Category Archives: THRILLERS

COLOSSUS - what if Alexander the Great had not died young?

Posted on May 27, 2015 by [email protected]

“What if Alexander the Great had not died so young?” My publisher, Anthony Cheetham, started with that throwaway line over dinner in London one night a few years ago. The idea stuck. So today COLOSSUS is being published in hardback … Continue reading →

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THERE ARE SOME LINES A COP SHOULD NOT CROSS

Posted on September 24, 2014 by [email protected]

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The Black Witches of Mexico

Posted on July 21, 2014 by [email protected]

I was in Mexico researching a book and a writer friend told me about the black witches. I decided to go looking for one. It was in the south, in a town called Catemoco, that I finally tracked one down. … Continue reading →

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HITLER AND THE GAME OF THRONES

Posted on June 30, 2014 by [email protected]

Like most of the western world, I am totally hooked on Game of Thrones. I don’t watch much TV but this is story telling at its finest. However I got a bit behind so I’ve only just got to watch … Continue reading →

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ALWAYS TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN PUTTING A BODY THROUGH A MEAT GRINDER

Posted on August 29, 2013 by [email protected]

“Rule one of reading other people’s stories is that whenever you say ‘well that’s not convincing’ the author tells you that’s the bit that wasn’t made up. This is because real life is under no obligation to be convincing.” – … Continue reading →

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RAW, SEXY AND DANGEROUS

Posted on August 4, 2013 by [email protected]

I fell in love with Asia from the moment I got off a plane in Jakarta when I was 22 years old. The wall of heat, the chaos, the ripe scents, the bedlam of it all. It was raw, sexy … Continue reading →

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WHEN CASABLANCA WAS IN TURKEY

Posted on August 1, 2013 by [email protected]

Istanbul. It was Byzantium to the Romans, Constantinople to Justinian when he built his masterpiece, the Sancta Sophia. Later, Ottoman conquerors built the great mosques that still soar above the Golden Horn. The Tower of Justice rises from the cypress … Continue reading →

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JAMES CLAVELL MEETS THE GODFATHER

Posted on June 19, 2013 by [email protected]

I have an offer for you this week. Join my mailing list and you’ll get a free e-copy of OPIUM, the first in the 5 book OPIUM series. I’m making this offer to subscribers on my list for a limited … Continue reading →

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THIS HAPPENED TO YOU?

Posted on January 8, 2013 by [email protected]

What would you do if you discovered the daughter you had raised for 12 years as your own actually ‘belonged’ to someone else? Irina Belyaeva and Anya Iskanderova were born just 15 minutes apart at a maternity hospital in Kopeisk … Continue reading →

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FATAL DISTRACTION

Posted on May 25, 2012 by [email protected]

Have you read The Tell-Tale Heart? Edgar Allen Poe, the father of the modern thriller, published this short story in 1843. My daughter is studying it right now as part of her lit degree. It has stood the test of time because of … Continue reading →

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