Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
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Please do not ask for mercy… – review
03 Nov 2021REVIEW: PLEASE DO NOT ASK FOR MERCY… AS A REFUSAL OFTEN OFFENDS BY PAUL BASSETT DAVIES If this review is…
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Reading and writing satire: Mightier than the sword?
24 Oct 2021READING AND WRITING SATIRE Satire is having a big moment. We have satirical novels winning the Mann Booker Prize, satirical…
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Have your say: new blurb for The Breaking of Liam Glass
30 Jul 2021NEW BLURB I’d love to hear your opinion of the new blurb for my noir thriller The Breaking of Liam…
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Read Catch-22 for free
20 May 2021READ CATCH-22 FOR FREE We know that the Internet thrives on free information. As the saying goes, “Information wants to…
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Putting on the squeeze. Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
26 Feb 2021REVIEW: SQUEEZE ME BY CARL HIAASEN What’s a poor author to do? You write a comic novel that satirises the…
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Get best-seller Room 15 for just 99p/99c this week
04 Feb 2021GET BEST-SELLER ROOM 15 FOR 99P/99C Fed up with the virus? Bloodhound Books are promoting my amnesia thriller Room 15…
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Why are books and movies fascinated by forgetting?
22 Jan 2021FASCINATED BY FORGETTING Is it me, or are novels and movies fascinated by forgetting? This century, amnesia is very in.…
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Is the rise of the topical novel killing literature?
11 Dec 2020THE RISE OF THE TOPICAL NOVEL In 2010, I took my then agent for a Chinese lunch. I pitched an…
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Why I love writing thrillers
27 Nov 2020WHY I LOVE WRITING THRILLERS My twice award-nominated noir thriller The Breaking of Liam Glass officially comes out in its…