Another fine mess I got myself into!

Another fine mess I got myself into!

Happy Christmas (Eve) readers, There’s an Irish-named pub in the town where I live here in the south of Spain. I won’t name it, for reasons that will soon become clear. It’s not my ‘regular’ haunt – and to be frank, I don’t...
Tripping over dogs

Tripping over dogs

One of the most fruitful ways I know to generate stories is to take a walk. Living in the south of Spain (in Andalusia), I’m very lucky to be surrounded by magnificent countryside; a sea that can be as calm as bathwater, rolling hills that get covered in a haze...
People are dying in Berlin

People are dying in Berlin

I share something in common with Dan Brown. It’s a tenuous link, I grant you. When watching a series of videos on Masterclass a few months back, Brown shared with us mere mortals that for one of his early books he made a mockup of the cover before he started...
I’m planning a murder in Lisbon

I’m planning a murder in Lisbon

My wife and I took a 4-day trip to Lisbon last week for our 21st wedding anniversary (it’s a 7-hour drive from where we live in Spain). What a wonderful city it is! It oozes history and character, the people were all super-friendly, their English was amazing,...
My run-in with the Russian mafia (sort of)

My run-in with the Russian mafia (sort of)

I’ve made a few gaffes in my time, but this was one of the worst… My first novel, Six Hard Days in Andalusia, is set in and around the area where I live (on the western end of the Costa del Sol, in the south of Spain). The ‘Costa’ has quite a...