2019 has been one of my busiest years yet, with two books published and another one on the way. In November, my latest crime fiction novel, ‘Alice Teale is Missing’ will be published by Penguin Random House. I’ve given Tom Carney, Helen Norton and Ian Bradshaw a break, as this one is a standalone, featuring two new characters; rookie DC, Beth Winter and veteran DS, Lucas Black.
As usual, seventeen-year-old Alice Teale walked out of school at the end of a bright spring day. Detective Beth Winter knows that more often than not, the culprit is someone the victim knew. And it's soon clear that everyone in Alice's life seems to have something to hide. Then Beth receives a disturbing package: pages from Alice's precious diary. Who could have sent them? And what have they done with Alice? In a town full of secrets, hers was the biggest...
I also completed my WW2 historical fiction novel, ‘Ungentlemanly Warfare’, which was published by No Exit on June 6th to coincide with the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
A soldier and a spy, an officer but not quite a gentleman, Captain Harry Walsh is SOE's secret weapon. Loathed by his own commanding officer, haunted by the death of his closest friend and trapped in a loveless marriage, Harry Walsh is close to burn out when he is ordered to assassinate the man behind the ME 163 Komet, Hitler's miracle jet fighter. If Walsh fails, there is no prospect of allied victory in Europe. Harry Walsh is ruthless, unorthodox and ungentlemanly. He is about to wreak havoc...
I’m delighted that Ungentlemanly Warfare will also be published in the US by Kensington Books. It has been great to write two very different books but I will be concentrating on crime for a while.
To round off a busy year, I’ve been working on a new book and I’m delighted to announce that I’ve signed up to write two new crime fiction titles for Penguin. Watch this space for news of the next one soon…