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Featured Photos May 21, 2024 – Springtime in the Devon Lanes

As spring prepares to give way to summer, the Devon lanes are lush with fresh growth and teeming with life.

Farmers aren’t allowed to cut back the hedgerows once the season for wild birds to nest begins, and the result is glorious. All that foliage restricts your vision as you approach a corner, so it pays to be extra cautious when you’re bowling along, whether you’re proceeding under your own power or driven by a machine (or a horse). There’s a stable near the village, so we often encounter ri...

Featured Photos May 15, 2024 – The Ocean City and a Fleet-footed Messenger

I recently went to Plymouth to take part in the half-marathon, and we decided to make a weekend of it. Plymouth isn’t far away from home, but it’s very different. Much as I like living in the countryside, it’s fun to experience the buzz of a big city every so often.

Below are a few photos from our trip. The race started and finished at Plymouth Ho, and we went up to have a look the night before.

There are photos featuring the war memorial, which is rather grand, a view over the city, and some ...

Featured Photos May 10, 2024 – Devon Lanes and Fields

I know I keep saying how lucky I am to live in the midst of the glorious Devonshire countryside, but I never tire of the landscape.

Since I’ve started running, I’ve experienced the lanes in a different way, and though many of them are narrow and slightly hairy when a vehicle needs to squeeze past, I don’t encounter a lot of traffic.

Most drivers are kind and will slow down or stop until I can get safely out of the way – they get a thank you and a wave and a smile and a thumbs up. The few who d...

Lawful Duty, the New Police Thriller on Kobo, Apple, Google Play, Nook, Amazon, Smashwords and More

Lawful Duty is now available as an ebook on all major retailers including Kobo, Google Play Books, Apple Books, Nook, Smashwords and more.A missing woman. The shadow of corruption. A race against time.Detective Constable Spiller can’t wait to get stuck in.

Exeter, 1992.

No mobile phones, no internet, no CCTV on every corner – just good, old-fashioned police work.
It’s Spiller’s first day in CID, and he’s raring to go.

Lynsey is just 23 when she’s reported missing, but this is no ordinary cas...

Free YA ebook on Kobo

The first novel of The Darkenginstone series, Trespass, is free on Kobobut it’s only free for a limited time, May 6-12, 2024

Trespass begins a time-slip adventure across 5,000 years.

This book is suitable for YA readers and above.

The free ebook is available in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA.

Click here to Find Trespass on Kobo

NB: Other stores sometimes pricematch – check before buying

Click here to find Trespass on other stores

May ebook boxset bargains – 25% Discount on Kobo

Kobo are having a boxset sale, offering a discount on ebook collections – lots of genres included.Running from May 3 to May 13, 2024, the discount on offer is a generous 25%, and it includes the first boxset of Devonshire Mysteries, and The Darkeningstone Trilogy boxset.

The offer is available in Canada, the UK, the USA, Australia and New Zealand.

NB to get the discount, use coupon code: MAYBOX

Find the Devonshire Mysteries boxset on Kobo: books2read.com/devonshiremysteriesboxset

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Featured Photos April 30, 2024 – Stormy Seas

Another trip to Teignmouth on the Devon coast. An unseasonably stormy day, but it can be fun to watch the waves crashing against the sea wall. Not so great if you have to put to sea in the lifeboat, I imagine, but for a landlubber like me, the sound of the waves makes an excellent accompaniment to a stroll.

Afterwards, we retired to a cafe for a mug of tea, and later on we discovered there was a play on in the arts centre, so we decided to make a day of it and stay for the performance. It was c...

A Writing Update – A Devonshire Crime Thriller and more

Launching the new Devonshire Crime Thriller and starting the next Devonshire Mystery.Chatting about the launch of the new crime thriller, Lawful Duty, and saying. a bit about the next Devonshire Mystery.Useful links:

My store: mcamplingbooks.com

Find Lawful Duty online: books2read.com/lawfulduty

The Awkward Squad Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/awkwardsquad

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Featured Photos April 19, 2024 – Location Scouting in Exeter, plus A Study in Stone Reference

DC Spiller’s books, The Devonshire Crime Thrillers, and Dan and Alan’s adventures in The Devonshire Mysteries are all almost all set in the local area, and I sometimes like to scout out locations.

In Exeter the other day, I was thinking about the grittier world of DC Spiller and decided to look for the seamier side of the city. Heavily bombed in WWII (as you’ll know if you’ve read Accomplice to Murder) Exeter is a city of contrasts. Beautiful old buildings and picturesque streets of small shops...

A Snippet from the Upcoming Devonshire Crime Thriller, Lawful Duty

Lawful Duty – The new crime novel set in Devon

Set in the 1990s, this book features a much younger Tim Spiller, the detective from the Devonshire Mysteries.

I hope this snippet will whet your appetite.

Preorder Lawful Duty now to read it as soon as it launches on 26 April, 2024

or buy direct and read it now at: mcamplingbooks.com – my official store

Find it on all retailers at: books2read.com/lawfulduty

Excerpt From Chapter 21992

With an effort, Lynsey opened her eyes. The blindfold was tight, ...