Just some of my work so far:
South West Secret Agents
Published with The History Press - 500 copies sold in its first month on the shelves!
Spies and Secret Agents. Thrilling rescues and bizarre inventions. Informers and double agents. Thrilling true tales of World War Two espionage in Devon and Cornwall brought together for the very first time. Read about the covert actions of the Helford flotilla, German spies infiltrating the Devonport docks, and the motor torpedo boats of Dartmouth desperately battling the elements to get vital supplies and ammunition to the French resistance. The secret guerilla warriors training with the Home Guard. And in the air: The ‘black ops’ flights over the Channel. The airline for spies. The Hollywood star shot down by the Germans – was he really a secret agent? And what part could a Spanish chicken farmer in Plymouth play in the preparations for the D-Day landings?
The West Country’s stunning coastline has for centuries been home to warriors, smugglers and agents secretly landing on moonless nights on secluded rocky beaches. Again during World War Two, many extraordinary individuals, often civilians, played their part in clandestine operations in the south west, fighting the Nazis and defending Britain against invasion. South West Secret Agents tells their electrifying true stories.
You can find out more on facebook here. Even got its own website here: SOUTH WEST SECRET AGENTS
NEWS: Here's an audio recording of my interview with Tiffany on BBC Radio Cornwall on 10th November, chatting all things South West Secret Agents:
Published with The History Press - 500 copies sold in its first month on the shelves!
Spies and Secret Agents. Thrilling rescues and bizarre inventions. Informers and double agents. Thrilling true tales of World War Two espionage in Devon and Cornwall brought together for the very first time. Read about the covert actions of the Helford flotilla, German spies infiltrating the Devonport docks, and the motor torpedo boats of Dartmouth desperately battling the elements to get vital supplies and ammunition to the French resistance. The secret guerilla warriors training with the Home Guard. And in the air: The ‘black ops’ flights over the Channel. The airline for spies. The Hollywood star shot down by the Germans – was he really a secret agent? And what part could a Spanish chicken farmer in Plymouth play in the preparations for the D-Day landings?
The West Country’s stunning coastline has for centuries been home to warriors, smugglers and agents secretly landing on moonless nights on secluded rocky beaches. Again during World War Two, many extraordinary individuals, often civilians, played their part in clandestine operations in the south west, fighting the Nazis and defending Britain against invasion. South West Secret Agents tells their electrifying true stories.
You can find out more on facebook here. Even got its own website here: SOUTH WEST SECRET AGENTS
NEWS: Here's an audio recording of my interview with Tiffany on BBC Radio Cornwall on 10th November, chatting all things South West Secret Agents:
Spirit and the Magic Horsebox
Published with Forelock Books - thrilling audiences of all ages.
My first full-length fiction book: Josh Carter’s always known there was something strange about the horsebox in his Grandma’s barn, but it’s not until Megan arrives from the city that the two teenagers discover the horsebox’s secret – it can travel through time. Actually through time. One minute they’re in the barn, next minute there’s a masked man on horseback charging at them, pointing his musket at Josh’s head. It was all so real, too real for Josh. He likes his history to stay in the history books.
Now Megan’s eager for some more adventures, but Josh isn’t so sure. Since they discovered the horsebox’s secret, there’s been some strange things happening around the farm. A figure in a crimson coat keeps watching them - Josh isn’t even sure if it’s human. Megan doesn’t seem bothered, but she’s too busy ‘face-timing’ her city friends to notice what’s really going on around her. Sometimes Josh wonders if she really does hate it here in the country as much as she says.
As Josh and Megan meet highwaymen and fight for King Arthur, they realise there are dark forces determined to stop them discovering the horsebox’s true purpose. Perhaps the white horse haunting their dreams has some answers....
You can find out more on the website here, and also on the new facebook page here. Getting 5 star reviews and a growing audience! Particularly popular with fans of Doctor Who!
Look out for the second instalment, currently called Spirit and the Shadow Stallion, out later in 2014.
Published with Forelock Books - thrilling audiences of all ages.
My first full-length fiction book: Josh Carter’s always known there was something strange about the horsebox in his Grandma’s barn, but it’s not until Megan arrives from the city that the two teenagers discover the horsebox’s secret – it can travel through time. Actually through time. One minute they’re in the barn, next minute there’s a masked man on horseback charging at them, pointing his musket at Josh’s head. It was all so real, too real for Josh. He likes his history to stay in the history books.
Now Megan’s eager for some more adventures, but Josh isn’t so sure. Since they discovered the horsebox’s secret, there’s been some strange things happening around the farm. A figure in a crimson coat keeps watching them - Josh isn’t even sure if it’s human. Megan doesn’t seem bothered, but she’s too busy ‘face-timing’ her city friends to notice what’s really going on around her. Sometimes Josh wonders if she really does hate it here in the country as much as she says.
As Josh and Megan meet highwaymen and fight for King Arthur, they realise there are dark forces determined to stop them discovering the horsebox’s true purpose. Perhaps the white horse haunting their dreams has some answers....
You can find out more on the website here, and also on the new facebook page here. Getting 5 star reviews and a growing audience! Particularly popular with fans of Doctor Who!
Look out for the second instalment, currently called Spirit and the Shadow Stallion, out later in 2014.
The Devil Comes to Dartmoor
published with The History Press - 5 star reviews, and now a bestselling ebook!
Sir Richard Grenville arrived in Devon in 1628 determined to be the richest man in England by any means necessary. He did it all – he married, murdered and kidnapped, all for money. He was a war profiteer in the English Civil War who killed anyone who stood in his way. His wife Mary Howard still haunts the old roads of Dartmoor, a ghostly figure in a spectral coach condemned because it was she who brought Grenville to Devon, escaped his brutal fists and destroyed his fortunes, so initiating decades of his violent retribution. However, Mary had a secret that would bring an end to Grenville’s reign of terror and allow a boy with no name to become the wealthiest man in Devon.
Find out more and keep in touch via facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DevilComesToDartmoor
published with The History Press - 5 star reviews, and now a bestselling ebook!
Sir Richard Grenville arrived in Devon in 1628 determined to be the richest man in England by any means necessary. He did it all – he married, murdered and kidnapped, all for money. He was a war profiteer in the English Civil War who killed anyone who stood in his way. His wife Mary Howard still haunts the old roads of Dartmoor, a ghostly figure in a spectral coach condemned because it was she who brought Grenville to Devon, escaped his brutal fists and destroyed his fortunes, so initiating decades of his violent retribution. However, Mary had a secret that would bring an end to Grenville’s reign of terror and allow a boy with no name to become the wealthiest man in Devon.
Find out more and keep in touch via facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DevilComesToDartmoor
Bloody British History: Plymouth
Published with The History Press - my bestselling book to date, 1000s of copies sold and still going strong.
BREAD RIOTS and BODYSNATCHERS! * PIRATES and PRIVATEERS! * HELL HOLES for BONEY! The disgusting true story of Plymouth’s Napoleonic prison ships! * ‘A very daughter of Hell!’ In 1675, a POISONOUS NURSEMAID was hanged on PRINCE ROCK – but was she INNOCENT OF THE CRIME? Find out inside! * DEATH aboard the TITANIC! * BLITZ, BOMBS and PLYMOUTH MEN’S BATTLES on OMAHA BEACH! Plymouth has one of the darkest and most dreadful histories on record. Beginning with the discovery of the bones of cave men and rushing through French attacks, outbreaks of leprosy and the plague, Civil War sieges and deadly Spanish ships, disasters, demolitions and the enormous death tolls of the Plymouth Blitz, it will change the way you see the city forever!
Available in all good book stories, and check out the FIVE STAR star reviews on amazon HERE.
Published with The History Press - my bestselling book to date, 1000s of copies sold and still going strong.
BREAD RIOTS and BODYSNATCHERS! * PIRATES and PRIVATEERS! * HELL HOLES for BONEY! The disgusting true story of Plymouth’s Napoleonic prison ships! * ‘A very daughter of Hell!’ In 1675, a POISONOUS NURSEMAID was hanged on PRINCE ROCK – but was she INNOCENT OF THE CRIME? Find out inside! * DEATH aboard the TITANIC! * BLITZ, BOMBS and PLYMOUTH MEN’S BATTLES on OMAHA BEACH! Plymouth has one of the darkest and most dreadful histories on record. Beginning with the discovery of the bones of cave men and rushing through French attacks, outbreaks of leprosy and the plague, Civil War sieges and deadly Spanish ships, disasters, demolitions and the enormous death tolls of the Plymouth Blitz, it will change the way you see the city forever!
Available in all good book stories, and check out the FIVE STAR star reviews on amazon HERE.