Amazon #1 Best Selling Police Procedural Series Kindle readers have rated my Gabe Quinn Crime Thrillers as some of the best crime thrillers they have read – comparing them to best sellers by James…
Writing Can Be Murder
Author: Keith Houghton
When I was thirteen, my English teacher - who was fed up with reading my space stories - told me I'd never make it as a science fiction writer. Undeterred, I went on to pen several sci-fi novels and three comedy stage plays, in and around raising a family. Thirty years later, and in a bid to make some real money from my writing, I switched genres and started to write mysteries. It was the best move I ever made. Now my self-published crime thrillers have sold more than 160,000 copies on Amazon alone and notched up over a third of a million downloads worldwide. Finally, I have given up paid employment and do my dream job full-time. I'm genuinely grateful for my break and, despite my head still being full of those space stories, I try my best to keep my feet planted firmly on the ground.
Read more about me and my writing at keithhoughton.com
The blurred line between love and hate . . . When the body of a young woman is found at a popular island party spot, in what appears to be an accidental…
With more than 12,000 glowing five-star reviews and ONE MILLION copies sold, my books are edge-of-the-seat, twisty-turny emotional rollercoaster reads that will leave you breathless all the way to the killer ending…
A child’s life hangs in the balance . . . When a prominent judge is found stabbed to death on Valentine’s weekend in what appears to be a crime of passion, homicide…
A killer may be closer than you think . . . Florida homicide detective Maggie Novak should be celebrating: it’s the start of a new year, and her boyfriend has just proposed.…
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…
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 get your free audiobook…
What if your memory holds the key to escaping a murder charge, but amnesia stands in your way? . . . When Jed Allen wakes up at a desk in New York…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Finally, after almost a year on the table, the finished audiobook version of “Taking Liberty” – (Gabe Quinn Thriller #3) is now available to download from Amazon, Audible and iTunes, and it…
———– 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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
It’s been five months in the making, but I’m thrilled to announce that “Crossing Lines” – (Gabe Quinn Thriller #2) is now available in audio format as a downloadable audiobook from Amazon,…
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…
It’s been four months in the making, but I’m thrilled to announce that “Killing Hope” – (Gabe Quinn Thriller #1) is now available in audio format as a downloadable audiobook from Amazon,…
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…
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…