Happy Christmas and thanks for reading

Regular visitors will recognise the title of this post. Christmas has rolled around once again, and, once again, if you’ve read any of my stuff this year, you have my sincerest thanks. There are millions of books out there, the majority of which, I am fairly convinced, are objectively better than mine, although it’s fiendishly tricky to be objective about one’s own efforts. So if you decided to spend time on a book of mine, I really do think the world of you. Thanks.

Here are a few pictures from our Polish Wigilia this evening. Eldest Daughter attended remotely this year, as she struggles to cope with life in the warmth and sunshine on Miami beach, before the next catamaran she’s helping to crew sails down to Key West before crossing the sea to Mexico… You always hope your kids will have a better life than you

Oh, and for those of you who might be wondering, including the reviewer who made her frustration plain at the outrageous cliff-hanger on which this year’s book, Operation Repulse, ended, yes, Book Seven is in production and I plan to publish it in the first half of next year.

Have a lovely, safe and warm Christmas, peeps.