Blogs in December 2023

A Quiet Contagion 5th December 2023

Six decades. Seven people. One unspeakable secret. 1957. A catastrophe occurs at the pharmaceutical lab in Coventry where sixteen-year-old Wilf is working for the summer. A catastrophe that needs to be covered up at all costs.2017. Phiney is shocked...

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God’s Country 3rd February 2023

‘‘I was born in the Black Country and have lived there most of my life. I’ve always felt that it, and the texture of its part-industrial, part-rural landscape provokes a unique sensation of place, and I try to emulate...

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OUT FOR REVENGE 27th October 2022

Following the death of a local thug, a simmering gang war quickly reaches boiling point… When notorious gangland boss Tadeusz Filipowski is released from prison, several people start looking over their shoulder. A volatile character, not shy of picking...

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Murder On Oxford Lane 23rd January 2022

A gripping mystery, full of suspense. The peace of a Midlands village is upset when local businessman Harry Bowers doesn’t return from choir practice. More concerned than the man’s own wife, it would seem, investigating officer Detective Sergeant Sunita...

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Chinglish 18th November 2020

It is difficult trying to talk in our family cos: a) Grandparents don’t speak English at all b) Mum hardly speaks any English c) Me, Bonny and Simon hardly speak Chinese d) Dad speaks Chinese and good English –...

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