents, or maybe teachers, or parents who have become teachers in lockdown. Thank you. There…

  • BRAND AND DELIVER

    BRAND AND DELIVER

    What to blog about today? This is hard. Thinking up something that people might want to read on a regular basis, especially when you are not a naturally gregarious person. Someone told me I have to make these blogs upbeat – with no negativity – and brief. As someone who sees the glass half empty…

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    It’s coming home! It’s coming home! It’s coming, football’s coming home! Good news for a lot of us and probably not for others. Of course, this means that Match of the Day is back on Saturday evenings, which is when I have been enjoying a rewind of Life on Mars and then Ashes to Ashes…

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