What’s coming at Venice Noir
We’re only ten weeks or so away from the launch of our new festival… eek! Time to start telling you more about what to expect. I’ll be at the Venice […]
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The Four Deadly Seasons — the new Arnold Clover mystery
It’s time to get back to Venice, on this occasion for a narrative that takes part over a whole year. A story that follows the structure of a piece of
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Philip Gwynne Jones, the accidental novelist
In the space of a few short years, Philip Gwynne Jones has become the most prolific British writer based in Venice, writing about the city. Apologies for calling him English
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Venice Noir is coming… save the dates
It’s time to start shouting… after months of preparatory work, we can finally reveal Venice Noir 2025 – three days featuring stars from the world of Italian and international crime
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Gregory Dowling on the Lover of No Fixed Abode
In Venice I’ve been lucky enough to spend time with Gregory Dowling, author of the Alvise Marangon novels and translator of a Venetian classic, The Lover of No Fixed Abode, now available
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A Chat with Robin Saikia
Long-term resident Robin Saikia is the author of Drink and Think Venice, a unique insight into the city he’s made his home. I was lucky to stop by at his home in
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Back in print and e-book… the entire Pieter Vos series
I spent the best part of five years hopping to and from Amsterdam from 2012 onwards writing a series of books featuring Pieter Vos, a rather eccentric detective living a
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Back on the bookshelves… some old favourites
It’s thirty years since I first entered the crazy world of authordom and there have been a good few books along the way. Inevitably, that means titles readers still want
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The Blade Must Fall… a prequel
France, 1976. Julien Baptiste is a young, smart but inexperienced detective, sent to work in Clermiers, a small town in northern France riddled with corruption. A girl goes missing, presumed
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Out today… Garten der Engel
Many thanks to my publisher in German, Folio, for this beautiful edition of Garten der Engel which is out today. It really is one of the loveliest hardbacks I’ve ever
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