I am a member of the Facebook group UK Crime Book Club – UKCBC. They’re a fun bunch of crime fiction lovers and today they’ve celebrated Halloween by inviting UKCBC members to write a short story. Here’s mine. DEAD TO RIGHTS by Bill Todd The explosive wet sneeze rocked the parked BMW. Boggart [...]
A huge 'thank you' from me and Danny to Emma at @damppebbles and everyone who made last week's blogtour a runaway success. My six Danny Lancaster crime thrillers featured over six days with 11 incisive, no-nonsense reviews. Thanks, too, for the many 'likes' and RTs. Emma's brilliant reviewers highlighted aspects of Danny I'm always aiming [...]
The trail of clues makes it clear that increasing numbers of eager crime and thriller fans and writers are drawn to the expanding number of UK fiction events. Here is an extended version of my latest crime festival round-up that appeared in Natasha Harding’s @sunbookscolumn. Details were correct at the time of writing. Be sure [...]
Things are on the move. My redesigned website – www.billtodd.co.uk – is up and running. Plus I am about to publish my aviation history book PIGTAIL PILOT and the new untitled Danny Lancaster 6 is making progress. Pigtail Pilot will bring DLE’s bookshelf to seven titles - five crime and two factual - with Danny6 [...]
Riding the Amazon algorithms is always a rollercoaster but Gargoyle Pixie Dog is doing well in the main ebook chart plus Murder, Crime and Heist. It has also attracted very positive reviews. One makes the interesting point that Gargoyle Pixie Dog is a useful introduction to Danny Lancaster for anyone who hasn't read the previous [...]
Gargoyle Pixie Dog is published TODAY and here’s the final episode of my short story Selfie: THE SHOWDOWN Ryan Black stood in his boxers, fists up, muscles tensed. He might be a sportsman but it was clear he was no fighter. You could see the blow begin to form in his face, his eyes, long [...]
I’m serialising this complete short story, SELFIE, completely free all this week in the run up to the launch of my new crime novel Gargoyle Pixie Dog tomorrow. Read on or catch up here or on Danny’s Facebook page – www.facebook.com/DannyLancasterInvestigates. Here’s SELFIE: day 4 of 5 He’d put in a lot of hours on [...]
Here’s Day 3 of my crime short story Selfie. I’m serialising the story, free and complete, all this week here and at www.facebook.com/DannyLancasterInvestigates. Here’s: SELFIE: day 3 of 5 The pint was flat and tasteless but it hadn’t been that great to start with. Danny hadn’t been in the pub before and he wouldn’t be [...]
Here’s Day 2 of my free complete crime short story Selfie. In the week my new Danny Lancaster crime novel GARGOYLE PIXIE DOG is published I’m serialising Selfie from Monday to Friday – here and at www.facebook.com/DannyLancasterInvestigates. Here’s: SELFIE: part 2 of 5 It wasn’t a good thing for a police officer to admit to [...]
Here’s a complete short story completely free. In the week my new Danny Lancaster crime novel GARGOYLE PIXIE DOG is published I’m serialising SELFIE over five days – today until Friday - on my blog and www.facebook.com/DannyLancasterInvestigates. Here’s: SELFIE: part 1 of 5 “Go on... Where’s the harm?... It’s no big deal... everyone does... [...]