Cover reveal and sample

Paperback cover for The Curious Cousins and the Smugglers of Bligh Island Two and a half years in the works, and still not finished yet, I am finally ready to give a preview of my upcoming release, The Curious Cousins and the Smugglers of Bligh Island. Inspired by Enid Blyton's Famous Five books, and adapted...

A Preview of Coming Attractions 1

It's been a while since I have published anything, and i'm sure my many readers and followers have been eagerly awaiting news of my next project, and hopefully news of book 6 in the Inspector Stone Mysteries. I have good news and bad news on the Inspector Stone front. First, the good. There is going...

Into The Fire: Inspector Stone Mysteries #4 – Cover reveal and preview

I've been working hard on the 4th book in my Inspector Stone Mysteries series and I am now getting close to the point where I will be making it available for pre-order. Just today I have received the cover files for the book from my designers, the fabulous http://www.derangeddoctordesign.com/ and my immediate thought was to reveal...

An apology

Some of you may have noticed that I've been a little lax in posting the last week or so, compared to previously, and I'm here to apologise. I've been struggling with my various mental health issues recently and that's made it difficult to find either the energy or the enthusiasm to provide regular posts while...

An excerpt

The long road through rural Hampshire was devoid of any other traffic, and John Wilkins’ mind began to wander. Increasingly it focused on the meal he had waiting for him when he got home, not to mention a nice glass of cider, rather than on the road ahead of him or on his surroundings. He...

Coming soon…

It seems like now would be a good time to tell all of you that there is only a week to go until my debut novel is released. I have all but finished the editing, the formatting will only take a day or so to get organised, and the cover has already been created, so...

Sunday Sample

Something I've been meaning to do for a while now here on Arcbookblog is put up a regular sample to show where I am with my writing. I have a bad habit of procrastinating, however, with the result that I haven't done as intended - I'm changing that today, though. Without further ado, here is...

Another day, another chapter

Where There's A Will - Chapter Four For those of you among my growing band of followers and readers, I have just posted chapter four of my debut novel to wattpad, you can find it - https://www.wattpad.com/310979266-where-there%27s-a-will-chapter-four I hope you're all enjoying it and looking forward to each new chapter; I hope to get one posted...