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Martin Campbell

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Dr Martin Campbell was born in Greenock Scotland. He is the author of four novels:

(2016) Bad Beat Hotel - A story about poker and plumbing. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=bad+beat...

(2020) Sailor’s Heart - A story of cowardice and heroism in the Arctic Convoys. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sailors-Hear...

(2024) Adrift in the Cemetery - A story about surviving among the dead. (https://www.amazon.com/Adrift-Cemeter...

His latest book, The Insanity Inspectors, will be published on 28th November, 2025.

His professional background is in clinical psychology and teaching.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing poker and sea fishing, neither activity with many returns.

See website, where details of these award winning books can be found.
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Martin Campbell Try to write something everyday. Review it. Delete the bits that readers would skip over.
Average rating: 4.55 · 42 ratings · 25 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
Sailor's Heart

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Adrift in the Cemetery

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Here’s an interview I did recently in advance of publication of The Insanity Inspectors.
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