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Martyn Chapman

Goodreads Author

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: 3.75 · 53 ratings · 16 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The Gatehouse Haunting 3.67 avg rating — 21 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	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 — 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

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If my cats were storytellers . . .

Whilst sharing a small and chaotic desk with three sprawling pet cats, I sometimes wonder what they would be writing about? Automatic cat flaps, greased birdbaths, KFC, shallow fish tanks, inappropriate use of compost, Billy Joel, the weather, snakes and ladders, revolution, the obsessive and infuriating use of the hoover . . . So, you’re suffering from writer’s block, then? Er, yes. How could you Read more of this blog post »

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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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A timeless masterpiece that parodies today’s politics and the queasy state of the world. I can only imagine that it’s carried like a bible around the corridors of parliament.
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Martyn Chapman rated a book really liked it Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood	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
Stunning. Although be patient. Like an old stopwatch, you just need a little time to wind it up. Then it flows.
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Martyn Chapman rated a book really liked it Let It Bleed (Inspector Rebus, #7) by Ian Rankin (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 it was amazing Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder	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
A fascinating and timeless foray through the ludicrous rubble of mankind. Delivered with an exquisite and moving tone.
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Yes, charming, whimsical, quirky; but with a plot that meanders like a cherished old lawnmower.
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