Squaregroot Podcast

I’ve just recorded a podcast with James and Sam at Squaregroot. They are lovely gents and it was an enjoyable and wide-ranging discussion, focusing largely on my Firefly tie-in novels but also on my Sherlock Holmes books and the Cthulhu Casebooks.

You can listen to it here or here.

Age of Ra Audiobook

Out — at long last! — in audio format: The Age of Ra. Published by W.F. Howes and available via Amazon, Audible, and Audiobooks.com (as well as other outlets, I’m sure), the book is read excellently by Andy Cresswell.

The next three Pantheon novels (Zeus, Odin, Aztec) will be released on audio over the coming months, so keep an eye out for them.

Beast of the Stapletons Cover Reveal

Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons is my continuation of The Hound of the Baskervilles.

The novel is out in September, and here’s the cover image. Courtesy of designer Julia Lloyd, it’s a truly lovely thing.

I’m not going to say much about the story itself, other than it’s set five years on from the events of the original and once again Holmes and Watson must travel to Dartmoor to confront the depredations of some marauding, mythical monster.

Firefly: The Ghost Machine Special Edition

Publication of my third Firefly novel, The Ghost Machine, is imminent.

(And by “imminent” I mean 28th April.)

That’s the good news. The even better news is that Barnes & Noble will be selling an exclusive edition which not only has an alternative cover but bonus content as well.

The cover you will see here on the right, and very pretty it is too. I like the standard cover a lot, but the blue background and solar system patterning add further stylishness.

One part of the bonus content is a series of recipes, which, if you know anything about my culinary skills, you will be pleased to learn I am not responsible for. What I am responsible for is the other part, a short story written specially for the book. It’s called “Haven and Hell” and, as you may be able to guess from the title, features Derrial Book. It’s a nice little tale focusing on everyone’s favourite preacher-slash-badass that ties in thematically with the novel’s narrative.

So far the edition will be available only to book buyers in the US, but there is the possibility of it being available in the UK too. More on that when I have confirmation.

It Was Thirty Years Ago Today… (Almost)

Thirty years ago, almost to the day, my debut novel appeared.
Since then I have published 37 more novels, 8 novellas, 59 short stories, 3 short story collections, 14 books for younger readers, 5 audiobooks, and reams of journalism. My work has been translated into 16 languages.
Here’s that first book, and my latest.

Happy Holmesian Advent

Christmas is coming, and if you haven’t bought your copy of Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon yet, why not? It’s the perfect festive read and, indeed, gift.

Meanwhile, here’s a picture of the Christmas tree at Titan House, where the lovely Titan Books people are clearly on Santa’s “nice” list. Why else would he have left them such wonderful presents?

First Sighting of The Christmas Demon

My author copies of Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon have arrived and are looking beautiful. From the dustjacket to the endpapers to the flyleaf, every element of the design — courtesy of Julia Lloyd — is a marvel. It’s out at the end of October, and I insist wholeheartedly that you rush out and buy a copy.