I write my historical fiction in three main areas:

• Crime fiction set in Manchester during Blair's Britain in the late 1990s
• WW1 and WW2 fiction often with an aviation theme
• Mainstream historical thriller/espionage fiction set in wartime Lisbon

sympatheticthe SIS recruitsPeople who have been expecting more aviation based fiction from me may be wondering about my lack of output in this field. I haven't abandoned this genre entirely, in fact I have researched and partly written a book centred on the Fairey Battle called The Betrayal but it has been a case of priorities; I have still been writing historical fiction but with a more mainstream appeal. This has led to two 1990s crime novels published by Northodox Press, The Honey Talker and its sequel The Fatal Formula.

I also have a new series set in wartime Lisbon. Portugal was a fascinating place during WW2, ostensibly neutral but generally being sypathetic to the Allies whilst keeping Germany and Fascist Spain on its borders happy. It was a hotbed of espionage and intrigue.

The first book, Lisbon '41, was published in June 2024, followed by The Queen of Lisbon, in October 2024

The third in the Lisbon books, The Assassination of a Nobody will be out in early-mid 2025.

The next book I'm working on is a bit different. Set in 1943 it has a female protagonist, Fiona Laval, an SOE volunteer who is recruited by the SIS for a secret mission in occupied France. Look out for The Gambler's Daughter in 2025