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Experiments with pricing
Posted on April 15, 2026
Today I put the ebook of Phosphate Rocks: A Death in Ten Objects back on sale through Barnes & Noble and KOBO, removed it from Kindle Unlimited, and updated all …
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Chernobyl – the 40th anniversary
Posted on April 3, 2026
In the early hours of the night of April 26, 1986, an explosion destroyed reactor number four of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Reactor #4 and Rubble The fourth unit had …
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Coming soon – new editions of the Jaq Silver Adventures
Posted on July 3, 2025
I wrote last week about getting the rights back to the four Jaq Silver thrillers, and my mixed emotions about leaving my first traditional publisher. Now it’s full steam ahead. …
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Interview in E&T
Posted on May 18, 2025
I was delighted to be interviewed by fellow author Nick Smith in Behalf of the Engineering and Technology Magazine E&T. We talk about pen names, the world of work, tools …
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A Love Letter to New Zealand
Posted on March 7, 2025
I knew that New Zealand would be chock full of amazing places, but I was unprepared for how vast, how varied or how beautiful it is. Milford Sound, South Island, …
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Author Chat with Caroline Maston – UK Crime Book Club
Posted on January 15, 2025
On Friday 10th January I had a one hour chat with Caroline Maston from the UK Crime Book Club. You can see and listen to the recording here Among many …
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Starting 2025 with an apology
Posted on January 2, 2025
Happy New Year! I have an apology to make. I’ve been ignoring you. After redesigning my author website (with the invaluable assistance of Simon Appleby at Bookswarm), I then neglected …
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Revisiting Bhopal
Posted on November 20, 2023
In August 2023 I travelled to Bhopal, India to revisit the former Union Carbide Factory, site of the world’s worst chemical accident. In the four decades since the accident in …
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The one thing we can all agree on
Posted on August 11, 2023
1 Book Review Why are women still so poorly represented in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths? Does it matter? What are the obstacles? How do we change things? Athene Donald …
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Bond Boys
Posted on May 30, 2020
Part II – Is it time for a few Bond boys? My debut thriller, The Chemical Detective, was described as ‘an audacious, female-led thriller which took the disposable women of …
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A Female James Bond
Posted on February 2, 2020
Part I – Is it time for a female James Bond? “Is nothing sacred?” meowed Spike the cat, official representative of the men in my life. “Your sex has appropriated …
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