Damn my dyslexia!!! Usually it’s a problem (a.k.a. a pain in the arse) but for once, it did me a good turn. The idea for my new book DECEPTIVE PRACTICES came from a misread. A couple of years ago I was flipping […]
DID NOT FINISH is a book that is very close to my heart as it’s a mystery centering on the world of motorsport. Thirty years ago, I raced open-wheel cars motorsport in the UK. In the book, a death threat is circulating […]
I’m very topic driven when it comes to my books. I latch onto an issue, it becomes the basis of a conflict and a book is born from there. With THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY, survivor guilt was the driving force behind […]
I hadn’t intended to put my heroes, Scott Fleetwood and Tom Sheils, through the fictional wringer for a second time but something cropped up. When I start a book, I don’t build it around a character or plotline. I’m premise driven. More […]
My first thriller ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN has come of age. It was first published 18 years ago this month! This book is very special to me because we’ve been on a quite a journey over that time. It’s been responsible for […]
As I’ve done with my last few books, I’ve created a playlist for my Cockney Rhyming Slang inspired book TROUBLE & STRIFE. Each title relates to one of the stories in the book (although I’ve taken liberties with a couple of songs): […]
TROUBLE & STRIFE picked up a great review from Mystery Scene magazine (which is on the right of the screen). It came with the quotable line: “TROUBLE & STRIFE, edited by Simon Wood, is a clever (and very good) themed anthology.” I […]
My cockney rhyming slang themed book TROUBLE & STRIFE has been in the news media a bit of late so I thought I would catch up on all you’ve missed. AUTHOR ON THE AIR radio interview. THE BIG THRILL magazine interview. Travis […]
For those who’ve taken an interest in my Cockney Rhyming Slang themed book TROUBLE & STRIFE might be interested to see rhyming slang in use. This snippet of LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS turns the volume up to 11 on CRS. […]
The New Year marks twenty years since my first published work, which was a short story in a science fiction magazine. I thought I would mark this personal landmark moment with some stats: More than 20 books published. Had my work translated […]