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SHELF LIFE: New Book Contract!!

I am happy to announce that I’ve signed a new three-book contract with Thomas and Mercer. The titles purchased are INFIDELITY LIMITED, SAVING GRACE (a follow-up to PAYING THE PIPER) and THE NEVERWAS MAN. Brilliance Audio will be producing the audio edition. […]

SHELF LIFE: Ta-Pocketa-Pocketa-Pocketa

My wife, Julie, kicked me under the table at a restaurant the other day. “You’re doing it again,” she said.  “What?” “You’re watching something going on.  You think you’re subtle, but you’re so obvious.” She’d caught me red-handed.  Something had caught my […]

SHELF LIFE: Anthology

I have a real soft spot anthology TV shows. Shows like The Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Tales of the Unexpected to name a few. There’s something exciting about an anthology show. The stories aren’t confined to a set of characters, locale or […]

SHELF LIFE: Rat Catcher

I discovered quite a treat at the weekend—a 40th anniversary edition of James Herbert’s THE RATS. It was his breakout novel about oversized rats eating their way across London and the Home Counties. THE RATS was also the first book of his […]