Thursday, 17 September 2026

Two New Ebook Boxed Sets!

Vinci Books sure has been busy. Not only have they come out with a new series of mine this season, but they've also repackaged a couple of old ones as discounted boxed sets.

The Moroccan Mysteries Complete Box Set contains all three ebooks of this historical mystery series. Set in Tangier, North Africa's wildest town in the Fifties, it follows a detective solving crimes amid a backdrop of colonial decadence, a rising independence movement, and Cold War espionage. A bit of noir and a bit of humor. Plus you save money if you buy them as a bundle. I'm hoping this series starts doing well because living in Tangier, I'll get plenty of inspiration to write more!

The Toxic World Box Set brings together all four books of my gritty post-apocalyptic series. No zombies, no meteorites, we screwed up the world all by ourselves! Follow the men and women of New City, humanity's last outpost, as they struggle against toxic rains, mad cultists, and their own foibles.

 Both box sets are available as ebooks and on Kindle Unlimited.


 

Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Breakdown, Bunker Book Two, Out Now

Book two of my Bunker post-apocalyptic mystery series is out now.

Breakdown takes up where Lockdown left off. Jake and friends are on the trail of another murderer in a different bunker. A blurb is below.

 

Jake Holloway is not a detective.
He’s a bartender who survived the end of the world.


Six months after a devastating world war turned the surface into a toxic wasteland, Jake is trying to stay sane inside a luxury bunker that feels more like a prison.

After solving a brutal murder in Bunker One, he and his companions are drawn deeper into the hidden underground network, travelling through secret tunnels that connect the last refuges of humanity.
Their destination: Bunker Eleven.

A billionaire pleasure palace of endless parties, forced smiles, and custom drugs designed to keep its residents happy, obedient, and numb.

But people are dying.

The owner insists the deaths are suicides.

Jake isn’t convinced.

Then someone tries to kill him.

Surrounded by suspects and trapped in a society where every smile is chemically manufactured, Jake must uncover who is behind the deaths before the body count rises again.

The world above is poisoned.

The danger below is human.
 

 

I'm having a lot of fun writing these and I'm working on Shutdown, Bunker Book Three, right now. You can watch my progress on the righthand column. 

Wednesday, 5 August 2026

A New Post-Apocalyptic Mystery Thriller Out Now



OMG, another one? Vinci Books just released Lockdown, book one of my new series post-apocalyptic mystery series, set in one of those survival bunkers the billionaires are all building in real life. And if that doesn't scare you, you're not paying attention!
Only 99 cents until August 12!
 
The world ended six months ago.
Deep beneath the Arizona desert, fifty-six survivors live in a luxury underground bunker built by billionaire inventor Sebastian Crest. While the surface lies poisoned by nuclear war and engineered plagues, Crest’s carefully selected residents struggle to create a new society underground.
Then a man is murdered.
The victim isn’t one of the fifty-six.
He isn’t supposed to be there at all.
As the bunker’s bartender, Jake Holloway knows everyone’s secrets. He also knows when people are lying. When Crest and his security chief hurry to suppress the murder, Jake begins asking questions of his own.
The answers lead to hidden alliances, buried grudges, and a conspiracy that reaches far beyond a single bunker. Crest’s refuge isn’t as isolated as everyone believes.
In a sealed world where no one can leave, Jake must uncover the truth before another resident dies.
Or before the last refuge of humanity tears itself apart.
 
Get it now for only 99 cents! (Or pence!)

Thursday, 30 July 2026

The Masked Man of Cairo Book Eight is out Now!


 

The eighth volume of the Masked Man of Cairo series, The Case of the Poisonous Papyrus, is out now in ebook and print! Now I'm hard at work on book nine. . .

 

A fatal delivery. An unspeakable crime.
Moustafa Ghani El Souwaim has always trod a fine line between supporting Egyptian independence and being a law-abiding citizen. When a frame-up job lands him in trouble with the law, he finds that he can no longer keep silent, and that only lands him in greater danger.
Sir Augustus Wall and his adopted son Faisal rush in to help, but Faisal finds he has his own choices to make, and that he cannot escape his past of living on the street.
Will their crime-fighting team split up for good? Find out in the latest adventure of the acclaimed Masked Man of Cairo historical mystery series, which takes you from the sordid back streets of Cairo to the grim fastness of the Citadel!

 

You can get it on all Amazon stores. 

Wednesday, 22 July 2026

The Case of the Poisonous Papyrus available for preorder!

 

Book 8 of my Masked Man of Cairo historical mystery series, The Case of the Poisonous Papyrus, is available for pre-order and will be published July 29!

Pre-orders really help us authors, because it gets the ball rolling with those all-important algorithms. And it gets delivered straight to your device on publication day!

A blurb is below: 

 

A fatal delivery. An unspeakable crime.
Moustafa Ghani El Souwaim has always trod a fine line between supporting Egyptian independence and being a law-abiding citizen. When a frame-up job lands him in trouble with the law, he finds that he can no longer keep silent, and that only lands him in greater danger.
Sir Augustus Wall and his adopted son Faisal rush in to help, but Faisal finds he has his own choices to make, and that he cannot escape his past of living on the street.
Will their crime-fighting team split up for good? Find out in the latest adventure of the acclaimed Masked Man of Cairo historical mystery series, which takes you from the sordid back streets of Cairo to the grim fastness of the Citadel!
 

 

You can order the ebook here. Print edition coming this month, it's just taking a little time with the layout folks! 

Wednesday, 15 July 2026

A Free Historical Mystery!

 

From now through Sunday, July 19, my award-winning historical mystery, The Case of the Purloined Pyramid, is a free ebook on Amazon. A blurb is below.

 

An ancient mystery. A modern murder.

Cairo, 1919. As Egypt struggles for independence and fortune hunters scour the desert for ancient treasures, Sir Augustus Wall hopes to leave the horrors of the Great War behind him.

Scarred beyond recognition, he hides behind a prosthetic mask and moves to the native quarter of Cairo to open an antiquities shop. But Europe’s troubles follow him as a priceless inscription is stolen and those who know its secrets start turning up dead.

Teaming up with brilliant Egyptologist Moustafa Ghani, and Faisal, a mischievous street urchin he just can't shake, Sir Augustus must unravel an ancient secret and face his own dark past.

Kindle Scout Winner in 2017 

 

Download it now on Amazon

Sunday, 21 June 2026

The Case of the Dastardly Djinn is now out in Audio!

 

The prequel to my Masked Man of Cairo series, The Case of the Dastardly Djinn, is now out as an audiobook, narrated as always by the talented Curtis Michael Holland. A blurb is below. 

 

A homeless boy. A hunted girl.

Cairo, 1917. In a city plagued by poverty and war, ten-year-old Faisal begs and steals to survive, hiding at night from the things that prowl after dark. The nimblest and most clever of the street boys, he's terrified of the unseen spirits he's convinced haunt the ancient city.

But when he discovers a girl his age left homeless by a terrible tragedy, Faisal decides to do what no one ever did for him—help. With no shelter and facing the many dangers of Cairo's darkened streets, Faisal's loyalties are tested when together they uncover a criminal ring more sinister than his worst superstitions.  

This prequel to the Masked Man of Cairo mystery adventure series will thrill new listeners and long-time fans alike! 

 

You can get it on Amazon and everywhere audiobooks are sold or rented. 

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