Sunday, May 27, 2012

IMMORTAL #1 Fiction Heatseeker!!

I received some fabulous news just before departing for CrimeFest in Bristol  - IMMORTAL has shot straight into the #1 position in The Bookseller's fiction heatseeker chart, and was just two copies shy of hitting the national top 50 fiction list ( which covers all fiction books in the UK including children's etc ).

My debut, COVENANT, achieved the same position but not nearly as quickly, so this is an awesome result. Fingers firmly crossed that the novel keeps climbing the charts. My publisher, Simon & Schuster, posted the below image on Twitter recently: it shows just how hard they work to promote my novels, and turn dreams into reality.

CrimeFest was a great experience: I was on two panels, both of which I really enjoyed, and I met a huge number of authors both published and aspiring. There were a lot of BIG names present this year; Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Frederick Forsyth, Sue Grafton and many others, along with agents, editors and fans. Being the new guy in town I decided to hang back a bit and watch the whole show unfold over the weekend, but the people present were so incredibly friendly that I found myself being invited out to dinner with a group of authors and a top journalist ( thanks Matt ) or approached by editors and invited for drinks that went on late into the night ( thanks Rachel ), or having a few beers with hugely enthusiastic aspiring authors with a big plan and great ideas ( cheers Mark ).

Thanks to everybody whose path I crossed, or stumbled into, and I'll be back next year without a doubt  :o)

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

CrimeFest

I'm off down to CrimeFest in Bristol tomorrow, looking forward to being on panels on the Thursday and Friday and generally meeting fans of crime fiction in general. I'll be on a high too, as IMMORTAL entered the paperback bestseller chart at No.32 in its first week! I'm the only newcomer that high on the list, so it's a fabulous start for the second novel in the Ethan Warner series. Fingers crossed for more great news and reviews in the weeks to come!
If you're in Bristol for the convention, feel free to say hello!

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Great Eurocrime review for COVENANT!

Got a fabulous review for COVENANT recently at the much respected Eurocrime site:

http://eurocrime.co.uk/reviews/Covenant.html

COVENANT was Simon & Schuster's third best-selling e-book this week, so if the above review sounds good to you, you know where to go:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Covenant-ebook/dp/B005PMMPWO/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=A3TVV12T0I6NSM

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

IMMORTAL

It's here! If you ever wanted to know how people might actually find a way to cease and perhaps even reverse their age, then you're in the right place! The novel hits shelves this Thursday, with mass market advertising and posters in main line stations across the country...



I'm really looking forward to seeing the second novel in the Ethan Warner series hit the shelves. It's another big step in a publishing journey that gets more exciting by the day. Enjoy!