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All quiet on the eastern front
(May 23, 2010) Peace and quiet and sunshine and barbecues. That's Norfolk, UK, this weekend - and I couldn't ask for anything more. Perfect weather, lovely countryside and not too much happening. A great time to get down to some serious hard work on the next John Shakespeare thriller.
Oh, and this very colourful, very unElizabethan balloon drifted overhead...
Other current news items
Revenger paperback cover
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Martyr short-listed for Dagger
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Bodies all over the shop
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Bodies In The Bookshop
Posted on: Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Kingston Killers
Posted on: Thursday, June 24, 2010
Holt Bookshop
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King's Lynn Waterstones
Posted on: Friday, May 07, 2010
Heffers revisited
Posted on: Monday, May 03, 2010
Revenger published in UK
Posted on: Thursday, April 29, 2010
New-look website
Posted on: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Translation rights
Posted on: Thursday, March 04, 2010
Moscow bound
Posted on: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
In the charts
Posted on: Friday, January 29, 2010
The paperback's here
Posted on: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The big thaw...
Posted on: Thursday, January 14, 2010
Front Row
Posted on: Thursday, December 17, 2009
Revenger cover
Posted on: Friday, November 20, 2009
Mentioned in dispatches
Posted on: Saturday, October 03, 2009
Eastward bound
Posted on: Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Bookhugger
Posted on: Thursday, August 27, 2009
Paperback cover
Posted on: Monday, August 17, 2009
Doodling
Posted on: Monday, August 10, 2009
Digital books
Posted on: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Heffers
Posted on: Monday, July 06, 2009
Holt signing
Posted on: Saturday, June 27, 2009
Large print
Posted on: Thursday, June 18, 2009
In the shops
Posted on: Thursday, June 04, 2009
Upcoming dates
Posted on: Tuesday, June 02, 2009
2009 Cartier Diamond Dagger award
Posted on: Wednesday, April 01, 2009
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