About the Books

Below are details of all the books that have been published. They are available on all Amazon platforms as both E-Books and paperbacks. Clicking on each title will take you to the appropriate Amazon page. There are also free short stories (click here) on this website, and two of them can be purchased from Amazon as EBooks, The Othona Valediction and

6.10 from Darlington.

Andalucían Mysteries and More Andalucían Mysteries were the first to be published, and are short stories of crime and mystery set in the Axarquía, the part of Spain where I have lived since 1994. (They were republished in one volume, Malaga Mysteries, which is no longer available online.)

These two books have been translated into German - Andalusische Geschichten and Noch Mehr Andalusische Geschichten - and Spanish - Misterios de Andalucía and Más Misterios Andaluces. Information on the translators can be found here.

The next book, Twisted Tales, has some stories set in Spain but also some set in other parts of the world.

East Side Stories is set down the east side of the UK, from Hadrian’s Wall to the Thames.

Sedella is a very different book, being a history of the village where I live, from prehistoric times to the present day, a mix of historical facts illustrated by fictional stories.

The Queen’s Agent is different again, being the first full length novel I have published, a spy story set in the time of Elizabeth I, set in London and Santiago de Compostela.

Death in the Sun and Other Stories returns to the short story genre, with 18 stories set once more in southern Spain.

Driven by Conflict, published in 2018, is a collection of stories about people caught up in conflicts of various kinds.

Suffer the little Children, published in 2019, is another full length novel, set in Teesside in the winter of 1946/7 and is a story of crime, suspense, intrigue and romance.

Twin Cousins, published in 2020, is a story of two boys born to twin sisters, one in north east England, the other in Andalucía. It is a stand alone novel but also a prequel and sequel to ‘Suffer the Little Children’.

Pi - 3.14 Stories, published in 2020, is a collection of 3 novellas and a short story of murder and mystery, set across different countries and times.