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‘Quest for the Holey Snail’ paperback edition – Coming soon

The paperback edition of ‘Quest for the Holey Snail’ will be published very soon. Just waiting for the proof copy, and if all’s well, the “proper book” will be available in about ten days from now. In the meantime, the … Continue reading →

‘Quest for the Holey Snail’ – Available now!

My new novel, Quest for the Holey Snail, is now available as an e-book from Amazon. (Paperback edition to follow soon.) HALF PRICE FOR A LIMITED PERIOD ONLY (£0.99  $0.99  €0.99) “Not just another book about serial-killing monks who travel … Continue reading →

‘Quest for the Holey Snail’ – I digress

My new, soon-to-be-published novel, Quest for the Holey Snail, includes a handful of digressions. To be honest, they don’t really add much to the story itself, which is probably why they’re called digressions. On the other hand, each one will … Continue reading →

‘Quest for the Holey Snail’

When Horace Tweed places an advertisement in a national and moderately well respected periodical, the last thing he expects is to be commissioned to travel back through time in search of the long extinct Holey Snail. Meanwhile, Detective Chief Inspector … Continue reading →

‘Heads You Lose’ – Out now in paperback!

As well as the e-book edition, Heads You Lose is now also available as a paperback from Amazon. “A highly entertaining, well-constructed screwball comedy that is as enjoyable as it is well written.” – Keith Nixon for Big Al’s Books … Continue reading →

‘Heads You Lose’ nominated for award!

B and P Readers’ Choice Award Nominee 2015

Heads You Lose has been shortlisted for a Readers’ Choice Award in the Humour Category at the Big Al’s Books and Pals review website. There are fourteen categories in all, and nominated books have been chosen which “stood out from the pack as exceptional examples of Indie (self-published and small press) writing”.

Anyone can vote in as many or as few categories as they want, and there are plenty of raffle prizes to be won if you do. The Grand Prize is a $75 Amazon Gift Card.

If you’d like to vote for Heads You Lose (or any of the books in the thirteen other categories), please go to http://booksandpals.blogspot.gr/2015/03/2015-readers-choice.html and follow the instructions towards the bottom of the page.

Many thanks for voting and good luck with winning a raffle prize.

 

 

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‘Heads You Lose’ – Out now on Kindle!

Heads You Lose – the sequel to Lifting the Lid and the second novel in my ‘Lifting the Lid’ series – is now available as an e-book from Amazon. (Paperback edition to follow soon.)

Click here for more information about the book.

Click here to read the first four chapters.

Click here to buy Heads You Lose.

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Coming soon! The sequel to ‘Lifting the Lid’

The assignment in Greece might have been the answer to Trevor and Sandra’s problems except for one thing. Someone was trying to frame them for murder… with a watermelon.

Cover design by Brian Ground from an original illustration by Penny Philcox © 2014

Heads You Lose is the second novel in my Grayhawk Detective Agency series and will be published very soon – first as a Kindle e-book and then in other e-book formats and as a ‘proper’ paperback.

Final publication details will be announced here in the next few days, but in the meantime…

Click here for more information about the book and to read the first four chapters.

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Unjust Causes and Non-Impediments – Episode Sixteen of ‘A Kilo of String’ Podcast Series

Who’s wrong to be right? What was the Great Envelope Controversy? Was this a marriage made in Milton Keynes? What’s this in my yoghourt? Is this the end?

Listen to the podcast to find the answers to these and many other important questions about life in Greece.
http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/greecepodcasts4/podcast_16-unjust_causes_and_non-impediments.mp3

Click the play button or download the MP3 (14 mins 28 secs – 6.2 Mb)

Click here to listen to previous episodes of ‘A Kilo of String’

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Cold Off the Press – Episode Fifteen of ‘A Kilo of String’ Podcast Series

Who’s been roasting chestnuts on an open fire? Who’s had their electricity cut off? Can deep-fried Mars bars be good for you? What do people do with all that olive oil?

Listen to the podcast to find the answers to these and many other important questions about life in Greece.

Download: podcast_15-cold_off_the_press.mp3

Click the play button or download the MP3 (15 mins 0 secs – 9.4 Mb)

Click here to listen to previous episodes of ‘A Kilo of String’

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