The Assassin’s Dog

by | Nov 30, 2019

After several months of procrastination, I have finally released the latest story in the Cotton & Silk Thrillers: The Assassin’s Dog, an edge-of-the-seat thriller that along with all the usual suspect also features a new character: the delightful pug dog Goccia.

Although it continues where ‘Remorseless’ left off, The Assassin’s Dog can also read read as a stand-alone story since there is enough information in the text to bring a new reader up to speed with Jennifer, Henry, Derek et al.

So if you are new to the Cotton & Silk Thrillers, it’s not a problem to read this one first and then pick up the others.

Ebook and paperback versions are available now from Amazon. If you shy away from Amazon for whatever reason, the paperback should also be available by ordering through bookshops in many places. Paperback versions are also available at very competitive prices through the excellent hive.co.uk (with free UK delivery), and through wordery.com (with free worldwide delivery).

Here’s what The Assassin’s Dog is all about:

 

Cosimo Graziano Rosselli. Mafia assassin, a man who prides himself on his humanity — his victims feel nothing as they die; they simply cease to exist.

Goccia (pron: ’got:cha): Cosimo Graziano Rosselli’s beloved pug. Totally obedient and too cute to ignore, she accompanies the assassin everywhere on his contract killings.

When newly promoted Detective Sergeant Jennifer Cotton’s close friend Detective Superintendent Trisha McVie disappears in mysterious circumstances, a huge search throughout the UK’s East Midlands proves fruitless and frustrating.

Little does Jennifer realise that the person behind her friend’s disappearance is far closer to home than she imagines.

Little does she realise that an elderly man she sees sitting with his placid pug dog in a pub in central Nottingham is the enigmatic assassin Cosimo Graziano Rosselli.

Little does she realise that Cosimo Graziano Rosselli is planning how and when to kill her …

“It will be instant, amore. One moment she will be alive, the next her soul will be on its way to heaven while her body crumples to a lifeless shell.”

When you’ve finished it — which will be tomorrow since once you’ve started it you won’t be able to put it down — please remember to post a review on either Amazon or Goodreads, or both! Enjoy!

An Imperfect Revenge

by | Aug 29, 2018

In 1895, Marchese Salvatore Brocanti abruptly abandoned the villa in the forests of Tuscany that had been his family home for generations. Today, it lies hidden, crumbling and forgotten. But why did the tyrannical artist flee the palatial villa? Was it cursed as he insisted? Did his wife and children really desert him as he claimed? Or were his stories simply smoke and mirrors to hide a more sinister purpose?

In 2018, after seeing extraordinary old prints of the villa, photographer Joe Oliver is determined to explore it. While on assignment with travel writer Evie Lorrigan to review the Brocanti estate, he breaks into the villa, only to find a maze of deception beyond his imagination.

When Evie mysteriously disappears, Joe is convinced she has become a victim of the villa’s secrets. But in attempting to rescue her, will Joe become a victim himself?

‘An Imperfect Revenge’ is a psychological thriller that explores one man’s crazed mission for retribution and its tragic consequences decades later for anyone who ventures too close.

Ebook and paperback versions are available now from Amazon. If you shy away from Amazon for whatever reason, the paperback should also be available by ordering through bookshops in many places. Paperback versions are available at very competitive prices through the excellent hive.co.uk (with free UK delivery), through wordery.com (with free worldwide delivery).

And when you’ve finished it — which will be tomorrow since once you’ve started it you won’t be able to put it down — remember to post a review on either Amazon or Goodreads, or both! Enjoy!

Rare Traits Trilogy Box Set … and More!

by | Aug 5, 2018

Hi there,

I thought it was time to bring you up to date with the latest news about my books.

Firstly, for the three people left in the world who haven’t yet read any or all of the Rare Traits Trilogy (OK, I accept there might be one or two more than that), I have recently used the wonderful Vellum software to create an ebook box set. Yes, all three books in the trilogy are now available as one ebook download. You can find it exclusively on Amazon by typing ‘The Rare Traits Trilogy’ into the search bar on your Amazon site. Moreover, since it’s also on Kindle Unlimited, if you happen to be a subscriber, then you can download it for free. Otherwise, the price is hardly bank-breaking: £4.99; $6.55 or about €5.99 – it depends on exchange rates — bargain of the year!

The second big piece of news is that my new book, ‘An Imperfect Revenge’, is almost ready and I am planning to publish it by the end of this month. There’s quite a bit of work still to do yet, but I’m confident I’ll get there.

I now have a draft design for the cover, but I’m not going to release it yet, largely because the draft is covered in Shutterstock watermarks. That will all change very soon, so I’m hoping that in a week or two, I’ll be able to give you a preview of the cover and the back blurb synopsis.

However, I know you’d like some idea of what it’s all about, so, as a preview to the preview, here we go. The book is set entirely in Tuscany with the time frame split almost exactly between the 1890s and the present day. The ‘Imperfect Revenge’ of the title refers to an overbearing aristocratic Italian artist, Salvatore Brocanti, who swears revenge on his unfaithful wife Isabella, the nature of the revenge on both wife and her lover being pretty horrific and centring around the massive villa and estate that is the family home. However, it all goes rather wrong and, owing to the nature of what the artist sets up, there are huge consequences in the present day for several people who break into the long-abandoned villa …

Watch this space!
 

June Update

by | Jun 22, 2018

KDP Select

Having experimented for almost a year with ebook distribution using outlets other than Amazon, I have come to the conclusion that for me, Amazon is the way to go. I am about to enroll all five books with KDP Select which means that from time to time, there will be either free or reduced price offers on one or more of the titles, and also, hopefully, they will be advertised more widely on Amazon. The flipside of this is that from now on, the ebooks of my five titles to date will be available only through Amazon.

Paperbacks

By contrast, the paperback versions of all the books will continue to be available through both Amazon and other online booksellers worldwide, and in many countries you can order them through your local bookstore — they won’t be on the shelves but the store can order them for you and often, e.g. with Waterstones in the UK, there is no delivery charge. You can also order signed versions directly from me, if you wish — just drop me a line.

Book Six!

The other big news is that my new book is currently going through the editing mill and it now has a new title — ‘An Imperfect Revenge’.

As you will know from previous posts, I had originally intended calling it ‘Villa D’Illuzioni’, but having talked to a number of people about it, I decided that title was less appropriate since it doesn’t translate well into English — it smacks of conjuring, which is nothing to do with the plot!

So ‘An Imperfect Revenge’ it is — I’ll keep you posted on progress.

 

Book Release

by | Aug 18, 2017

Just a reminder that my latest novel, Remorseless, will be published as an ebook on Amazon and most other ebook sites tomorrow, 19 August. The Amazon release will be discounted to just £1.99 or equivalent for a limited period. To ensure you get your copy as soon as possible, you can click on the pre-order button at your preferred ebook site now and the book will be delivered to your ebook reader tomorrow. And remember, the ebook version of Irrefutable Evidence will be free on Amazon for five days starting 19 August to coincide with with the release of Remorseless.

The paperback version of Remorseless is also available from Amazon and, as for all my books, if you would rather support your local bookstore, you will soon be able to order it from there. More information on that when it’s set up.

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