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About me

Hello. I write novels and screenplays and very occasionally, short stories and comic-books.

My new novel, ‘The Mobster’s Lament‘ is out now in paperback. It’s the third instalment in the multi-award-winning ‘City Blues Quartet’.

‘The Mobster’s Lament’ was featured as one of the ‘Books of the Year’ by both The Times and The i newspapers, and was also The Times’ Book of the Month. The Daily Express called it a “contender for book of the year” and it was shortlisted for Best Crime Novel of the Year at the Amazon Publishing Capital Crime Festival. It’s

Its backdrop is New York’s nightlife in the late 1940s. A noirish world of rainy nights, neon lights, bebop clubs and wise-guy detectives. You can find out more about it by clicking here.

The City Blues Quartet

The City Blues Quartet is a series of novels plotting the intertwined history of Jazz and the Mob through six decades in the 20th century. The third book was published in March 2019, with the fourth currently being written. To find out more about the series, click here.

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The Axeman’s Jazz

The Axeman's Jazz

Winner of the CWA John Creasey Dagger for Best Debut Crime Novel of the Year — Winner of the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy Best Crime Novel of the Year Translated into Swedish — The Independent Newspaper Crime Book of the Year — Shortlisted for the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year Award — Shortlisted for […]

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Dead Man’s Blues

Dead Man's Blues

Winner of the Historia Magazine Best Historical Crime Thriller of the Year — The Daily Mail Books of The Year — Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of The Year — Finalist for the Académie du Jazz’s Prix Du Meilleur Livre De Jazz — Shortlisted for the Swedish Crime Writers’ Academy Best […]

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The Mobster’s Lament

Shortlisted for Crime Novel of the Year at the Amazon Publishing Capital Crime Festival — The i Newspaper Books of the Year — The Times Books of the Year — The Times Book of the Month Gallery Book Notes Reading Group Guide Bibliography Map New York, 1947: The city that never sleeps. A killer who’ll […]

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