Another hectic year, filled with writing and research, trying to squeeze it all in between the usual demands of everyday life. Everything getting harder, as it is for most of us in 2009, but I’m still writing – and I hope you’re all still reading!

The trade paperback edition of RALPH’S CHILDREN has recently been published in the UK, and will be available in the US from June 30, and my brand-new Sam Becket suspense, titled SHIMMER, is out in the UK on June 1 (you can order now on www.severnhouse.com) - though it won’t be published in the US until September 1.

Hope you find the new books and that you have a good time reading them – and please do go on letting me know what you think. I continue to be grateful for all your emails and letters – it’s such a great way to feel connected.

SHIMMER

In Miami Beach, all hell is breaking loose. First, a dawn swimmer makes a gruesome discovery in a rowboat, and two mornings later, the city is rocked by a mystery explosion.

When Detective Sam Becket’s sister-in-law Claudia arrives from Seattle and confesses to Grace that she’s become a blackmail victim, Sam wants to do all he can to help his wife’s sister – but he and his partner Al Martinez have a vicious killer to track down.

His only lead is Mildred Bleeker, a local character who’s seen a frightening stranger – a young man, silver from head to toe, shimmering in the night, who, she says, put her in mind of the angel of death.

Cal the Hater learned all about pain and humiliation from an expert. Now, he’s found a way to make others suffer, too, and he’s getting a real taste for it.

As Sam fights to catch the killer and Claudia’s troubles intensify, the unthinkable is about to happen…

To be published in hardback on June 25 2009 by Severn House Publishers