A thought about my books

The small town of Totnes in  Devon is famous for a few things, not least Babbage's computer. If you don't know about Babbage, then go the Totnes Museum. While in Totnes, spend a night in The Royal Seven Stars Hotel...if you are lucky, or pay more, you might get a four-poster bed.
It is the Royal Seven Stars Hotel which features in two of my books, the Best Selling The Ghosts of KG40 and Unintended Consequences. Both are now available on Kindle.
The Ghosts of KG40 , unlike the paper back edition, the Kindle edition has many photos given by the families of the German and British crews involved including the burial sites of the German crew, and the farmhouse on Anglesey, plus much more.
Now as someone has pointed out to me, The Ghosts of KG40 deals very little with the German Geschwader, and focuses a lot on 101Squadron RAF, based at Ludford Magna. True. Much of the book is based on real people, Charlotte for example. However, Merv Shipard and Doug Oxby were a famous Night Fighter team, in fact Doug was one one of the highest scoring Night Fighter navigators. (eleven victories). And Merv Shipard , an Australian fighter pilot was an 'Ace'. So...
Totnes features in those two books., I am often asked, 'Is there any truth the story about the German airman found up on Galleons Bower?' Well, there is. First, Galleons Bower. I moved that from Dartmouth to Totnes as it suited my purpose. Secondly, a body was discovered, and it had all the Luftwaffe regalia, including a Knight's Cross.....but read Unintended Consequences. The real answer lies in there. Yet another mystery I set my readers...
My latest novel, will be published in March 2012. It is not the much vaunted Zen and the Art of Social Work, that is a long term project and ready for late 2012. its working title is: The Mystery of Andrew Redkite. Bear with me on this one. My trip to Berlin has borne fruit. What a wonderful place Berlin is, and the Alexanderplatz is so evocative it makes you want to tell a story. Evocative I hear you ask? Well, yes. its perfect, ex-Eastern Sector, still remnants of intrigue...what more does a writer need. plus of course a good story.A divorce in the offing and of course murder...
Now...I have a lot of mail about A Hurricane's Tale. From the outset let me tell you this story is fiction, however, with that out the way, I wanted to write something for the younger reader, but readable by adults as well. I had one email asking, is it suitable for kids as someone dies in the book. Well, lady, people do die, and they did die in droves during the war, let's not forget that. We can protect our kids from certain aspects of life,. but dying....er no... get on with it.. .
One email asked if it was true, in the book, about the young lady who served Max ice cream in 1938 and was still serving in the shop some seventy years later. True. In Honiton, Devon, there is an ice cream shop at the top of the town, (her son now owns the business). What a character! Unfortunately she has now gone to that great ice cream factory in the sky. ...Forgive me Nancy!

Publication date of my new book. end of March 2012.

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