R.J. Lynch's Blog

How do you feel about ambiguous endings?

ISBN: 978-1-910194-10-2 So often, publishers and readers want crime fiction that ends with the wrongdoers being punished and the righteous rewarded. But life isn’t like that. Quite often, people who deserve to be in jail are living the high life …

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Well done, Newcastle!

Thanks to Newcastle Chronicle for the image above For anyone like me, brought up in Newcastle at a time when they won the FA Cup three times in five years, it’s been a long wait. As a teenager, I went …

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Need a gift for someone who loves historical fiction?

A Just and Upright Man is Book 1 in the James Blakiston Series. Historical mystery and romance set in the northeast of England in the 1760s. A perfect gift for lovers of historical fiction in general and Poldark in particular.

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Sharon Wright: Butterfly

Sharon has accepted unfairness all her life. She isn’t taking it any longer. People are going to be hurt. This time, Sharon won’t be one of them. Surrounded by criminals and petty crime since the day she was born, Sharon …

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Zappa’s Mam’s a Slapper

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Darkness Comes

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The James Blakiston Series

Shortlisted for the Historical Novel Society’s Indie Prize Get Book 1 Here …

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The Batterton Police Series

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Listen to an extract from my book, Darkness Comes

At the beginning of the book, Ted Bailey undergoes an out-of-body experience. You can listen to the description of it here and you can find the book itself here. …

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Hannah Blakiston Takes Control of her Character

It sometimes surprises readers to learn how characters can take control of their destiny in ways the author never intended. I’ve been through that recently. The First Greeners in America is Book 3 in my James Blakiston historical fiction series.

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