Ballad In Blue

Added on 20 September 2018

This is the story of how Ballad in Blue came into existence. Three years ago, living in Tallinn, I decided to take a break from the non-stop bloodfest of crime writing, and write an esoteric, romantic drama set in Estonia. I used to get a haircut in a place where all the barbers were young women, dr...

The Return of Barney Thomson

Added on 20 September 2018

You know that way pop stars these days suddenly drop an album out of the blue that no one knew they'd been recording, and everyone gets really excited? This is like that. Without the excitement. Earlier this year, I was waiting for my agent to sort out the Westphall deal with Mulholland, not sur...

Revised DI Westphall Publication Dates

Added on 07 September 2018

Mulholland Books have adjusted the release dates for the first three books in the DI Westphall series. They will now all be released in 2019, in a seven-month window. Accordingly, 2019 has been officially designated by the UN and the Nobel Committee as The First Annual DI Westphall Year*, brought to...

DI Westphall Cover Art

Added on 19 July 2018

We moved house last week. We got into our new place and the WiFi wasn’t working, despite having put the order in four weeks previously, and having received, on an hourly basis, messages from BT reminding us that our exciting new service was about to become active. It didn’t become active...

DI Westphall Series To Hodder, In Shocking Development

Added on 01 July 2018

In what publishing insiders are calling "a thing that happened", the DI Westphall series, left crushed and abandoned after the catastrophic collapse of Freight Books, has been picked up by Hodder imprint, Mulholland Books. Book 1, SONG OF THE DEAD will be re-released in November 2018 Book ...