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US Barry Award for Best Mystery Novel for The Blackhouse

I’ve just returned from the Bouchercon crime convention in Albany NY, USA, where George Easter of Deadly Pleasures magazine presented me with the Barry Award for Best Mystery Novel for “The Blackhouse”. In previous years, there were separate awards for … Continue reading

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The Heat is On for The Lewis Trilogy

The summer has arrived with a flurry of award nominations for The Lewis Trilogy. The trilogy has already won several awards in France where it was first published. Now nominations are arriving for major book awards in the UK and … Continue reading

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A Look Back… and Forward

The end of another year.  Another book published. Another book written, well, almost. I expect to finish it within the next ten days before I travel to the UK for the launch of The Chessmen, but more of that later.  … Continue reading

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French Award

The Blackhouse is the book that British publishers rejected en masse 6 years ago. Today it is at No.7 in the bestselling UK paperback chart – its 7th week in the Top Twenty. And yesterday it won one of the … Continue reading

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