Reading, Writing and Posting
Autumn Reads
More reviews I’ve been so busy this autumn getting A Spring Break at L’Abeille Nue ready for publication so this has gotten a little behind. Gaviota: The Nude Beach Murders by Robert Josephs (Author) Not a bad book nor a great yarn. Death and mayhem on a Nude beach. A beach that provokes massive anger…
Another Complete Series Read
I have read my way through another series the four books that make up the Hidden Academy series. Overall the Hidden Academy stories start off very bright and action packed page turners. However over the series they become harder to read and ultimately less rewarding as I went on. The Hidden Academy by Jon Rosenberg…
Reading in August
August Reading and Writing Gone to Sea in a Bucket + The Skipper’s Dog’s Called Stalin + turn Left for Gibralter (Harry Gilmore novels) by David Black Three stories following RNVR (Wavy Navy, Royal Volunteer Officer in World War 2) Sub Lieutenant Harry Gilmore, from non expectance and bullying aboard a capital ship to successful…
Notes on More Reading
The Naked President (1) Jack Holden An engaging short read, about 3 hours beside the pool. Written mainly from a first person perspective in short sentences. A non-family created by one man as he travels across the world finally focuses back on one person a naturist who others want to be President of the USA….
Taking Revenge on Porn and Erotica
Taking Revenge on Porn and Erotica … I have bemoaned the fact that when you type Nudist or Naturist into an Amazon search you get lots of Porn and Erotica books. The publishers are selling these stories on the mistaken idea that sex and nudist beaches are linked. In revenge for these scribblers usurping our…
Family Album
The Uncovered Policeman – Family Album Out on Kindle Friday 30th June The family Album is the 7th Rags to Riches story featuring Rags the Uncovered Policeman. The story starts where the Caribbean Blues finished, featuring almost all of the cast of the series to date as Rags and Bea find themselves embroiled in…
Busy Busy Busy
I have been so busy writing Uncovered Policeman stories that I haven’t had time to post about my reading but a quick summary of some of the books I have been reading. The list is not complete but here are some highlights PC Peter Grant Books 1 – 5 Ben Aaronovitch Tall tales of magic, murder…
Two Weddings and a Naming
Two Weddings and a Naming What another short (ish) story? Why did you call it Two Weddings and a Naming? Yes a short story, and since that is what happens the title made sense to me. Let me explain … There is a gap of several years between Goodbye Blues and Caribbean Blues, no individual events…
The Uncovered Policeman: Caribbean Blues
The Uncovered Policeman: Caribbean Blues Hot onto the presses the latest instalment in my Rags to Riches series the Uncovered Policeman: Caribbean Blues! “Hot on the presses”? You mean “off the presses”! No I mean “on” … publication is February 14th so it is not off yet! But you can pre order now! Here are…