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  • Large Print, Amazon and Frankfurt Book Fair

    October 12, 2009

    • I received the large print edition of The Suffocating Sea, the third in the DI Andy Horton series of marine mystery crime novels last week, and it looks good.  This will now be on sale on line or to order through bookshops, and also available on loan through libraries.  In addition, The Suffocating Sea is available as a talking book, which can be bought as a download or in cassette and CD ...
  • Contract Signed For The New DI Horton Marine Mystery Crime Novel

    October 6, 2009

    • I’m delighted to announce that I have just signed a contract with Severn House for the publication of the fifth DI Andy Horton Marine Mystery crime novel called, BLOOD ON THE SAND, which will be published on 26 February 2010 at the same time as the paperback version of DEAD MAN’S WHARF.For those of you who would like a taste of what is to come for Andy Horton look no further…Blood On The ...
  • E BOOK ALERT

    August 20, 2009

    • PDF for KINDLE Sony Reader and all ebook readers.US $1.65 or 1GBP. From BeWrite BooksDirect link: http://tinyurl.com/qb27f6"Kavanagh managed to do what MC Beaton, does so well, incorporate humor within the confines of a credible mystery." - Mary Lynn, author of 'Dear Cari' MyShelf.co
  • A great review - thanks America

    July 3, 2009

    • My latest crime novel Dead Man’s Wharf was published in America on 1 July 2009 in hardcover. I'm delighted that it has immediately received an excellent review from Kirkus Book Reviews.Kirkus Reviews is published 24 times annually, with nearly 5,000 book reviews each year. It is one of the most prestigious names in the publishing industry and is read by publishers, libraries, agents, film and ...
  • To Tempt the Wolf, Review by Armchair Reviews~~"A paranormal romp that sizzles!"

    June 8, 2009

    • Review Excerpt:An award-winning author of medieval historical romantic suspense treats us to a magical romance of a werewolf and a human, and how love can conquer all.Tess Anderson is a wildlife photographer for a magazine. She doesn’t really like it, but she needs the money to help defend her brother. But as she is risking her life to snap pictures of a forest fire, a grey wolf appears. She ...
  • All Lost Things Trailer and Cover released!

    June 4, 2009

    • The cover and trailer for my upcoming book, All Lost Things, are now available!  Killian Kendall's life is changing faster than he can keep up. He's graduating from high school, breaking up with his boyfriend, and starting a new job with a private investigator. He's barely settled at his new desk when his ex-boyfriend calls with a desperate plea for help. He wants Killian to prove his new ...
  • An Elusive Novel

    May 20, 2009

    • The Winged and Garlanded Nike cannot be pinned down by genre or even by a short description. My short bio might suggest a dry, technically-based attempt by a retired engineer, but that would touch on only a small part of it and would be no more an encompassing summary than one calling it a fifty-year-old murder mystery - which it also is. I began it twenty years ago with the literary intent to ...
  • Among The Mad, Maisie Dobbs's Newest Mystery, Is Now Available!

    February 17, 2009

    • By the time I sit down to start a new novel, the story I am about to commit to the page has been rolling around in my mind for some time. Of course, there are always surprises - the destitute young girl who turns up on the first page, an unplanned character out of the blue [PARDONABLE LIES]; or a denouement I never expected [MAISIE DOBBS ]. I look forward to those surprises, though the ...
  • Good News For Murder Mystery Writers

    January 10, 2009

    • There's good news in the midst of all the doom and gloom recession - for murder mystery writers like me that is (I hope)! According to an article in the Saturday Telegraph Review section today, 'Misery memoirs will nosedive in favour of romances and murder mysteries.'The article, written by Helen Brown, examines what kind of books we'll be buying through a recession. Most publishers agree we're ...
  • Film maker wanted in Liverpool to make a trailer

    October 31, 2008

    • The producers of my play, Murder at the Pelican Club which is to be premiered in Liverpool on 26 November are looking for a Liverpool based Film Maker to make a Murder at the Pelican Club trailer, credited and looped all day in a venue in Liverpool. It will also be shown on You Tube, and excerpts on MySpace, Facebook plus other social networking sites. How exciting and what a fantastic ...