The Missing Diamond…

The Missing DiamondNewsletter 3, January 2026There is an investigation going on in my house… Where is my missing Diamond?I probably need to specify here… I am not talking about a sparkly jewel in the sense of a ring, earring or necklace. What I have lost is a glittering piece of literature – my copy of Diamond Solitaire, the second […]

A Plot, a Twist and a Christmas read

Taken from December 2025 newsletter A Plot For us in the northern hemisphere, it is the perfect weather for snuggling up with a good book. Or maybe writing one…The first draft of the fourth book in the Detective Tom Robertson series is well underway. It starts the same evening that book three, Dangerous Reprisals, finishes, as […]

Writing crime…

Taken from Newsletter 1, November 2025 Writing crime…. Pushing the boundaries of police procedure. The aim is always to write an exciting page-turner, but crime novels also have to be believable and authentic. I can be in the middle of writing a scene and suddenly think, um…not sure that could happen. The key is to […]