

Drying up
"I wouldn't mind meeting the sober version of you!" So the wife tells me, as I voice my concerns about the long, boozeless month...


Straight outta Basingstoke
Earlier in the year, I was invited to join the CWA (the 'Crime Writers' Association' – basically, it’s like the NWA with more tweed)....


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Quite Random
Conversations with Spirits is now owned by Cornerstone, part of the Random House Group. Still not bought a copy? Shame on you! I feel...


By Sherlock Holmes' beard!
In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle asked his father — Charles Altamont Doyle — to illustrate his soon-to-be-published novel A Study in Scarlet....


Unhappy medium
Well, I guess it was a sort of complaint about people lying to the bereaved... Which, in many ways, I'm against. #mediums #ghosts #amazon...


Nonsense upon stilts - the lost Sherlock Holmes story
In the August 1943 edition of The Strand Magazine, biographer Hesketh Pearson revealed that he had discovered — among Sir Arthur Conan...


Ghostwatch – a review
I recall vividly two Hallowe'ens from my youth. On one occasion, my mother refused to open the front door to some children - actually...


Amazon best seller
Conversations with Spirits is now an Amazon best seller. (It’s got a special badge and everything.) So, thank you EVERYONE that helped...


Free books from Unbound
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