If you’re looking at picking up your first ever audiobook, did you know you can get one of my Gabe Quinn audiobooks from Audible for absolutely free? To qualify for your free Gabe Quinn audiobook, just read the rest of this short article and follow …
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The brightest sunlight casts the darkest shadows . . . Florida homicide detective Maggie Novak has seen hundreds of brutal murder cases, but when she is called out to investigate the charred remains of a young woman, in what appears to be a Halloween prank …
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CHASING FAME – A Gabe Quinn Prequel Thriller If you were dying to be famous . . . would you kill for it? When a beautiful Hollywood starlet is brutally murdered, LA police detective Gabe Quinn is tasked with catching her killer. At first, everything …
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Dear Quinner, I know it’s been quite some time since we last heard from Gabe – thank you for your patience! – so you’ll be glad to know he’s on his way back in a brand new story due out in October. This new prequel …
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What am I thinking in the above picture? Answers on a postcard to the usual PO box in downtown Timbuktu. 🙂 THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD . . . For me and the rest of the Houghton household, it’s been a busy six months since …
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When your life is a lie, how do you live with the truth? BEFORE YOU LEAP is my latest standalone psychological thriller, published with Thomas & Mercer (an Amazon Publishing imprint) and available on all Amazon platforms, including Kindle eBook, print book, audio book and …
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Following another thrilling appearance at the London Book Fair in April, it’s been a busy few months since I last blogged, and a lot has happened in the meantime. There’s been excitement, fear and frustration, and often all at once! But we’ve managed to get …
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That’s it. Another one in the bag. And another London Book Fair under my wing. And, yes, I lost my voice. Can I sleep now? Yet again, it was a fantastic experience, and one that I am very lucky (and grateful) to be part of …
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Bloat is mostly gas, and is better out than in. Let’s talk waffle . . . And I don’t mean the yummy variety, even though I could talk about those delicious delights all day long, especially with warm maple syrup brimming in their cute little …
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I’m thrilled to report that the start of the year saw a number of firsts for my books and a super start to 2016 for my writing as a whole! Champagne corks were popping, but not solely for the turn of the New Year . …
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Some secrets are better left buried . . . NO COMING BACK is my new standalone psychological thriller, published with Thomas & Mercer (an Amazon Publishing imprint) and available on all Amazon platforms, including Kindle eBook, print book, audio book and MP3 CD. Here’s the …
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Last week, I braved the dreadful M62 roadworks and made the arduous two-hour trek over the Pennines to North Yorkshire to visit the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival being held at The Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate for the 13th year. There was a …
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———– KILLING HOPE – Gabe Quinn Thriller #1 ———– “If you could save a million lives by taking one … would you?” One man stands in the way of countless deaths … One man will try to stop him … Only one will succeed …
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Despite a head cold and losing my voice once or twice I survived the London Book Fair! Held over three days at the very impressive Olympia in London, the Fair focused on everything book-related – from humble indie authors to global publishing giants. Everyone in …
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Last year, Amazon’s UK-based Kindle Direct Publishing very kindly invited me to be part of their team at the London Author Fair. It was a fantastic and unforgettable experience. I really enjoyed meeting not only the lovely KDP people but also other indie authors just …
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Over the last three years that my self-published books have been available on Amazon, I’ve had a steady stream of emails or Facebook messages from unpublished writers asking for publishing advice. Some want to know what the shortcut is to success. Most want to pick …
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‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’ – the iconic beginning to Dickens’ tale of contrasts, and an exact description of the last twelve months of my life . . . On a drab day in October 2013 I got …
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History was made this week when four of the rising stars of the Brit Indie thriller writing scene joined forces to hatch out plans for word domination over faux Pimms and Eaton mess at The Clarence Pub on Whitehall, London. Those nice folks from Audible …
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So far, 2014 has thrown up a few really nice surprises from out of the blue, not least of which are three major milestones in my self-publishing career. Just in case you have a life and missed them, here they are in their entirety – …
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My hat’s off to Gabe Quinn. It’s been a great year for the Celebrity Cop cum FBI consultant with a badge in more ways than one. October saw the highly-anticipated new release of his third instalment – in the form of “Taking Liberty“, which was …
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On returning from a typhoon trip to the Philippines to visit family I am struck with the deafening realisation that England has become deathly quiet in my absence. The streets are empty, the pavements spacious and the verges clutter-free. A warm sun shines happily from …
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“By the time I realised my father was right, I had a son telling me I was wrong.” Henry Winkler Every generation thinks it knows better than the last. We thought it ourselves. And live to hear it echoed by our kids. It’s an enduring …
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