Welcome to the Fens.

A world that will literally
take your breath away.

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A bit of background.

I was born in Kent, oddly in a place called Blackfen, and now I live in the heart of the Lincolnshire Fens. My working life was in London and Surrey, and I trained as an apprentice florist in Mayfair. Many years later I opened my own flower shop in Weybridge. It flourished for some 14 years, then became a victim of the recession. It might have seemed like a disaster at the time, but after a series of weird and wonderful jobs, I became a manager in an Indie Bookshop. I had written stories before, but being surrounded by books all day, I decided that it was time to take a serious look at writing!

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The Present

I live with my partner, Jacqueline, a highly decorated retired police officer, and our four Springer Spaniels, here in the misty Fens, where the airy beauty of the marshlands lends itself beautifully to murder!

Writing

I am a Member of the Crime Writer’s Association, and have had over 2.2 million sales and 589 million pages read on Kindle Unlimited (equivalent to around another 2.2 million sales), 6 Kindle # 1 bestsellers, and in 2018 was awarded Audible’s Breakthough Crime Writer of the Year Award, and also shortlisted for Audiobook of the Year at the British Book Awards.

2020 brought a Nomination for a Nibbie, for Author of the Year, and a #1 in the Bookseller with The Patient Man, and a #2 for The Dying Light. The latest audio to be released as an exclusive with Audible, They Disappeared was the Times Audiobook of the Week (15th August 2020) and called ‘a perfect combination.’

The Series

The Fen Series.... DI Nikki Galena and DS Joseph Easter

Jackman and Evans Series.... DI Rowan Jackman and DS Marie Evans

The Matt Ballard Mysteries.... Matt Ballard and Liz Haynes.

The Guide Star.... a stand-alone novel, again set here in the Fens and tells of the courage of a police officer, shot and left for dead, and her fight back to a very different kind of life.

Access

I have a new release coming up on the 18th of February, Secrets on the Fens, it will be available through Amazon.

All my books are available on Amazon and Audible. To keep you up to date with what's going on in my world I have an active presence on Facebook, please come and visit me there.