About me

In April 1949, the government tried to end sweet rationing, but the measure was put back in place to four months later due to high demand. I think my older brother probably owes his good teeth to his birthyear of 1946. In February 1953, the government successfully de-rationed sweets. That was when yours truly was born, and I probably owe my good teeth to the National Health Service.

When we were born might not have too much to do with our occasional successes and many failures, but hey! It is as good as anything when we need an excuse for the latter. In truth YOU the readers, are the only arbiter of any success I might enjoy through my writing. I write for one sole reason, the hope that YOU will derive some enjoyment from the story, the people and the places I describe and the situation they encounter. I write about normal people who find themselves embroiled in the scandals of yesteryear. Things we would never have believed possible in those days, but we are today all too well informed of.

Were we naive? I couldn’t say. The nineteen seventies seemed a wonderful time to be alive. Maybe we were too busy enjoying life to see, or even care, about who people really were beneath their cloak of celebrity, religion or politics.

We certainly know now. Our trust may have been eroded as we baby boomers have aged. We were so young when we were duped. Who were the adults back then?

To young people I say, enjoy your life. To we ancients I say, we were all young once, do not feel guilty, but try not to let history repeat itself, if you can.

In THE LETTER which is set in Yorkshire have remained faithful to the era in which the novel is set. A time without mobile phones, advanced computers and all things internet. Hopefully, it will take you back to that place or for other readers maybe show you something different, a world without social media and interconnected data.

DEVLIN’S DILEMMA is a crime novel set in a sleepy Irish village where a families secrets are exposed piece by piece as a family member returns from England to attend his brother’s funeral. Enjoy the read.

My favourite authors include Walter Mosley, Andrea Camilleri and Elmore Leonard