

The next chapter...
When I started writing Closer to Home it wasn’t really intended to be the first in a series. It was simply a way of telling a story that had been kicking around in my head for a few years. However, I discovered that Kate Fletcher and Dan Hollis had got under my skin and I wanted to develop their characters and their relationship. Before I’d finished Closer to Home I could see a way to develop the characters’ journey using another idea that I’d been working on in various for


No such thing as bad publicity...
‘Closer to Home’, my last novel, is set in a mining town in South Yorkshire very much like the one in which I grew up. In fact, much of Thorpe is based on Conisbrough although I don’t use the town’s most famous feature – the castle – as I thought that might be too much of a giveaway. I recently decided that I’d ask if Conisbrough Library might like a copy of the book as a local ‘curiosity’ and contacted one of the library assistants. He was delighted to accept my donation.