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I’ve spent most of my working life as a journalist on local and national newspapers.
You meet a lot of people, see things, learn stuff. For a crime writer, it’s a plot factory.
One treasured memory was lunching with colleagues when the bar filled with agitated policemen.
“Who’s he?” said a CID man, pointing.
A good friend didn’t like his tone and announced in her best Lady Bracknell voice, “He’s the editor of the local paper!”
The copper said, “I don’t care who the hell he is. He looks like the guy who just did the bank up the road. How long’s he been here?”
Luckily, the barman provided my alibi.
Before journalism I tried my hand at odd jobs including furniture removals (watch out for the flat-packs, they tend to pack flat when lifted!), photogra ...more

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	The Wreck Of The Margherita (Danny Lancaster Book 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Godlefe's Cuckoo 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings — 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
	Death Squad (Danny Lancaster, #2) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	Rock Hard 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Last Orders (Danny Lancaster Book 7) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 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
	Gargoyle Pixie Dog really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Rough Diamond (Danny Lancaster Investigates, #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	A Crocus From Jerusalem 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 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
	Gunner: The story of Sgt Leslie Todd and the 90th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA in World War Two by Bill Todd (Goodreads Author), Zoe Todd-Martell 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
	Pigtail Pilot it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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Donna was polishing the bar, taking too long but she didn’t want to move from her spot at the far end. The Bellerophon was quiet. Her arm was aching.

‘You trying to wear a hole in my bar top?’

Startled, she turned to see the guv’nor, Big Eddie Archer, looming over her. Donna had just moved to Brighton and only worked at the pub for ten days. Big Eddie seemed nice but scary. She’d never had a dad. Ol

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THE man who invented the modern thriller is back. Forsyth, who died in June, transformed action tales in the 1970s, drawing on experiences as a fighter pilot, spy and journalist. Bestsellers included The Day Of The Jackal and The Odessa File. In this ...more
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THE Blitz rages across London but beneath the bombs everyday life and death go on. Detective Inspector John Jago and Detective Constable Peter Craddock are called to a murder. At first it's hard to see who would harm a charitable Canadian woman, mother ...more
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ELEVEN British peacekeepers were kidnapped in Africa in 2000 by the West Side Boys, 600 drug-fuelled, heavily armed terrorists hiding in thick jungle. The soldiers' lives hung by a thread. Only solution - send in the SAS. Falklands veteran Hoare tells ...more
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A TOXIC friendship between two school chums follows them to the top of Aussie government and a day of disaster. Sebastian Adler is a charismatic politician. Charlie Westcott is his strong right arm in the face of the relentless rise of Chinese power. T ...more
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AN honest man is set an impossible task in a dangerous situation. Munich is hosting the 1936 Winter Olympic Games. The Nazis want everything perfect for the watching world. Murder cannot happen. But it does. An SS man is found dead. Famous actress Elen ...more
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