Hello and welcome to all my readers, and to readers of the London Review of Books, RSPB magazine, Private Eye, The Oxford Times, The Oxford Mail, The Sprout, Flying Goose, the BBOWT blog, the Mammal Society blog - and of course everyone else. Thank you for looking in.
The Price of Dormice is my first novel, a seriously comedic crime story set in Oxford, pitting environmental activists against a corrupt establishment.
The Price of Dormice was published on October 28th 2024, and We’re Not Getting Divorced on October 30th. The close coincidence of dates was unplanned.
Both titles are available in print and e-book from all good bookshops in the UK and around the world.
If you’re a long way from a bookshop, or prefer to order on-line, you could use Hive, who support local independents, or try Blackwells, where shipping seems to be free. Or Amazon, of course.
An audio-book of The Price of Dormice will be published on 1st April 2025, by Oakhill, a division of Ulverscroft, read by Will Close.
If you’d like to look the author in the eye and maybe get a signed copy, come to one of the events where I’ll be talking about and/or selling the books (see News & Events page).
I would love to know what you think of my stories.
Another novel featuring Mick and friends is hoping to see the light of day during 2025-26, working title The Tufton Street Massacre. It will of course be purely fictional and not at all seditious.
Keep up to date with these and more on the News & Events page.
Use the Contact page to join my readers’ club, to organise an author talk/reading - in person or on-line - for your book group, bookshop, library, school, youth club, care home, sitting room or whatever, to tell me what you make of my work, or to send me a message about almost anything. Please do!
