THE CURSE OF THE FATEFUL LETTER
I was in the Scouts when I was a kid and the big event of the year was our annual summer camp. We were divided into patrols and engaged in all sorts of games, competitions and activities. The last...
View ArticleIRISH THRILLER ROLE OF DISHONOUR GOES ON SPECIAL OFFER FOR EASTER
Role of Dishonour releases on Amazon today as a special Easter treat for readers of fast-paced action thrillers with a dash of romance thrown in. Grab it now on Amazon.com for a giveaway 99 cents (77p...
View ArticleA WANDER BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE
I bumped into an old friend the other day. I hadn’t seen John since shortly after leaving school in the 1950s. I have to confess I wouldn’t have known him from Adam, but we exchanged nods, and, as I...
View ArticleTHE OLD SCHOOL WAS DIFFERENT IN THOSE DAYS
A few readers seem to have enjoyed my recent ramblings about what it was like growing up in the Mourne country of County Down in the fifties and sixties. They wondered if I had any more tales about...
View ArticleSOME CHARACTERS FROM HAPPIER TIMES
In our last blog we revived some childhood memories of growing up in the beautiful Mourne country of Northern Ireland’s County Down and we promised to revisit it soon and talk about some of the great...
View ArticleA NEW SELECTION OF 55-WORD STORIES
It’s a long time since I’ve written any 55-word stories so I thought I’d toss in a few to keep my hand in. It’s a useful little exercise for any budding writer to cut down on all those adjectives and...
View ArticleTWO FREEBIES FOR THE PRICE OF NONE
It’s two for the price of none this week as a couple of my action and adventure thrillers are offered free to Amazon Kindle readers until Saturday. Role of Dishonour and Deadline to Danger will both be...
View ArticleIN IRELAND LOVE WASN’T GOING TO BE EASY
Can a man and woman of different religious beliefs and different cultural worlds defy years of tradition and hatred and find love against the bloody background of the ‘Troubles’ in Ireland? A short...
View ArticleSHOP EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS–BAH HUMBUG!
Christmas has started early in our home city of Lisburn. I guess it is the same in most other places too. I hadn’t given it a lot of thought until I visited our local shopping mall earlier this week....
View ArticleFINAL CURTAIN FOR A BRILLIANT DETECTIVE
Regular readers will be aware of my long standing admiration for Sherlock Holmes and his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I’ve referred to him more than once in these columns as the most famous and most...
View ArticleTHE PRIVATE EYE WITH A DIFFERENCE RETURNS IN A NEW SERIES OF EXCITING ADVENTURES
He’s back! Ireland’s favourite eccentric private eye Inky Black is set to return in a series of e-book and paperback adventures featuring his Girl Friday Maggie and sidekick Barry Briggs, together...
View ArticleINKY BLACK BACK IN A BIG NEW ADVENTURE
Ireland’s eccentric detective Inky Black is back in a new full length adventure, just released on Amazon Kindle this week. Costly Kidnap plunges our intrepid hero into a head-to-head duel against a...
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