Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born, raised and educated in Glasgow, Scotland but I’ve also lived in London, Germany, Belfast and the North West of England and currently live in the South West of England.
Published in 2013, An Expendable Spy was my first novel but in at the end of May 2020 I’ll be publishing my first London based crime novel, Death Comes Calling, which will be the first in the Inspector Gore crime series, and will be available from Amazon in download or paperback.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Death Comers Calling. The book is called that because the main character, Detective Chief Inspector John Gore, keeps getting anonymous, taunting letters from a serial killer who is murdering women.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Probably.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
For spy fiction; John LeCarre and Len Deighton. For crime fiction; Ian Rankin, Colin Dexter, Val McDermid, Peter May, Peter Robinson.
What are you working on now?
Death Comes Calling (see above).
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Lets see.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read, read, read. Also with regard to writing. Don’t give up and draft, draft and redraft.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Remember, everyone’s first draft is terrible. If you think yours is, you’re in good company.
What are you reading now?
‘The Five; The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper,’ by Hallie Rubenhold.
What’s next for you as a writer?
The second in the Inspector Gore crime series; ‘The Dying of the Light.’
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
‘War and Peace’, because I’ve had it on my bookshelf for ten years and haven’t opened it once.
‘The Spy Who Came in from the Cold’, by John LeCarre.
For crime fiction, any of the Inspector Morse books by Colin Dexter.