I’ve always loved Italy, so when I needed a seemingly idyllic holiday for my family in One Year Later , my current psychological thriller, it made sense to choose Italy. I’ve certainly enjoyed remembering the delicious Italian food I’ve eaten on all those... Read more
I did not die and yet I lost life’s breath… I always like to have a theme or a leitmotif running through my novels and in this one, One Year Later , it’s Dante’s The Divine Comedy. There’s the obvious aspects – it’s... Read more
Bristol TV has just put out a short film about my latest psychological thriller, One Year Later ! At its heart, it’s a novel about family secrets and grief.
Is anyone in a Book Club? I must admit, I don’t really have time, although I’d love to be! I have a Book Buddy instead, which is much more random and sporadic, but she inspires me to read... Read more
Here’s an extract from One Year Later, told from Nick Flowers’ perspective, the day his niece, Ruby-May, died. If you prefer to read it, you can download a different extract told from Nick’s point of view here: One Year Later – Nick Flowers
Here’s the prologue to One Year Later . Let me know what you think! If you prefer to read it, you can download it for free here: One Year Later – Prologue
The inspiration behind One Year Later …
Here’s what One Year Later is all about.
When we bought a large plot of land and a house that we were planning on renovating in Somerset, I had the idea to set my next psychological thriller, One Year Later , partly in Somerset. In the garden of our house we... Read more
I wrote my psychological thriller, One Year Later, in Bristol, but at the time we were renovating a house in Somerset. We spent the summer camping in the garden and dreaming about moving in one day. It inspired one of... Read more
In the garden of the house in Somerset that we’ve been renovating is a small pond. In my next psychological thriller, One Year Later, a toddler drowns in a large pond in the garden of a rambling farmhouse. One year... Read more
In May 2017 we bought a house in Somerset. It was originally built in the 1950s and for almost two years we’ve been renovating it. And it’s finished! I hesitate to do a huge cheer in case something else falls... Read more
I’m an award-winning thriller & nature non-fiction writer. I teach writing to people who want to be published.
