Version Thirteen is my second thriller featuring Samuel Spendlove, an Oxford academic with a photographic memory who becomes an undercover agent. ... more
In my last book, News from Gardenia, Gavin Meckler slips through a split in time and arrives two hundred years into the future. He discovers a world m... more
In a world dominated by Top Gear-obsessed men, I want to remind everyone that the early years of motoring did not just belong to the boys. Women h... more
Alan Cadbury is a professional archaeologist: a digger of ancient sites and a man who likes to unravel the mysteries and meaning of the past. Most of ... more
Chris Yates is one of the most celebrated anglers in the world today. He broke the carp record held by Dick Walker at Redmire in 1980, starred in the ... more
“I came here to begin a new story, but maybe all my stories begin with this one story – this love story, this ghost story…” Springfield Roa... more
Armed with a bottle of Milk Thistle and unshakeable optimism, Nick Valentine has spent most of his adult life in fifth gear, betting on a Royal flush ... more
Why Photographs are a way of making the seemingly banal fascinating and calling into question the very idea of banality. Perhaps banality doesn't exi... more
Here’s the story. It’s the story of a boy growing up in the wilds of West Yorkshire who finds love in music. In fact he finds his life in music. N... more
'You do have an intriguing life, Arnold dear. Things just seem to happen to you…' Nothing much has ever happened to Rev Arnold Drive, the meekly... more