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Chapter Twenty St Helens Police Station January 27 The man sits nervously in an interview room. He has been sitting there for half an hour and nobody has come anywhere near him. He is beginning to regret coming forward. They are treating him like a criminal. All he wanted to do was to tell themContinue reading “A Walk on the Wilder Side”

                                                                                                         Chapter One                                                                          Rodney Street, Liverpool. Monday, January 29 Naomi It is a bitterly late January day, a piercing east wind blowing a dusting of snow over the roofs and pavements on Rodney Street on the edge of Liverpool’s picturesque Georgian Quarter. It is late afternoon and dark already, the yellow street lamps castingContinue reading “Kill Joy”

Star Press Agency, St Helens January 11, 1970                                                                                                     Chapter One Star Press Agency, St Helens January 11, 1970                                                                Keith Wilder I’m bored. My feet are on my desk and I’m listening to Radio Caroline. It’s one of my favourite numbers; Freda Payne’s Band of Gold which followed Mungo Jerry’s In The Summertime. IContinue reading “A Walk on the Wilder Side”

Are you in a book club? Perhaps you are in a reading group or are in an informal circle of friends who share literary tastes and swop thoughts on the books you read. If so, would you like to read a 5-star international thriller for FREE? For the next five days The Poseidon Files byContinue reading “Calling all readers”

The Poseidon Files is a story about conspiracies: Two whistle blowing scientists who discover a top-secret plot to weaponize the weather, decide to leak the secret to the world. But their plot backfires and two women accidentally find themselves in the centre of intrigue and menace. The story, written by UK journalist Mike Rickett, isContinue reading “A 5-star international thriller”

Three Gakona, Alaska Monday, October 8 It was almost two weeks earlier that Parry first began to seriously suspect that something sinister was going on. At first, it was just little things; important files that were unaccountably missing; members of staff who suddenly disappeared without any explanation; meetings shrouded in secrecy he was not invitedContinue reading “The Poseidon Files”

Chapter Two Gakona, Alaska Friday, October 19 George Parry and Keri Murdoch are sitting in their 4×4. They are nervous and uneasy. What they are about to do may have far-reaching consequences. It is early evening, but dark already as a storm builds up to the east and forked lightning scythes down on the sceneContinue reading “The Poseidon Files”

The Poseidon Files now has seven reviews, from the UK, US, Canada and Australia which are reproduced below. —————————————————————————————————– Anthony Avina (USA) A shocking yet fun genre mashup.. 5.0 out of 5 stars .Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2020 I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a fairContinue reading “International reviews for Poseidon”

I have begun work on my third novel which has the working title of Follow You Deadly. It is another Naomi Richards story but this time has a serial killer who has copied the San Francisco ‘Zodiac’ killings of the 1960s. It is once again set in Liverpool and the Canadian private eye Alex NelsonContinue reading “A ‘Zodiac’ killer”

Chapter One Naomi Liverpool, England Thursday, October 10 The pub is quite crowded this evening. I have my usual corner by the window and a spartan table in front of me. That is all I need really. And Sid Driscoll has arranged appointments every half hour or so throughout the evening. I call him SidContinue reading “The Poseidon Files”