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A small-town stickup explodes into the big-time street battle that gets Jim Grant exiled to the States ITW’s The Big Thrill interview about Snake Pass is now available. Read the Interview here

“Crackerjack entertainment: taut, gritty and full of devilish twists.” – Kirkus Reviews “A rollicking good time.” – Library Journal With Snake Pass almost upon us it’s time to upgrade my business cards. What do you think?

The second Jim Grant short story collection has been released for e-readers. BOQUILLAS CROSSING sees Grant take a weekend break across the border in Mexico. When he witnesses some shady dealings between a honeymoon couple and the hotel owner he […]

“Crackerjack entertainment: taut, gritty and full of devilish twists.” First word on Snake Pass from the esteemed Kirkus Book Reviews. It’s all good. Before Jim Grant became involved with Jamaica Plain, Montecito Heights and Adobe Flats he got into trouble […]

Fresh off the back of my previous post, while attending Bouchercon 2014 in Long Beach last month I also bumped into the lovely Annamaria Alfieri, who hosts the crime writers blog MURDER IS EVERYWHERE. The blog looks at crime writing […]

Here’s another one that almost slipped by. While attending Bouchercon 2014 in Long Beach last month I bumped into the wonderful Clare Toohey and realised it had been a long time since I’d contributed an article for Criminal Element at […]

The One That Got Away. Not the Hardy Kruger war movie but the interview I almost didn’t update on my site. ITW’s The Big Thrill interview about Adobe Flats is available. Read the Interview here

Bouchercon 2014 – Murder At The Beach. Nov 13th-16th. Despite the tagline for the latest mystery conference the only thing that was murder was the heat. For a Yorkshireman in November. Being warm in the winter was just the icing […]

The first Jim Grant short story collection has been released for e-readers. CHASING TAIL sees Grant helping a bounty hunter at a pet shop in San Francisco. A drug dealer a poodle and three armed meth-heads. Sounds like the start […]

Summer 2014 was another season of league matches, coaching and tournaments. I managed to win the Over 45 singles final at the Ilkley Club Championships but am most proud of reaching the semi-finals of the Over 45 and Over 55 […]