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Martyn Chapman

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Born

Abergavenny, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Martyn-Chapman/e/B00JHG...

Genre

Psychology, Suspense, Humor and Comedy

Influences

Iain Banks, Ian Rankin, Tom Sharpe, Laurie Lee.

Member Since

August 2014

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Martyn Chapman was conceived in South Wales and graduated in Marketing at the University of Central Lancashire.

His passion to write has always been a huge part of his personality, spawning seven novels, two short stories, a children’s series, and two plays (monologues).

His inspiration emerged in the form of a hand-written experimental novel in a student bedsit, his shocking secret concealed behind a row of soggy pants that were strategically draped across a rickety old clothes horse. Yet concealing his writing shame from an unsuspecting partner brought even darker periods of frantic deception. The terror of being discovered at his laptop with a frozen screen, led to his subtle distraction of wearing obscure and decorative bonnets, but as fa ...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 54 ratings · 16 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The Gatehouse Haunting 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saving Worms really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christmas on The Law really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hormones and Crumble 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gulch 2.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Christmas in Nuremberg by Martyn Chapman (Goodreads Author), Sabine (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hassle Castle 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Christmas in Nuremberg and Christmas on The Law really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grouse Conspiracy 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How the Boars got their Wild 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I didn’t set out to write a ghost story. The unnerving gatehouse forced my hand.
I publish contemporary fiction, romantic comedies, Christmas stories, even a children’s book about cuddly red squirrels living in the stunning Black Forest. So, ghosts, horror and psychological thrillers were genres for other authors to pursue. . . until I stayed at this disturbing German holiday let. The cover of the Read more of this blog post »

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Martyn Chapman wrote a new blog post Halloween I didn’t set out to write a ghost story. The unnerving gatehouse forced my hand. I publish contemporary fiction, romantic comedies, Christmas stories, Read more of this blog post »
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Martyn Chapman rated a book really liked it A Fairwell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Realistic and honest writing. Hemingway bled every word.
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Martyn Chapman rated a book liked it Triple Cross (Alex Cross, #30) by James Patterson (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Martyn Chapman rated a book really liked it The Last Goodbye (David Raker, #12) by Tim Weaver (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Martyn Chapman rated a book really liked it Never Go Back (Jack Reacher, #18) by Lee Child (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Martyn Chapman rated a book really liked it The Affair (Jack Reacher, #16) by Lee Child (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Martyn Chapman rated a book really liked it None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Escape your dysfunction family and join someone else’s. A great and deserving holiday read.
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