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Gate in the Shadows is now published, only on Amazon for now, but soon I will have the third in the series published, Destruction of Faith, then begins the job of making the series available pretty much everywhere. Does the past ever leave us in peace? David is hired by a disgraced former government minister, now a writer, to visit the remote islands of St Kilda. He is not told why. He is overworked, stressed, and only takes on the job because he remembers visiting the Scotti

It has taken fifteen years to go from those two words to publication. Seven books are now written, following David’s unusual career from 2008 to the present day. The eighth book is now under way, by which time David has been made to change his views about what may or may not be possible. Some say he is less cynical, other say he is merely older and wiser. It has certainly been an interesting journey, taking him from the splendours of the Scottish Highlands and Isles, to a shi

As well as writing David’s next curious case, a disappearance in 1970s London that doesn't even have a title yet, I am revising, editing, and generally fussing over the fourth book in the series, Darkness in the Forest. The fifth book has been dug up from when I wrote it in 2001 and is being made ready to print so I can get to work revising and editing the proper way, using a pencil in a paperback copy. The third book, Destruction of Faith, is currently with some amazing help

Often this is because they have had their own slightly odd experience, something they couldn’t make sense of, but they don’t want to believe in all the nonsense that people make up about ghosts. If this sounds like you, and you don’t mind taking the time to tell your story, I would love to hear from you. I have started a research project, although I have no idea yet where it is going to lead, hence the name. Find out more.

You would never write that of course, that would be so wrong, but you do still see the occasional die-hard writing about an hotel, or an...

That question is written on the top of my website, but you will notice that it isn’t answered. I leave it there as a question, a reminder...

There are three things you should never discuss: Politics, religion, and Jeremy Clarkson. So, let’s talk about religion. I was listening...

I was told that if I want to be a big grown-up author, I should have a blog, whether I want one or not. So, I set up a blog. Then I was...