Huge thanks to @NorfolkMagazine and @CatherineLarner, for this very wonderful piece - very grateful and more than a bit flabbergasted. To write about Nelson’s county is a joy!

Friday night is confession night - where Trevor Wood and I blow the lid off crime-writing, the publishing world, and all things in between. Join us at Sutton Library, Ellesmere Port, for an evening with a lot of laughs and few surprises.. Tickets below! Join us! 🎟️ https://buff.ly/3EBpWPl

For Christmas, my godfather Uncle Rich got me this awesome ‘book rest and refreshment stand combo unit’ - so tonight it’s a little Guinness and the brilliant SON by Johana Gustawsson and Thomas Enger, courtesy of mighty Orenda Books! Cheers all!

So excited about this - in just two days I'll be heading back to a city I adore and Waterstones Sheffield, to chat with the brilliant @russthomas about The Troubled Deep🤿 ! We are both proud #SheffieldHallam alumni - any students, we'd love to talk books/publishing! 🎟️ https://buff.ly/4jvoPRs

Book fans in Liverpool, we've got your Monday night sorted! Tomorrow night, the 27th, I'll be at Waterstones Liverpool chatting up a storm with the genius Stu Turton - and the last time i shared the stage with Stu, I nearly laughed myself into an accident. Tix here! https://buff.ly/429mOEi

Calling all book fans in the north west and beyond! Tonight I'm in Romiley, near Stockport chatting with wonderful Chris McDonald at super Serenity Booksellers! There's a handful of tickets left - come and join us! Always a wonderful crowd and atmosphere! 6.30pm start! https://buff.ly/3PKp9xY

#TheTroubledDeep🤿 tour is well underway now, with the Norfolk leg complete! And we've added a new date! A free event on 1st Feb at wonderful Waterstones Durham! Next up is a quick 1-2 of Serenity Romiley and Waterstones Newcastle - some tix still available here! 🎟️ https://buff.ly/429mOEi

Heading off on a tour of Norfolk bookshops today, but look at this lovely fella saying goodbye from a garden on the walk to station! Could have stayed there all day!

I adored @roxiekey.bsky.social's #TheDeadlySpark (I need the sequel and I need it NOW!) so imagine the delight when these lovely words arrived. Thanks so much Roxie! #TheTroubledDeep🤿 is out in 8 days - preorder now here! 📚 https://buff.ly/4a49eEb

One of the most generous writers out there is @cmacwritescrime, and he's proven it again with his thoughts on #TheTroubledDeep🤿 . Chris selflessly champions so many voices in the crime world, and is now at 'national treasure' status. Thank you man! 📚 https://buff.ly/4a49eEb

#TheTroubledDeep🤿 is just days away now - and we're getting ready to hit the road! More bits and pieces to be confirmed/added, but here's the state of play - thanks so much to all involved. Can't wait to see you all out there! Ticket details here! linktr.ee/rpevents

My lovely mum got me a ‘blind date book’ from a second hand bookshop, and I hit a bit of a jackpot with a David Baldacci! What a lovely idea this is!

Merry Christmas everyone. Feel very thankful, and grateful. 🙏

Very excited to be going back to my home bookshop with #TheTroubledDeep🤿! 18th January, 11am-2pm, I’ll be signing and nattering away at Forget-Me-Not Toys and Books in Culcheth! Come and join us!

Twas the week before Christmas… and we’re still here grinding 🥊 www.instagram.com/reel/DDuICFj...

#TheTroubledDeep is out a month today! How on earth has that happened? Can't wait for readers to meet Cam and Nala, and see what horrors are lurking... Preorder links here - thanks for everything! linktr.ee/thetroubledd...

This is an amazing look at what a great year we've had with #CrimeCentral. Check it out!

Yess! Delighted to see this one announced! @serenitybookshop.bsky.social are doing crazy-good things and I'm so pleased to be able to go back - and speak with brother-in-arms @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social! Thurs 23rd Jan, tickets at the link below, come and join us! Going to be amazing!

It’s deadline day for our Scribblers Christmas Anthology! Here’s a host of our talented soon-to-be published authors putting on the finishing touches before we go to print! Couldn’t be prouder of them - what amazing imaginations!

It’s deadline day for our Scribblers Christmas Anthology! Here’s a host of our talented soon-to-be published authors putting on the finishing touches before we go to print! Couldn’t be prouder of them - what amazing imaginations!

I had the real pleasure of meeting @LJShepherdwords at #ChilternKills this year, and doubly lucky when she agreed to take a look at #TheTroubledDeep🤿!Thanks so much for the kind words Laura! Extremely grateful, so glad you liked it! Preorders open here: buff.ly/3VyBQiD

Sorry to anyone I had to steal a photo from, but #NewcastleNoir was simply brilliant yet again. Thank you to everyone, old friends and new - happiness meter fully stocked once more. If you’ve never been, please make it a priority! So friendly, positive and downright wonderful.

Well, this is something that’s never happened to me before - sneaking into The Literary Review! Very appreciative and grateful! #TheTroubledDeep🤿 is out 16th Jan from mighty @BloomsburyRaven - which you can grab here: linktr.ee/thetroubleddeep literaryreview.co.uk/december-202...

I was delighted to talk #TheTroubledDeep🤿 for @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social website. Some really great questions here, that pulled answers out of me that I really wasn’t expecting! Check it out below! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...

Some wonderful #TheTroubledDeep🤿 words have landed from the super Louisa Scarr (@samhollandbooks.bsky.social), whose own novels constantly have me thrilled. Thanks Louisa! See you Saturday! Out 16th January 2025 - preorder NOW! 🛒amzn.eu/d/eHMy8LS 🧊tinyurl.com/mtcp2eed 📚tinyurl.com/tj6tmtyr

Oh my flipping word, it’s out there. On 16th January, #TheTroubledDeep🤿 is out - and we are celebrating the launch in style at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social with none other than the mighty @mwcraven.bsky.social! Stunned - thank you all for making this happen! Tickets: tinyurl.com/TTDlaunch

Another super night to round off a wonderful 2024 with Manchester Libraries and @crimecentral.bsky.social! Thank you to everyone who continually makes this night so special!

Update - it was brilliant! #NoOneWillSaveYou is a new fave of the very precise alien abduction genre - and it’s utterly terrifying to boot.

Really don’t think my heart will survive this one - twenty minutes in and my nerves are scrambled egg!

Very excited to be busting out of the clink and heading to Ellesmere Port Library on 7th Feb 25, with my good mate @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social! Grab your tickets below, and thanks so much to CWAC libraries for the opportunity- and for the greatest poster ever! www.ticketsource.co.uk/cwaclibrarie...

Pretty perfect start to the morning! A pre-spar fuel up with an ace new book - #TheCountdownKiller by the brill @samhollandbooks.bsky.social ! And what a flipping opening! Already hook, line and sinkered!

You ever have one of those days when there’s so much to do, but all you really want to do it sit down and read that book you’re hooked into? THAT!

I’m pretty much incapable of smiling any broader about this one- thank you so much @janicehallett.bsky.social! Janice’s books are a constant source of inspiration and enjoyment, so this is a ‘mind-blown’ moment! #TheTroubledDeep🤿 surfaces 16/1/25 - preorder NOW! 📚https://tinyurl.com/tj6tmtyr

Go go gadget Amazon ‘buy-it-now’ button!

Just one of the loveliest reviews ever, and this one resonates fiercely - thank you so much Jude! Researching the topic of PTSD was a very important part of this book’s journey. The cost of service, for so many brave people, is invisible but debilitating. #TheTroubledDeep🤿

Just arriving in Manchester for a day long stag do for a dear mate - I’m too old for this, right? Right?!

Cam Killick 2 is DONE! It’s the messiest of first drafts, proper word soup, but it’s down - just in time for the weekend! Cheers everyone! @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

When someone you have long admired (and whose opinion you really value) reads your new book, there's always an element of nerves. That's what happened with the truly wonderful Anne Cater - who champions authors and books relentlessly. Thank you so much Anne - for everything! #TheTroubledDeep🤿

A special whirlwind visit to London to see the icon @raymondbenson.bsky.social and bump into chums old and new! Also managed to squeeze in a visit to @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social which was just incredible!

Our film podcast @fyrfilmpod.bsky.social drops a new episode today, with #TheMonsterSquad! We take a maligned movie from the past, and see if it deserves reappraisal. To qualify, the movie must have been a box office flop or critical disaster. Please give us a listen! linktr.ee/Reconsiderpod

For any of my new Bluesky chums near Manchester, I'm so lucky to be working with Manchester Libraries to bring the best in crime fiction to Central Library! This month sees SL McManus, Teresa Solana (all the way from Barcelona!) and Nick Triplow hit the Crime Central Stage! 🎟️www.crime-central.co.uk!

Free ticket you say?! Get on it!

Some more wonderful words have arrived for #TheTroubledDeep🤿 from the mighty pen of @robertrutherford.bsky.social - thank you so much Rob! Rob has supported this book since i first told him about the idea a few years back - and I couldn’t be more grateful for his backing. Thank you brother!👊🙏

LOVING the book chat over here - in that spirit, finished @annamazz.bsky.social’s new cracker #NotesOnADrowning at 1am. A thoroughly gripping blitz through the seediest corridors of power, it’s got pace and style to burn - and is bursting with great lines. High tension, high stakes - a real winner!

Wet dogs!!

Right everyone, forget that baloney-circus ‘boxing’ last night. Chris Billam-Smith is a complete gent, a total warrior, and an incredibly exciting fighter to watch - and he’s seeking to become unified world champion tonight. This is not a YouTube gimmick, THIS is real boxing. Come on, The Gentleman!

Right, that’s the last time one of the kids gets to borrow my fountain pen. 😂

Some wonderful words for #TheTroubledDeep🤿 have been drifting in. I'm so grateful! Thank you so much @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social - glad to hear you got your breath back! Out 16th January 2025 - preorder NOW! 🛒https://amzn.eu/d/eHMy8LS 🧊https://tinyurl.com/mtcp2eed 📚https://tinyurl.com/tj6tmtyr

Just the most wonderful day on the river yesterday, mooching about, getting in trouble, seeing what beasties were lurking. Soul fully refreshed! Happy half term everyone!

Oh WOW. Absolutely delighted to receive this! Bank on it folks: #SevenDays is going to explode next year, blasting @robertrutherford.bsky.social into the literary stratosphere. A thunderous, star-making novel of the highest order. Thank you so much Phoebe Morgan and Hodder Books.