Set up ready for Leek Loves Books tomorrow. Starts at 10am

The Lisbon Book series is growing!

A touch of spring today

And so it starts again! Plotting for the fourth novel (and sixth book) in the Lopes Lisbon series - The Cascais Conspiracy. Hope to get it out by the 4th quarter of 2025

Find my thrillers set in 1990s Manchester on Amazon and via @northodoxpress.bsky.social

Thought I'd better get a new banner. I might need a second one to fit the @northodoxpress.bsky.social books on too!

First draft done. Now for the editing... For context, Lena, Elena is a 30k word novella telling the story of how my character, Elena, from the Lisbon books first escaped Nazi-era Berlin then, in 1940, fled the Blitzkrieg in France - only to find other dangers on the road...

Book 1: A daring WWII mission. A pilot who risks it all. A story of courage & sacrifice. Book 2: The true tale of Nancy Wake, the Gestapo’s most wanted spy. £0.99 Now! Stories of heroism that deserve to be told. mybook.to/HeroesofWar #KU #WWII #histfic #HeroesOfWar #Booksky

My books are now on Audible! Download via Amazon.com

The Mare by Angharad Hampshire www.tripfiction.com/dual-timelin... This novel is the fictionalised account of the life of Hermine Braunsteiner, who served as a prison guard – an Aufseherin – in two concentration camps during #ww2 A novel worth your time #bluebooks @northodoxpress.bsky.social

🚀NOW available from Waterstones 🍸Adventures in LovE🌞 Teenage romance Skulduggery The last ever acid house party Escape to Ibiza forever 1,000 Pink New Yorkers ecstasy pills... Out 5 June; pre-ORDER now for the event of the summer www.waterstones.com/book/adventu... @northodoxpress.bsky.social

For as long as Alice can remember, she has trailed after Agnes ears open and mind eager to learn.... Magpie Moon is a tale of mothers and daughters, of medicine and magic, a crisp walk through the dark days of girlhood where sisters collude and the kind may turn cruel. @bookbound2019.bsky.social

In the temple of love: Shine like thunder In the temple of love: Cry like rain In the temple of love: Hear my calling In the temple of love: Hear my name

So, that's 772 Kindle downloads in 24 hours including 750 in the States, a market I'd love to crack properly. Well, I hope my 750 new US readers I didn't have yesterday like my work...

Book giveaway time! It's #LGBTHistoryMonth in the UK and I have three copies of Cottonopolis to give away. To enter, comment with a favourite fact/event/person in queer history. Winners drawn at random at the end of February. UK only for postage reasons. Please share! 🌈📚 sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/

In advance of the third novel going on pre-order get the first of the Lisbon novels FREE! TODAY ONLY www.amazon.com/dp/B0D238L93... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D238L93...

Rachel Canwell's Magpie Moon tells of mothers and daughters, of medicine and magic; is a crisp walk through the dark days of girlhood where sisters collude and the kind can turn cruel. @bookbound2019.bsky.social

We recently passed a 6 month anniversary of John Storey's A Drowning Man: A Manchester Noir! An exquisitely written mystery novel, bumbling PI Tom is hired to find a missing student in the wake of his mother's death. Poetic and tragic, it's a must read! www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

This looks great! Can't wait!

A nice milestone. A triple century of reviews for LMF. Maybe I should revisit this genre again!

I went on a cold one with the day job today. Brrr!!

Already out and coming in 2025!

Set up and ready at Vellichor Books, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent today

Last leaf

Sometimes the day job takes me to some pretty places!

It's snowed in England!

Managed some okay shots though

Took a trip to photograph the local ladies team playing away. It was a touch damp. My camera may never recover...

I'm not trying to sell anything but if any blueskyers are interested in what I write and, perhaps, want to exchange ideas etc. then this is my author page www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/a...

Spot the cat...

When you've been asked to shoot a football match in England in winter and your body is weathersealed but your lens isn't!

A mystery from York today - what's hidden in the box in the wall?

Release the Gaetz report. Pass it on.

Thought for the day...

Hello Bluesky!