The case seems simple enough. Follow a man. Take a few photographs. But the next morning, as the man turns up dead in an Amsterdam canal, Mason is caught in the post-war black market with…
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Recommended for You
My fifth book – and first novella – is out today. Recommended for You is a complete departure from everything I have written before, and likely the beginning of a new phase. Set in the near future, it follows Julian, a divorced man living alone with his virtual assistant, Vera. She manages his routines, his […]
First Lines…
As we approach the launch of my fifth novel, Recommended for You, I thought it would be interesting to look back at how my books begin. Specifically, their first lines. A first line does more than start a story. It sets intent. It tells the reader, consciously or not, why they should keep going. You cannot […]
And so the future arrives…
Happy New Year! 2025 was never meant to be a year of major change in my writing career, but life doesn’t ask what we’re planning. It just happens. At the beginning of the year, A Sky Without Stars was on ice. It didn’t have a title yet. It didn’t have an ending. Somewhere in early spring, I […]
Quiet Christmas…
Christmas has a particular texture. Not just the lights or the noise, but the quieter things underneath. The pause. The cold air. The sense that the year is folding in on itself. We busy ourselves with preparations, but really, we should use the season to find quiet and bond with loved ones. It is the […]
Physical!
There’s something special about holding a book in your hands. The texture of the cover. The quiet crackle of paper. Even the faint smell of ink and glue. It’s physical, tangible. Something you can touch, lend, shelve, and return to years later. Or give to others, share. A book on a shelf. Not on a […]