Blogs in April 2019

River 25th April 2019

In RIVER, a woman moves to a London suburb for reasons that are unclear. She takes long, solitary walks by the River Lea, observing and describing her surroundings and the unusual characters she encounters. Over the course of these...

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A Stranger City 22nd April 2019

When a dead body is found in the Thames, caught in the chains of HMS Belfast, it begins a search for a missing woman and confirms a sense that in London a person can become invisible once outside their...

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Tiger Blood 22nd April 2019

Detective Superintendent Martyn Webber already has enough on his plate without the re-emergence of a get-away car from a 30-year-old felony. The sophistication of modern crime and a hacker at loose on the city’s traffic systems has to take...

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Syrup Trap City 22nd April 2019

Set in the Northern port of Hull, Syrup Trap City features private investigator, Annie Raymond, her boss, the enigmatic Mrs Peters, and Detective Ayaan Ahmed who Annie last met in very trying circumstances in York (see Buried Deep and...

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The Doll Makers 22nd April 2019

Life looks good for Annie Raymond, now an experienced investigator specialising in insurance fraud. Or rather that’s how she spins it. The truth is not so rosy. As she returns to her native Argyll she has no clue how...

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