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January 22, 2023
The Boy in the Burgundy Hood – bestseller on sale!
A quick post to say thank you to everyone who���s read ��� and especially reviewed ��� my books. When I wrote The Boy in the Burgundy Hood in 2019 I had no idea how well it would do but now it���s sold nearly 3,000 copies and has over 200 reviews on Amazon with a 4.2 star rating. The positive response led me to writing two more books with the same character, Alice Deaton, a young woman with a mysterious connection to the dead.
I���m currently running a sale on Kindle and the books have again go...
December 7, 2022
Alice & the Devil – a reading: Ben finds Alice
Time for another reading. Here’s a short extract from my new ghost story, Alice and the Devil – the perfect read for Christmas!
Alice is working in her boss’s house in the Peak District. There’s a storm outside on the moors. Suddenly, a young boy appears, drenched through, at her door. She soon finds out that he’s on a strange mission. A VERY strange mission…
While you’re here, I wonder if I could ask a small favour? I designed the cover of Alice and the Devil myself and it’s th...
November 5, 2022
The Mysterious Rocks that inspired Alice & the Devil
Alice and the Devil, my third ghost story in The Ghosts of Alice series, is set in the Peak District in the English midlands. Alice is working remotely in her boss���s cottage on the moors, hoping the peacefulness and distance will help her recover from the trauma of Peacehaven. But then a boy arrives and pleads for her help, claiming his grandfather is being terrorised by the Devil. Everything is going to take a big turn for the worse���
As a writer, I���m always rooting about for inspir...
October 29, 2022
Alice and the Devil – a reading for Halloween
The veil between this world and the next is nearing its thinnest, so here’s a short reading from my latest ghost story, Alice and the Devil. Just to convince you it’s the perfect read for Halloween…
Lonely moors, a boy with a unique ability to speak to the dead, a haunted rectory and the Devil himself…
What more could you want for spooky season?
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October 18, 2022
Who’s scaring you this Halloween?
Just a quick post to say that, to celebrate publication of Alice & the Devil, I���m running a Kindle Countdown sale on The Girl in the Ivory Dress. It���s 99p/99c today and tomorrow, then the price creeps back up to full (��2.99/$3.99) this time next week. Grab your copy now!��
Who’s scaring you this Halloween?
The Ghosts of Alice is a bestselling series of standalone ghost stories featuring Alice Deaton, a young woman with a mysterious connection to the dead.
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October 15, 2022
Alice and the Devil – Out Now!
I’m excited to tell you my latest book, Alice and the Devil, is out now! The perfect spooky ghost story for this Halloween…
Here’s what it’s about:
‘Yes, I can see ghosts,’ she said.
‘That’s why she told me to come here. Because you can help us. You can help grandad and me. You can help us defeat him.’
‘Him?’
‘Yes, him. The Devil.’
A boy crosses the moors in a storm to plead for Alice’s help, claiming to be sent by a ghost.
Is the boy’s grandfather really being terrorised by the Dev...
October 10, 2022
Alice and the Devil – Cover Reveal!
Here’s the cover of my forthcoming book, Alice & the Devil!
The story is set in the Peak District and starts amid a raging thunderstorm. A boy stumbles across the bleak moors, intent on reaching the Right House. It’s a place he’s been told he’ll find help against visitations from the most terrifying of all supernatural beings – the Devil himself.
And who’s staying in the Right House? You guessed it. Alice Deaton, the woman with a unique ability to understand the dead.
Alice and the D...
July 15, 2022
Summer Sale this week!
Less of a blog post, more of a quick heads up that most of my back catalogue of books are on Kindle Countdown Sale this week (starting 15th July)!
That means the prices start low (99p/99c ��� one is even free!) and gradually increase to normal��over the next few days. So if you fancy a ghost story with a shock, a zipping adventure mystery for teens, or some poems to quietly mull on the beach, head over to my Amazon page now.
Enough said, shipmates, you know the score��� 
Enjoy your summer!
...July 7, 2022
The Origins of the Tirthas…
My new novella, Swift – The Story of a Witch, heads back in time to tell the tale of the mysterious origins of the Tirthas and of the even more mysterious woman who finds them…
So, for the first time in 4 years, there’s a new chapter in my fantasy adventure series, The Secret of the Tirthas! Here���s more on how I came to write it:
Creating a world…Building a world with a supernatural element that can sustain a whole series of books is a complex process. This is true even when that ...
July 4, 2022
Swift – The Story of a Witch: Out Now!
I’m excited to announce that my latest book, Swift – The Story of a Witch, is out now!
It’s a double first for me – my first novella, and my first prequel. It’s the story of the mysterious woman who created the garden of portals that Lizzie explores in The Secret of the Tirthas. Here’s what it’s about:
When she materialises in a woodland glade, Hattie Swift knows she’s special, a witch from beyond this world. But why is she here?
A chance encounter with an honest man leads to marria...
