My new book is out from Orion very soon… April the 25th to be exact. With a wonderful audio edition narrated by none other than Tchéky Karyo, Baptiste himself from the TV. So I thought it was time to give you a little insight into a project that’s been quite unique for me — recreating the back story of a legendary TV detective by uncovering who he was forty years before we met him on screen.

The Nic Costa series set in Rome is one of David's most popular creations. But keeping series books going is not as straightforward as it might here. Here he discusses some of the issues that make it hard to revive old books

On my recent visit to Venice I was lucky enough to spend some time with Gregory Dowling, author of the Alvise Marangon novels and translator of a Venetian classic, The Lover of No Fixed Abode, now available for the first time in English from Bitter Lemon Press.