57 ratings | 7 reviews | avg rating:4.72

more photos (4)

Col Bury’s Followers (48)

Col’s Bookshelves

to-read (43)
currently-reading (19)
read (51)

Col’s Friends (764)

Bruce Coffin

504 books | 596 friends

Mark Ellis

445 books | 448 friends

David Stimpson

1,650 books | 65 friends

Jane James

99 books | 475 friends

Alex Nicolajsen

1,929 books | 605 friends

Susan Furlong

454 books | 2,699 friends

Robert Vaughan

1,305 books | 1,523 friends

Mandy Reads Indie

3,072 books | 2,696 friends

More friends…

Col Bury

Goodreads Author

Born

in Manchester, The United Kingdom

Website

http://colburysnewcrimefiction.blogspot.co.uk/

Twitter

ColBurywriter

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Short Stories

Influences

James Herbert, Matt Hilton, Nat Sobel, Richard Godwin, Simon Kernick ...more

Member Since

April 2009

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/colbury

edit data

Col Bury is the former crime editor of award winning ezine, Thrillers, Killers ‘n’ Chillers. His short stories can be found in many anthologies, including, The Mammoth Books of Best British Crime 9, 10 & 11. His fiction is scattered around the net, at the likes of A Twist Of Noir and The Flash Fiction Offensive, as well as two short story collections on Amazon. Col is busy developing a crime novel series and hopes to 'grace' the bookshelves soon!
He lives in Manchester, UK with his wonderful wife and two beautiful children. When he's not working, being a daddy, writing, reading or editing, he shoots pool or watches his beloved Manchester City FC.
...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Col Bury questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Col Bury’s books

Average rating: 4.27 · 299 ratings · 62 reviews · 12 distinct works

	My Kind of Justice (DI Jack Striker #1) 4.23 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manchester 6 4.10 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Action: Pulse Pounding Tales Volume 1 by Matt Hilton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Leather (Goodreads Author), I.S. Paton 4.24 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Off The Record 2 - At The Movies - A Charity Anthology by Luca Veste (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul D. Brazill (Editor), McDroll (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Off The Record by Luca Veste (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anthony Neil Smith (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Matt Hilton (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.19 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Brit Grit by Paul D. Brazill (Editor), Luca Veste (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matt Hilton (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cops of Manchester 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightfalls: Notes from the end of the world by Katherine Tomlinson (Goodreads Author), Barb Goffman, Patricia Abbott 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Kind of Justice: DI Jack Striker series, book 1 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 10 (Mammoth Books) by Maxim Jakubowski (2013-02-21) by Col Bury (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Col Bury…

35 posts
Col Bury's Blog

IMPROMPTU INTERVIEW AT HARROGATE...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsP7o...

View more on Col Bury's website »

Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on October 24, 2016 13:02

View all 35 posts »

Series by Col Bury

DI Jack Striker (1 book)
by

Col Bury (Goodreads Author)

4.23 avg rating — 66 ratings

Col is Currently Reading

Col Bury is currently reading

Shades of Blue: The Life of a Manchester City Legend and the Story that Shook Football

by David White

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Mar 17, 2017 03:23PM

Col Bury is currently reading

Blood Tears (DI Ray McBain, #1)

by Michael Malone J

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jul 05, 2015 03:03PM

Col Bury is currently reading

Severed

by Simon Kernick (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Oct 01, 2013 03:52PM

Quotes by Col Bury (?)

“Writers, WRITE!”
― Col Bury

1 likes

Col’s Quotes

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

32148 likes

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: fantasy

36843 likes

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

tags: edison, failure, inspirational, paraphrased

42309 likes

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage

42380 likes

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

26432 likes

More of Col’s quotes…

Col’s Friend Comments

Comments (showing 1-6) post a comment »

date

newest »

message 6: by Col

May 20, 2014 01:00PM

Chad B. wrote: "Col, thank you for the friend connect.
Wishing only the very best in 2014!

Chad"

All the best, Chad!

reply | flag

message 5: by Col

May 20, 2014 12:59PM

Andy wrote: "nice to meet you Col:)"

You too!

reply | flag

message 4: by Col

Jun 16, 2013 09:02PM

Andy wrote: "nice to meet you Col:)"

You too, Andy. Better late than never!

reply | flag

message 3: by Col

Jun 16, 2013 09:01PM

Zoë wrote: "Hi Col. Thanks for Friending me. Great to catch up with you here. How's the writing going with you?"
Hi Zoe, Sorry I missed this. Yeah, great to hook up on here. Got the thumbs up from US agent and awaiting UK agent's response...

reply | flag

message 2: by Zoë

Mar 15, 2013 02:12AM