The Lanzarote photos are ALMOST at an end! Just four more this week, then another four next week, and we'll be done -- phew!!! For anyone you hasn't seen those I've already posted... the Shans went...

I always like to feature strong, integral female characters in my books. Sometimes they're the heroes, sometimes they're the villains, sometimes they're the voice of reason, sometimes they're the...

So sad to hear of the loss of Robbie Coltrane. I was a fan of his in the 1980s, from movies such as "Mona Lisa" and "The Fruit Machine." Like pretty much everyone else in the UK and Ireland in the...

I have a brace of Shantastic birthday pics to share today!

First up we have BRODIE, who received ALL of these books as presents!! I've got to say, that's a jaw-dropping haul -- *I* certainly never...

The Volume 3 omnibus of my Archibald Lox series goes on sale on October 25th. It collects the final three books of the series (books 7, 8 and 9) in a lovely, thick, single edition, and presents...

It's TATTOO TUESDAY time again, and this one is a real thing of beauty, although it might be a bit of a mystery to many fans of my books!! "What on Earth," I hear many of you muttering to...