You can read one of my short stories completely free from Monday. I’m serialising the short story SELFIE over five days here on my blog and on Danny’s Facebook page - www.facebook.com/DannyLancasterInvestigates in the run up to publication of my new Danny Lancaster crime novel GARGOYLE PIXIE DOG on July 24. GARGOYLE PIXIE DOG is [...]
It’s only when your book’s finally done that you realise how many skills it takes to be a one-man band indie author. Ok, you’ve written something. But that’s no good if you don’t tell the world. It’s fairly sure you mum’ll buy it, your friends, a few relatives. But you want the respect of your [...]
Here at last, details of my new novel GARGOYLE PIXIE DOG. It’s different. My fifth Danny Lancaster is a short thriller plus six short stories, ideal bite-size summer holiday reading. GPD, as it’s known to Team Danny, is published as an ebook and paperback on July 24 and available as an Amazon ebook preorder now [...]
After much thinking and typing I am pleased to announce that my fifth Danny Lancaster crime thriller – GARGOYLE PIXIE DOG – publishes on July 24. It’s different. The story of the title is a short thriller about a young girl pavement artist who is sleeping rough and goes missing. The book also includes six [...]
I’ve been hiding where you’d never find me. Apologies for the lack of blog, mainly due to wobbly wifi. The place is Frangokastello. It sits on the south coast of Crete, the great mountain chain of the Lefka Ori behind, broad sweep of the Libyan Sea ahead, Africa beyond. Frango is at the end of [...]
Elections are like new recipes, you get the idea but can’t be sure what you’ll end up with. So I was startled and delighted to come 93rd in bookseller WH Smith’s poll of top crime authors. I have tremendous faith in the Danny Lancaster stories but can’t really believe I deserve to be listed along [...]
Creating characters is great fun but it’s surprising how small details have a big effect. Usually when I’m walking around people just see the normal amiable me. When it’s chilly I wear a woolly hat and the changed reaction of strangers is dramatic. People are wary, give me a wider berth. It’s only a scrap [...]
Moments after Mum died the nurse bowed her head and mumbled a quiet prayer. I didn’t recognise the language and only knew her as Fatima. Mum was CofE but the religion didn’t matter. I had no words and will be forever grateful for whatever it is Fatima did. It was just an honest gesture, a [...]
Big companies present a smiley “we care” face but often it’s not much different from those mystery packages bought from a market stall. You find you didn’t get much for your money. I had problems with BT recently. When they sprang into action the service and result was excellent but that was after seven days [...]
One of the joys of travel writing is escaping the strangling hi-vis grip of health and safety. That doesn’t mean you take crazy risks but destination hosting comes in many forms, a lot of it backed by national pride and hospitality you would not want to offend. This can be heightened by old ideas of [...]