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The Sinister Coast Boxset
This boxset contains full editions of the first three sensational thrillers from British writer Gregg Dunnett. Fresh, exciting and guaranteed to have you gripped.
Book 1 – The Things you find in Rockpools
A teenage girl disappears from a beach town at the height of summer. Two months later the police still can't find her. And a very unusual eleven-year-old steps in to help...
How do you catch a killer - when you're just a kid?
Book 2 – The Wave at Hanging Rock
Natalie, a young doctor, sees her perfect life shattered when her husband is lost at sea. Everyone believes it’s a tragic accident. But a mysterious phone call prompts her to think otherwise. She sets out on a search for the truth...
Book 3 – The Desert Run
Just out of university and right out of cash, Jake finds his live stalled. Until his friend comes up with a plan to make life more interesting. The only problem? It isn't exactly legal...
Book 1 – The Things you find in Rockpools
A teenage girl disappears from a beach town at the height of summer. Two months later the police still can't find her. And a very unusual eleven-year-old steps in to help...
How do you catch a killer - when you're just a kid?
Book 2 – The Wave at Hanging Rock
Natalie, a young doctor, sees her perfect life shattered when her husband is lost at sea. Everyone believes it’s a tragic accident. But a mysterious phone call prompts her to think otherwise. She sets out on a search for the truth...
Book 3 – The Desert Run
Just out of university and right out of cash, Jake finds his live stalled. Until his friend comes up with a plan to make life more interesting. The only problem? It isn't exactly legal...
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Published September 16, 2018
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About the author
Gregg Dunnett
39 books498 followersGregg Dunnett is a British author writing psychological thrillers and stories about travel and adventure, usually with a connection to the coast or to the oceans. Before turning to novels he worked as a journalist for ten years on a windsurfing magazine, briefly owned a sailing school in Egypt, taught English in Thailand, Portugal, Turkey and Italy, taught sailing in Greece and Spain, and also had several rather duller jobs along the way.
His brother is the adventurer Jono Dunnett who in 2015 windsurfed alone and unsupported around the entire coastline of Great Britain, and who is currently windsurfing around the coastline of Europe.
Gregg lives in Bournemouth on the south coast of England with his partner Maria. They have two young children, Alba and Rafa, for whom the phrase “Daddy's working” has absolutely no effect.
Gregg's debut novel was an Amazon top 100 best seller in the UK and was downloaded over a quarter of a million times.
Gregg on why he writes:
"I’ve always wanted to do two things in life, to write, and to have adventures. When I was a kid I imagined grand affairs. Kayaking across Canada, cycling to Australia. Whole summers in the Arctic. Did it happen? Well, partly.
I’ve been lucky, I spent some years abroad teaching English. I worked in sailing schools in Greece and Spain. I really lucked out with a job testing windsurfing boards for the magazine I grew up reading. I made a questionable decision (ok, a bad decision) to buy a windsurfing centre in Egypt. I’ve also done my fair share of less exciting jobs. Packing and stacking potatoes on a farm, which got me fitter than I’ve ever been in my life. I did a few years in local government which taught me that people really do have meetings that result only in the need for more meetings, and they really do take all afternoon. I spent a pleasant few months in a giant book warehouse, where I would deliberately get lost among the miles of shelves unpacking travel guides and daydreaming. I’ve done a bit of writing too, at least I learned how to write. Boards Magazine isn’t well known (it doesn’t even exist today) but it did have a reputation for being well written and I shoe-horned articles in my own gonzo journalism style on some topics with the most tenuous of links to windsurfing. But the real adventures never came. Nor did the real writing.
Then, in 2015, my brother announced he was going to become the first person to windsurf alone around Great Britain. I don’t know why. Apparently it was something he’d always wanted to do (news to me). It was a proper adventure. It was dangerous, it was exciting. Even before he set off he was interviewed on TV, in the papers etc... Some people thought he was reckless, some thought he was inspirational. Lots of people thought he’d fail.
But he didn’t. He made it around. He even sailed solo from Wales to Ireland, the first to make the crossing without the aid of a safety boat. I was lucky enough to be involved in a planning level, and take part in a few training sails, and the last leg of the trip. But he did ninety nine percent of it on his own. One step at a time, just getting on with it. That was quite inspiring.
In a way it inspired me to pull my finger out. I’d been writing novels - or trying to write novels - then for a few years. But it was touch and go as to whether I was going to be one of those ‘writers’ with a half-finished novel lost on a hard drive somewhere, rather than someone who might actually manage to finish the job.
I’ve now got two lovely, highly demanding children, so real adventures are hard right now. I still try to get away when I can for nights out in the wilds rough camping, surf trips sleeping in the van, windsurfing when the big storms come. I love adventures with the kids too.
I hope in time to get around to a few real adventures. I want to sail across an ocean. I want to bike across a continent. I definitely want to spend more time surfing empty waves.
But fo
His brother is the adventurer Jono Dunnett who in 2015 windsurfed alone and unsupported around the entire coastline of Great Britain, and who is currently windsurfing around the coastline of Europe.
Gregg lives in Bournemouth on the south coast of England with his partner Maria. They have two young children, Alba and Rafa, for whom the phrase “Daddy's working” has absolutely no effect.
Gregg's debut novel was an Amazon top 100 best seller in the UK and was downloaded over a quarter of a million times.
Gregg on why he writes:
"I’ve always wanted to do two things in life, to write, and to have adventures. When I was a kid I imagined grand affairs. Kayaking across Canada, cycling to Australia. Whole summers in the Arctic. Did it happen? Well, partly.
I’ve been lucky, I spent some years abroad teaching English. I worked in sailing schools in Greece and Spain. I really lucked out with a job testing windsurfing boards for the magazine I grew up reading. I made a questionable decision (ok, a bad decision) to buy a windsurfing centre in Egypt. I’ve also done my fair share of less exciting jobs. Packing and stacking potatoes on a farm, which got me fitter than I’ve ever been in my life. I did a few years in local government which taught me that people really do have meetings that result only in the need for more meetings, and they really do take all afternoon. I spent a pleasant few months in a giant book warehouse, where I would deliberately get lost among the miles of shelves unpacking travel guides and daydreaming. I’ve done a bit of writing too, at least I learned how to write. Boards Magazine isn’t well known (it doesn’t even exist today) but it did have a reputation for being well written and I shoe-horned articles in my own gonzo journalism style on some topics with the most tenuous of links to windsurfing. But the real adventures never came. Nor did the real writing.
Then, in 2015, my brother announced he was going to become the first person to windsurf alone around Great Britain. I don’t know why. Apparently it was something he’d always wanted to do (news to me). It was a proper adventure. It was dangerous, it was exciting. Even before he set off he was interviewed on TV, in the papers etc... Some people thought he was reckless, some thought he was inspirational. Lots of people thought he’d fail.
But he didn’t. He made it around. He even sailed solo from Wales to Ireland, the first to make the crossing without the aid of a safety boat. I was lucky enough to be involved in a planning level, and take part in a few training sails, and the last leg of the trip. But he did ninety nine percent of it on his own. One step at a time, just getting on with it. That was quite inspiring.
In a way it inspired me to pull my finger out. I’d been writing novels - or trying to write novels - then for a few years. But it was touch and go as to whether I was going to be one of those ‘writers’ with a half-finished novel lost on a hard drive somewhere, rather than someone who might actually manage to finish the job.
I’ve now got two lovely, highly demanding children, so real adventures are hard right now. I still try to get away when I can for nights out in the wilds rough camping, surf trips sleeping in the van, windsurfing when the big storms come. I love adventures with the kids too.
I hope in time to get around to a few real adventures. I want to sail across an ocean. I want to bike across a continent. I definitely want to spend more time surfing empty waves.
But fo
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November 19, 2018
Gregg Dunnet
Great Author. His books are intense. You never know what the outcome may be. Looking forward to reading his next book. I definitely am a fan.
Great Author. His books are intense. You never know what the outcome may be. Looking forward to reading his next book. I definitely am a fan.
September 17, 2019
Intense, precisely crafted stories
The only story new to me was the first. The author masterfully chronicles the trials and tribulations of a tween savant enmeshed in a childhood crush and what ends up as a murder.
In the second story, an unexpected twist as two ordinary people get caught up in a plot far beyond their capabilities.
And the third story - unrepentant protagonist might end up with a light at the end of his long tunnel.
Three very different tales, showing the author’s breadth as a writer.
The only story new to me was the first. The author masterfully chronicles the trials and tribulations of a tween savant enmeshed in a childhood crush and what ends up as a murder.
In the second story, an unexpected twist as two ordinary people get caught up in a plot far beyond their capabilities.
And the third story - unrepentant protagonist might end up with a light at the end of his long tunnel.
Three very different tales, showing the author’s breadth as a writer.
September 10, 2020
Best series of books I have read
Very exciting stories. The author obviously knows the coast and surfing and boating. I really felt like I was there. The characters were all very well developed. Some I liked, some I didn’t. The endings were surprising. I highly recommend these books.
Very exciting stories. The author obviously knows the coast and surfing and boating. I really felt like I was there. The characters were all very well developed. Some I liked, some I didn’t. The endings were surprising. I highly recommend these books.
February 18, 2022
Riveting Suspense
Every story kept me eager to read the next one. Thoroughly enjoyed especially the last. Could relate to sailing through a nasty storm.
Looking forward to more Greg Dunnett
Every story kept me eager to read the next one. Thoroughly enjoyed especially the last. Could relate to sailing through a nasty storm.
Looking forward to more Greg Dunnett
May 17, 2019
Enthralled
Loved the first book the most. Thought I'd get tired of all the water but I didn't. Refreshing reads, I'd recommend them all.
Loved the first book the most. Thought I'd get tired of all the water but I didn't. Refreshing reads, I'd recommend them all.
August 11, 2020
Great twisting mysteries.. Rarely have I found such suprise endings.
May 5, 2021
Just loved these books from start to finish. Clever plot lines and lovely use of language. I really like this author.
June 22, 2021
What a great read very well written loved all of them and the way they pan out very surprising as are the characters who you think they are really like this author's style of writing .
June 13, 2024
Very well written and interesting stories.
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