SHORT ENDS, the latest Vince McNulty novel, has now been released in Ebook and Paperback by Level Best Books. Available wherever you get your reading fix. Enjoy. Details below.
First Look: Short Ends cover
SOME MEMORIES ARE BEST FORGOTTEN…
BUT NOT ALL MEMORIES FORGET ABOUT YOU
Short Ends, the latest Vince McNulty novel, arriving imminently from Level Best Books. Almost here…
Bouchercon 2025: New Orleans
Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed. Between 2nd and 7th September 2025, hundreds of crime writers, readers and publishers descended on New Orleans to celebrate mystery books, films and those who create them. I was honoured to be part of the show. It was great to catch up with old friends, famous authors, and enthusiastic readers. Headliners were, Michael Connelly, Ace Atkins, Reed Farrel Coleman, and Bruce Robert Coffin. Friends are too many to list. There were even some I missed, like ships passing in the night. I took photos aplenty. The following slideshow is a happy reminder. Relive the moment, or experience it for the first time. Either way, enjoy.
Watch the video slideshow here.
Devil’s Coast on NetGalley
My latest book, Devil's Coast, has now been added to NetGalley. For anyone who might want to take a look, and possibly review it. I won't be offended if you just want to read it. Best wishes and happy reading. Get your copy from NetGalley here
It’s Here: OPERATION SNOW QUEEN
OPERATION SNOW QUEEN, the latest Jim Grant Thriller, has been released by Down & Out Books. Available wherever you get your books or e-books. Enjoy.
Pre-order: Operation Snow Queen
OPERATION SNOW QUEEN - A Jim Grant Thriller is available to pre-order now. Coming from Down & Out Books on February 5th 2024.
“You could well be the worst typist in the Corps. Which is a shame because you could have been one of the best soldiers I ever trained.”
Sgt Hopkins looked at Pte Grant. “Being good at weapons drills and unarmed combat isn’t everything. But what you’ve done today. That’s a different matter.”
“What have I done today?”
“The number one rule of any soldier, combat, clerk or engineer. What every soldier learns. Is that you don’t fight for your government, your queen or your country. You fight for the man beside you. You help dig his trench. You watch his back. And you throw yourself on the grenade to save him.”
“I didn’t throw myself on a grenade.”
“You ruined your career and your future for the man beside you at Waterloo Station. I hope he appreciates what you’ve done.”
3BAPD, Bracht, Germany
Before Snake Pass saw Jim Grant sent to America, and before Jamaica Plain saw Grant recruited by Boston PD, and even before the Black Hawk Down incident when he was in the British Army. Before all of that there was Operation Snow Queen. With only two years’ service, Grant is posted to Germany after a runaway suitcase at Waterloo Station breaks a civilian passenger’s leg. He replaces a Company Clerk who lost his head in an accident, and a smuggling ring that doesn’t want him. Following an explosion at the Ammunition Depot, and a court martial in Dusseldorf, Grant is assigned to a training exercise in Bavaria. A place where landslides and falling off a mountain are the least of his worries.
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RUINS OF MIDNIGHT: ITW Q&A
The following Question and Answer session was generated by International Thriller Writers (ITW) and was featured on Down & Out Books website.
• ITW: Which took shape first: plot, character, or setting?
“I am going to go completely off piste here, since this is a reissue of a previously published book. I wrote, Through the Ruins of Midnight over 20 years ago, back when I had a fondness for elaborate titles. I have reduced it because even I used to stumble over it when discussing the book. So, plot, character or setting? They all came fully formed. The plot is real life squeezed into a single night shift. The characters are real, with a few minor tweaks and a change of name. And the setting is the police division where I worked, with a bit of creative licence.”
• ITW: What do you hope readers will take away from this book?
“A feeling of what being a police officer does to your life. I think it was Joseph Wambaugh (a great inspiration to me) who said his books aren’t about the police working the case, but how working the case affects the police. This book does both.”
• ITW: What attracts you to this book’s genre?
“Write what you know. I know this.”
• ITW: How does this book make a contribution to the genre?
“Not so much a contribution to the genre as a tribute to the boys in blue. Uniform police who are the front line of defence against chaos. This is for them.”
• ITW: No spoilers, but what can you tell us about your book that we won’t find in the jacket copy or the PR material?
“Nothing. It’s all on the page.”
• ITW: What authors or books have influenced your career as a writer, and why?
“This answer will never change because my past is set in stone. As a reader I was influenced by C S Forester, Stephen King and Ian Fleming. Then I found Joseph Wambaugh and my direction was set. As a retired police office how could I not write crime fiction? My first crime books were in support of The Boys In Blue but then I slipped into thriller territory and my inspirations changed. Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Reed Farrel Coleman, Nick Petrie and Ace Atkins. Everything you read and watch influences your choices. Everywhere you go filters into your choice of location. I suppose the simple answer is, I’m influenced by everything.”
Fourteen Book Deal – Level Best Books
Level Best Books, near Washington DC, have signed a fourteen book contract with Colin Campbell. The deal includes eight YA novels and six standalone crime thrillers. Titles, in no particular order, are;
YA:
Silent Flight Holy Night, The Early Grave of Sophie Laville, The Boy Who Burgled Hartley's, Occluded Front, Three Into Two Will Go, and the Gargoyles trilogy; Skylights and Roofscapes, Stoneheart and Bloodline, and Return of the Krol.
STANDALONE CRIME:
Devil's Coast, Night Delivery, Burgos, Silent Coast, Return To Silent Coast, and Darkest Blue.
Silent Flight Holy Night will be released March 24th 2024. Devil's Coast is due, October 24th 2024.
Double Exposure – ITW Big Thrill Interview
International Thriller Writers have released an interview about, Double Exposure in this month's issue of The Big Thrill.
Read the interview here
It’s Business Card Time Again
Updated version of the business postcard has been released. It includes all the books published by Down & Out Books and the August and December releases of Ruins Of Midnight and Operation Snow Queen. Get your Jim Grant fix here.
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